Issac Slaven (left) and J. Michael Revalee position a portable solar and wind power unit Thursday in the parking lot behind Griffin Hall at Ivy Tech Community College. Slaven is the sustainable energy director at Ivy Tech. Ivy Tech is the first college in the state to offer a sustainable energy program. Revalee is a student in the program. By John Terhune/Journal & Courier
By Eric Weddle, Journal & Courier
eweddle@jconline.com
There are two reasons J. Michael Revalee is enrolling in school to learn about wind energy.
"I want a job that I can sink my teeth into," the 52-year-old said. "And this is a job that you can get in on the ground floor."
Revalee, who recently lost his job, is on track to be one of Indiana's first sustainable energy graduates.
Ivy Tech Community College's Lafayette campus this fall is pioneering a two-year program to teach wind and solar power technologies. The move comes even as the statewide system faces an enrollment surge that officials say could force 15,000 applicants to be turned away.
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