COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Branch Area Careers Center Principal Ray Wheaton has received the Patriot Award from the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve.
He was nominated for the award earlier this year by Careers Center Electrical Tech Instructor Fran Williams who is currently deployed with the National Guard.
Williams said, “No matter when I have had training come up, my supervisor was understanding and encouraged my [military] obligations. I teach at a vocational school and even though I work under a yearly contract, they have chosen to close my program for the year I am gone on deployment rather than fill the spot with someone else. That way, I will have my current position when I return.”
Williams is expected to return home some time this spring from his deployment.
In addition to Wheaton receiving the Patriot Award, the Branch Area Careers Center was also presented with a Statement of Support from the Guard and Reserve.
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