SkillsUSA 2022 National Web Design and Development Medalist (Allen and Brandon Gustrowski, pictured in the center); Photo Credit: Southern Adventist University
This summer, two Southern Adventist University brothers won gold medals at the SkillsUSA national competition in Atlanta, Georgia. Allen and Brandon Gustrowsky joined his web design and development department in college during his sophomore year and his junior year majoring in computer science.
“We are proud of Allen and Brandon’s achievements,” said Dr. Rick Halterman, Dean of the Department of Computing. “Special thanks to their coach, Dakota Cookenmaster. [class of 2022], and Professor Robert Ordoñez, who directs our SkillsUSA chapter. “
The annual SkillsUSA National Convention is a showcase for career and technical education, and this year more than 5,200 outstanding career and technical education students (all winners of state competitions) competed in 108 different trade, technical and and competed practically in the leadership field.
The Gastrovski brothers earned first place at the Tennessee Games and qualified for the national championships. At that event, Southern students took both his 1st and his 2nd place, with junior computer science majors Simon Sierra and Adrian Morales winning silver medals.
At the national competition, each team completed an interview and written test and created a website from start to finish in 6 hours.
“It felt good to walk away knowing that we had built a website that was organized, clean, and had a solid foundation,” said Allen Gustrowski. I did.”
It ended without time to spare. I remember his last ten minutes rushing to add a few small features to our website to give him a chance to fight for second place,” said Brandon Gustrowsky. increase. “Winning a gold medal on stage in front of 10,000 people was an unforgettable experience for me.”
— Anaya Miller is a sophomore art major at Southern Adventist University.
