Darryl Timms of Archdale had been working as a third shift supervisor
for ABCO Automation near Greensboro for 4 1/2 years. It wasn’t a bad
job, but he knew he could do more. Originally from Australia, Timms, 47,
had worked as a press tool maker there, but only earned a junior
certificate (10th grade level) before getting his apprenticeship. “I had
a big background in lean manufacturing, but I didn’t have a degree,” he
said. “I realized I needed a degree, but I procrastinated. I thought I
was too old to learn.”Timms’ wife, Deb, had taken some classes at Randolph Community College’s Archdale Center and told him he could earn his GED there. “I got my GED and then I spoke to RCC advisor Grover Yancey,” Timms recalled. “To be honest, I didn’t know what I wanted to do.” Timms said Yancey told him that RCC was getting ready to introduce an Industrial Engineering Technology associate degree and he thought that was what Timms was best suited for. “I also spoke to Mitchell Kiser (chair of RCC’s Industrial, Engineering & Transportation division) and he got me excited about the program,” said Timms.
For more on this story, go to http://www.randolph.edu/newevents/2012/2012-07-26.php.
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