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It's a Family Affair |
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NEIT students, faculty and staff feel a connection through their participation in the great New England Tech college community. The students highlighted below have a different connection to one another. |
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 Michelle Rofino and her dad, Joseph Rofino, Sr. |
Joseph Rofino Sr. came to NEIT after an illness forced him to make a career change. This is Joe's second time at NEIT; the first was about 20 years ago when he completed a degree with training in refrigeration, plumbing and heating. This time around, Joe finds himself even more involved in the learning experience as well as more confident and outgoing. His daughter, Michelle Rofino came to NEIT after being a full-time student at RIC. She came because she wanted a major that would lead her to a career in architecture. Both she and Joe are students in the Architectural/Building Engineering Technology program; Michelle will finish her AS degree in March and Joe will finish his BS degree in |
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| October 2001. They share the same long-term goal of one day working together in their own engineering firm. Joe and Michelle feel that attending school together has made them even closer. Michelle said that she and Joe have become friends. | ||
| Two other students who share a parent child relationship are Allen Silva, Sr. and Allen Silva, Jr. Both are in the Refrigeration/Air Conditioning/Heating Technology (RACH) associate degree program. Allen started in March 2000 and his dad started this January. The younger Allen enrolled in NEIT with the encouragement of his father and the knowledge that his job behind a deli counter wouldn't take him far. After seeing his son start school, Allen senior found himself in a layoff after spending 25 years working in maintenance. He chose the RACH program because it is similar to the kind of work he had been |
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| doing. Both really enjoy being at NEIT. When they meet in the hallway, Allen refers to his dad as Pops. Like Michelle and Joe, they share a very close relationship. Allen considers his father to be his best friend. | ||
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Michael and Marcel Nault are brothers in the associate degree program in Computer and Network Servicing Technology and both will finish in March. Before coming to NEIT their work experience was different: Mike was a Marine Security Guard at embassies in Kuwait and Malaysia, and Marcel was a PC specialist. Mike came to NEIT because he knew a degree would open doors for career opportunity, and Marcel wanted "the paper" that is acknowledgement that he can do the computer work he loves to do. Both are currently employed in the computer field and have goals to advance within that field. They found |
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| attending school together worked out well for travel and study purposes as well as for the sharing of information. | ||
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Holly and Mike Pasko are husband and wife and had worked as floor supervisors in the gaming industry prior to enrolling at NEIT. Neither found satisfaction in the profession and knew there was only limited opportunity for advancement. Mike chose the associate degree program in Electronics Technology with the goals of obtaining employment in the semiconductor industry and furthering his education for an MBA. Holly enrolled in Multimedia Design Technology and will search for employment as a multimedia designer. They feel that attending school together has been a great experience. Because they worked together for years, they have learned to rely upon one another for motivation and support when needed. And although sometimes balancing home and |
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