SPOTLIGHT
BUILDING A BUSINESS Enjoying building and creating, Joal Roshko ‘10 knew he found his perfect fit with Mohawk‘s Construction Engineering Technician – Building Renovation program. By Meaghan Drury ‘12
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oal Roshko ‘10 grew up helping his dad on projects around the house. Knowing that he enjoyed building and creating, finding a career where he could apply these skills was important to Joal. As he was looking to enroll in postsecondary, it seemed meant to be that was the year Mohawk introduced a new program, Construction Engineering Technician – Building Renovation. “It was tailor-made to what I wanted to do for a living,“ says Joal. “It was perfect for someone like me who was looking to get into the home renovation industry.“ While working part-time at Home Depot throughout college, Joal met his eventual business partner, Nick Mancini. It was through working odd jobs together that they found they had similar goals and ambitions. Right after Joal‘s graduation in 2010, the two launched their own business, Heartwood Renovations. Over the years, Joal has stayed connected to Mohawk by attending Meet the Grad nights on campus and hiring recent graduates. Joal attributes a lot of where Heartwood Renovations is today to his instructors at Mohawk, especially Brad MacDonald, Program Coordinator, who was a great support for bouncing ideas off of in the early days of starting the
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