_{Bridgestone/Firestone Encourages Students to Pursue a Career in Automotive Industry}

_{From left ot right, Chrostopher Bannister, Chair of the Automotive Technology Department, and Robert Barron, Assistant District Manager at Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., Marloboro, MA.}

New England Institute of Technology's Automotive Technology Department recently received a check in the amount of $5000 from the Bridgestone/Firestone Trust Fund and the Firestone retail store division.

The check is for the support of general scholarships to attract more students to an automotive service industry education. This is the second $5000 check received by the college from Bridgestone/Firestone.

The funds will be added to the college's ASE/Firestone/Bridgestone Frank Gassett Memorial Scholarship Fund, which distributes scholarships to second year Automotive Technology students. 

Jo-Ann Fielding, Department Chairperson for the AMA Department recently released the names of students from the department who have been named to receive the National Collegiate Medical Professions Award. They are:

• Beatrice Dean of Fall River, MA
• Vanessa Sauco of West Warwick, RI
• Maria Barboza of West Warwick, RI

These outstanding students were selected for this prestigious award based on academic excellence in the medical field, citizenship, leadership and dependability.

Their names will be published in the official United States Achievement Academy Collegiate Yearbook which is published annually. They will also be eligible to compete for scholarship grants awarded by the Academy. New England Institute of Technology is proud to recognize the students' achievement and congratulate them on a job well done!