Lifeguard Training (PED 232) Taught by veteran lifeguard Nila Peavy, this class teaches students the skills and knowledge needed to prevent and respond to aquatic emergencies. Graduates of this course earn lifeguard training, first aid and CPR/AED certificates necessary to become professional lifeguards. Peavy said any student more than 15 years old is eligible to register, but to stay in the class past the first day with the eligibility to still earn the certificates, students must pass two tests.... [Read more...]

Kate Geiger spent 24 years working at the General Motors plant in Moraine. After the plant shut down on Dec. 23, 2008, Geiger enrolled at Sinclair Community College the following spring. “It’s been the most amazing challenge,” Geiger, 45, said about being a student. In June 2008, Geiger, along with thousands of GM-Moraine employees, were told the plant would be shut down in six months. That’s when filmmakers Julia Reichart and Steven Bognar began spending time outside of the plant. “A couple... [Read more...]

As a Sinclair Community College student, William Beyer never thought he would be in the position he now finds himself in. That position, Beyer described, isn’t his status as an inmate at the Dayton Correctional Institute (DCI). And it isn’t how the 43-year-old is nearing the end of his third term in prison. Beyer is a successful student in Sinclair’s Advanced Job Training Programs. The program teams with DCI and the Montgomery Education Pre-Release Center (MEPC) to assist prisoners in gaining... [Read more...]

Growing up on the 38 square mile island of Yap, Sinclair Community College student Joseph Bandag said he never saw a Taco Bell or felt what it’s like to be cold until he came to the United States of America. “When I was young I heard there were other countries around the world and that Earth was a big round planet,” Bandag said. “But I had never been anywhere besides Yap, so I thought they made some mistake and that Earth was just a flat thing that just goes and never ends. I thought that... [Read more...]

As John Murray makes his 30-minute commute to Sinclair Community College, one prominent thought is on his mind: Staying young. At 95 years old, Murray’s daily routine on Sinclair’s campus consists of precision. At 8:25 a.m., Murray leaves his house and hops on the RTA. Murray then heads toward the weight room in Building 8 to loosen up for 15 minutes before making his way to the tennis courts in the Fieldhouse. Since retiring from Standard Registry in 1980, Murray has played tennis, ping-pong... [Read more...]

Hidden among the arts and hospitality departments in Building 13 is Sinclair Community College’s Design Department.  Design Chairperson Shari Rethman said people sometimes are not aware that Sinclair has a design department. “People don’t even realize that we have visual communications and interior design as programs,” she said. The design department was originally a part of the art department, Rethman said.  In the early ‘80s the program separated and went through various name changes... [Read more...]