TKG Institute Still Going Strong

12-12-2008

With a record-setting 11 students currently enrolled in the program, it's safe to say that the TKG Institute is going strong!  The Institute was created in 2007 to reach out to local high school and college students to make training available in technology based careers. 

 

Students can learn more about are web development, graphic design, web programming, search engine optimization, and web marketing.  Also, through this program we hope to keep some young talent here in Ohio to ensure the growth of our local economy.  In fact, we've already hired four TKG Institute graduates ourselves - Josh McDermitt, Colin Brimfield, Kyle Stanley, and Jack Adamson.

 

There are three facets to the TKG Institute.  The first is the After Hours program.  Students are employed three nights a week to work on our clients' websites, all under the watchful eyes of four TKG employees: James Golden, Colin Brimfield, Josh Tummel, and Josh McDermitt.  James, our VP of Web Development, created the original template for Institute.  Colin, an HTML Programmer, instructed this last session with the help of Josh T. and Josh M., both web application developers.  

 

If you are a business with ongoing web maintenance and programming work, the After Hours is a great way to get it done at a very affordable price while also supporting our program.   See http://www.tkginstitute.com/for-businesses for details.

 

The second facet of the program is our 5-week training class.  Students who would like to participate in the After Hours program but need more training can attend one of our classes to prepare.  They are given basic HTML training by TKG employees and then admitted into the After Hours program if they successfully complete the class.  We've had students from Canton South, Timken and Lake High Schools, Stark State Technical, and Akron University. 

 

The third facet of the TKG Institute is the Internship program, which offers college students full-time or part-time internship positions during a semester or summer session of classes.  These students work during normal business hours under the direction of the TKG staff to learn web development or search engine optimization.  Students currently in the program are from local universities like the University of Akron and Walsh University. 

 

As you can see, the TKG Institute is doing great!  If you'd like to learn more about the TKG Institute or have a student interested in participating, visit http://www.tkginstitute.com.