ARCHITECTURAL & CONTRUCTION FACULTY SPOTLIGHT

LEO KITTEN

CIM Technology Instructor/Program Coordinator Leo Kitten has been doing computer-aided design (CAD) since he was 19 years old. After using his skills for 20 years as an engineer, Kitten decided it would be more fulfilling for him to teach others these skills as well.

“Seeing students bring a difficult project to completion and seeing the creative, custom projects they come up with are some of my favorite things about teaching,” Kitten said. “Some of my students are better than I am at designing after just two years here.”

Not only are many of Kitten’s former students able to build successful careers in their field, several are even able to begin working in the field while still taking classes. One of Kitten’s

students was designing a Mediterranean home in 3D while completing her degree at Lake Land, and a graduate of the program designed the West Building on campus where many of the program’s classes take place.

“If you like art and design, this is the program for you,” Kitten said. “If you can do the job and make it look good, you can get paid well for it. When graduates call me up and let me know they’ve been successful in the field, that’s when I feel most fulfilled as an instructor.”

Kitten said it is the instructors, small class sizes and hands-on learning that make Lake Land’s Computer Aided Design program stand out among the rest.

“I have three boys who all went to Lake Land,” Kitten said. “We have really good instructors, and I knew that they would have a rewarding experience here.”

ARCHITECTURAL & CONSTRUCTION AREA OF STUDY

Building Construction Technology

CET/Advanced Technical Studies

Civil Engineering Technology

Computer Aided Design

Geospatial Technology

HVAC+R

Residential Wiring S

urveying with GIS

Architectural & Construction Exploratory Area of Study

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