Sun ‘N Fun

The AIM Indianapolis Campus was excited to celebrate our second annual Student Appreciation Day & Laugh Olympics this week.

Our students, staff and faculty enjoyed an afternoon together in the summer sun. Among all the games, contests and awarded prizes the most popular event was the hotdog cookout and picnic style lunch. The day was sponsored by dozens of local and national companies. Combining our efforts and their contributions, AIM was able to give away more than 60 different “door prizes” and contest awards. Overall, the day was a huge success!

Throughout the day we took hundreds of pictures and several short video segments.  Click on the photos below to open up the online album of photos.  And, check out our YouTube channel for all of the videos (to be posted soon)!

Days

Evenings

Videos

http://www.youtube.com/aimindy

Beginning of a Busy Week!

Today was the beginning of a very busy week at AIM Indy.  Of course, everyone knows about the upcoming Student Appreciation Day & Laugh Olympics on Thursday.  And, most know of the recruiting visit on Wednesday from Midcoast Aviation / Savannah Air.  And today was filled with activity with our semi-annual blood donation drive.

The AIM Indy campus was proud, if not a little woozy, for hosting a blood donation drive today in support of the Indiana Blood Center.

Our students, staff & faculty were overflowing with generosity today, and the technicians from IBC gladly took advantage of more than TWENTY donations!

On behalf of all the people who will benefit from those donations …

THANK YOU, AIM!!

Now, here is the really fun part … our regular photographer wasn’t able to find time in the schedule for taking any pictures.  So, we handed the camera to our wonderful receptionist, Brandy Wilson.  She was, let’s say … “creative” with her pictures of the blood mobile bus.  Here are a couple of them (that were in focus):

Shannon’s new modeling career …

and, Brandy Wilson - our new Daredevil Receptionist!!

For more information about the Indiana Blood Center, please click here.

The Return of Stacie!

Today everyone at AIM Indy is very excited to welcome Stacie Bruton back to our campus!

Stacie returns to us from several weeks of maternity leave after the recent birth of her new son, Jacob. No doubt she has enjoyed all the time with her family and friends over these last few weeks. And, although loaded (no pun intended) with dirty diapers and sleepless nights, the time spent with her new son surely has been irreplaceable.

But, now it’s our turn! It has been weeks since our hallways sparkled with her laughter and our office beamed with her smile. We are ready for a big dose of “Stacie Bacie” around here!

Please join us in welcoming Stacie back to the office, the team, and the campus at large. We have missed her for far too long & we’re all very glad to have her back!!

Stacie, we all know how much you love this picture. So, we just HAD to put it on the blog!!

Welcome back, Stacie!!!

Pizza Pizza Pizza !!

The AIM Indianapolis Campus has hosted our 2008 Mentos & Diet Coke Competition!  The day was filled with fizz, foam, and fountains!!

Each class competed to produce the tallest soda fountain using Diet Coke & Mentos candies for fuel.  The individual classes designed, tested and delivered all sorts of nozzles and apparatus for the event.

We are excited to announce that James Jackson’s class on day session won the first round of competitions.  And, Dave Livesay’s & John Rastenburg’s classes tied for winning positions on evenings.  We congratulate them all!!

Now, pictures speak thousands more words than this blog ever could.  And, VIDEO speaks even more!  So, rather than narrating the entire day of events for you … why don’t you take a look for yourself!

Not only do we have the regular round of pictures for you, but the biggest news is that AIM Indy now has our own YouTube Channel !!

Check it all out:

Pictures (click photo to see entire gallery)

Video (click here to see our full YouTube Channel … keep in mind we’re just getting started here!)

http://www.youtube.com/aimindy

Again, CONGRATULATIONS to the winners.  We know that pizza will be full of greasy goodness for you on finals day!!

Congratulations! (Awards May 2008)

Our students have many opportunities to celebrate and document their accomplishments throughout their training here at AIM. In addition to the completion of their actual training program, many of our students also pursue and achieve several industry level training opportunities.

Please join us in congratulating the following students on their recent achievements:

Director’s List
Kyle Broomhall
Mike Cosner
Herbert Crutcher
Omar Martinez
Jeffery Shelton
William Snyder
Jared Shughnessy
Darin O’Neill
Daniel Johnson
David McMillian
Daryl Bond
Brenda Smith
George Keen
Gary Lee
Cory Barnick
Gregory Lish
Mikel Poulsen
Donald Snow

Perfect Attendance
James Dayton
William Toth
Shelby Metze
Michael Strizu
Troy Wheat
Amber Lutz
Joshua Odum
Earl Stewart
Zbigniew Sztandera
James Klebe
David Coers
Shaun Kocher
Jason Meadows
Surjit Samra
Terry Tear
Dennis Britton
Brenda Smith
Nathan Straub
Kyle Broomhall
Mike Cosner
Herbert Crutcher
Omar Martinez
Jeffery Shelton
William Snyder
Jared Shaughnessy
Darin O’Neill
Daniel Johnson
David McMillian
Daryl Bond
George Keen
Gary Lee
Cory Barnick
Gregory Lish
Mikel Poulsen
Donald Snow

Honor Roll
Cory Barnick
Gregory Lish
Mikel Poulsen
Eldon Sizemore
Donald Snow
Dustin Unverferth
Gary Lee
Tim Mercer
Jason Turner
Daryl Bond
George Keen
Julie Keen
Daniel Johnson
David McMillian
Jeremiah Cluxton
Justin Gentry
Clifton Gentry
Tony Lequire
Adam Sullivan
Todd Whaley
Darin O’Neill
Jared Shaughnessy
Michael Chung
Herbert Crutcher
James Jackson
Omar Martinez
Jeffery Shelton
William Snyder
Kyle Broomhall
Mike Cosner
Byl Pugel
Brenda Smith

AEA Aircraft Wiring Inspection Certification
James Dayton
Grant Fisher
Benjamin Goodman
Robby Johnson
Gary Lee
Zachary Liette
Eric Meer
Tim Mercer
Jason Moon
Karl Partlow
Khamla Ratphimpha
Dustin Ricketts
William Toth IV
Karl Trimble
Jason Turner

FAA Corrosion Control Certification
Michael Chung
Herbert Cruthcer
James Jackson
Marcello Jean-Baptiste
Shaun Kocher
Omar Martinez
Jason Meadows
Emmanuel Orefeo
Jeffery Shelton
William Snyder
Joshua Solomon
Douglas Wilkerson
Derek Wilson
Troy Wheat

Michelin Aircraft Tire Inspection Certification
Level One
David Coers
Eric Lee
Charles Lumpkin
Ryan Miller
Level Two
Jonathan Souders
Jeremy Smith
Darin O’Neill
Ryan Miller
Charles Lumpkin
David Coers

Powerplant Training Certificate of Completion
Omar Martinez

Airframe Training Certificate of Completion
Paulina Gregory
Tim Mercer
Patrick Leath
Omar Martinez
Zbigniew Sztandera

General Phase Completion
Derek Wilson
Joshua Solomon
Tanner Humes
Michael Chung
Lyle Armor
William Toth IV
Kyle Armor

FAA Aviation Safety Training Award - Bronze
George Keen
Julie Keen
Joshua King
Charles Browy
James Klebe
Bobby Board
Nick Jennings
Shelby Metze
Raymond White
Fleixez Badilla
Daryl Bond
Jay Laurente
Tony Shelby
Michael Strizu
Justin Beuke
Warren Flick
Rysta Herrold
David McMillian
Daryl Schmidt
William Toth
Karl Trimble
Luis Vega-Rosado

AMT Society Membership
Glen Birge
Anthony Smith II
Donald Snow
Gary Lee
Shelby Metze
Ryan Miller
Daryl Bond
Byron Sutton
Joshua Ware
Gregory Goodwin
James Klebe
Nelson Nyadenya
Joshua Odum
Darin O’Neill
Jesse Bruno
David Coers
Bruce Coleman JR
Joshua Davison
Paulina Gregory
Avery Aaron
Timothy Beeson
Benjamin Goodman
Gregory Lish
Michael Strizu

Beta Test

The AIM Indianapolis campus Mentos Competition scheduled for next month is already underway! Today we witnessed one team beginning to test some early designs.

Brenda Smith, Kyle Broomhall, and Dennis Britton (Jason Jackson’s class - Aviation Fundamentals 3) tested nozzle and delivery system designs.

We promised not to give away any trade secrets … so, we’ll just share some photographs we took of the test.

We look forward to seeing some more creative and successful design tests soon - from all the teams involved!