{"id":27736,"date":"2024-02-04T13:36:56","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T13:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=27736"},"modified":"2024-02-04T13:36:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T13:36:58","slug":"aviation-institute-of-maintenance-school-group-names-dr-joel-a-english-as-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/virginia\/aviation-institute-of-maintenance-school-group-names-dr-joel-a-english-as-president\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Aviation Institute of Maintenance School Group Names Dr. Joel A. English as President"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Virginia Beach-based Aviation Institute of Maintenance\n(AIM), Centura College, and Tidewater Tech announced today the appointment of\nDr. Joel A. English as President, only the second to serve in this capacity\nover the institution\u2019s 55-year history. English has served as the institutions\u2019\nExecutive Vice President since 2020, and he has functioned as Vice President of\nOperations, Regional Director, and Campus Executive Director since 2003. Before\nhis tenure at the institutions, Dr. English was an Assistant Professor of\nProfessional Writing at Old Dominion University. He holds a Ph.D. in Rhetoric\nand Composition from Ball State University and an M.A. and B.A. from the\nUniversity of Arkansas at Little Rock. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gerald Yagen, the schools\u2019 founder and former President will\ncontinue to serve as Chairman of the Board. Mr. Yagen started the company in\n1969 as an employment agency and added workforce development training programs\nthroughout the 1970s and 1980s to promote careers in Virginia and throughout\nthe country. Under his presidency, he grew the schools to 1,000 employees and\n5,700 students nationwide. Commenting on English\u2019s promotion to President, Mr.\nYagen emphasized, \u201cNow is the ideal time to implement a plan for the next\ngeneration of leadership. Dr. English has been a dynamic leader within the\ncommunities we serve nationwide for the past 20 years. He has built our name\nand reputation as an important source of certified aircraft mechanics for\nairlines and aircraft manufacturers worldwide, and he has led our schools in\nVirginia to produce Welders, Wind Turbine Technicians, Electricians, Medical\nAssistants, HVAC Technicians, and other professionals for local industry.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past 8 years, Dr. English has built AIM from 11 to 15 campuses, which is more locations than any other FAA-certified institution, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atec-amt.org\/school-map\">Aviation Maintenance Technician Council<\/a>. Additionally, the three Centura College campuses and Tidewater Tech in Southeastern Virginia have produced renewable energy programs such as Wind Turbine Technician and Solar Technician, and a range of certified healthcare and skilled trades programs. \u201cThere has never been a greater need for a skilled, certified workforce in my lifetime,\u201d Dr. English said, \u201cand it is our schools\u2019 responsibility to be a solution and a resource for employers in the communities we serve.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Kenneth Alexander, Mayor of Norfolk, Virginia who also\nserves as the institutions\u2019 Chancellor, stated, \u201cDr. English is a champion for\nthe communities he serves and for the students who enter the doors of our\ninstitutions. His passion for education and spirit of giving are what compelled\nme to join the schools in 2021, and I look forward to continuing to serve side\nby side with him.\u201d Dr. English\u2019s immediate plans for the organization include\nthe ribbon cutting ceremony at the grand opening of AIM\u2019s newest campus in\nPhoenix, Arizona on February 7th and enhancing the institutions\u2019 occupational\nprograms in renewable energies.&nbsp; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia Beach-based Aviation Institute of Maintenance (AIM), Centura College, and Tidewater Tech announced today the appointment of Dr. Joel A. English as President, only the second to serve in this capacity over the institution\u2019s 55-year history. English has served as the institutions\u2019 Executive Vice President since 2020, and he has functioned as Vice President of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aviation-education","category-virginia"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27736"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27737,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27736\/revisions\/27737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}