Three NEIT students bring home gold medals at SkillsUSA national competition

EAST GREENWICH – Three students from New England Institute of Technology’s Criminal Justice Technology program earned gold medals in crime scene investigation in the College and Post-Secondary Division at the 52nd SkillsUSA national competition held in Louisville, Ky. from June 21-24, said Douglas H. Sherman, NEIT’s senior vice president and provost.

The winners were Shelby Morin of North Kingstown, Stas Belch of West Greenwich and Mikayla Guarino of Wrentham, Mass.

“The New England Tech community is very proud of this year’s criminal justice team as well as our other student competitors. NEIT students are encouraged to participate in SkillsUSA as a means to enhance their knowledge and skills as well as leadership and job opportunities. Congratulations to our faculty who work so diligently with our students in preparing them for this well respected competition,” Sherman said in prepared remarks.

SkillsUSA is a national organization with local, state and national competitions, serving those enrolled in technical, skilled, service and health occupation training programs.

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This year’s national SkillUSA Competition consisted of more than 6,500 students from across the United States. All students had to earn a first-place spot at their state level SkillsUSA competition to compete at the national level.
The crime scene investigation competition included a skill-related written test and hands-on activities. Students had to show proficiency in crime scene methodology, including photography, gathering physical evidence, crime scene sketching, dusting a crime scene for collecting latent fingerprints, and releasing a crime scene properly and legally.
The top three individuals or teams receive gold, silver and bronze medals.
NEIT’s Michael Webb earned a bronze medal in architectural design. All four New England Institute of Technology students who earned a medal were offered jobs by industry representatives in attendance.
New England Institute of Technology students earned medals at national SkillsUSA competitions in 2013, 2014 and 2015.

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