KeyTrain Gives Back

The Hugh McCrabb Scholarship

Each year, KeyTrain is proud to sponsor the Hugh McCrabb Scholarship.  The Scholarship honors the late Hugh McCrabb for his pioneering work in making the Career Readiness Certificate a reality in Oklahoma and helping to increase workplace skills for thousands of Oklahomans.  Hugh had a long history as an Oklahoma educator, having served as a teacher, coach, principal, superintendent, Assistant State Superintendent for Oklahoma and as Director of Technical and Occupational Activity for the Oklahoma State Board of Regents.   Each year, this scholarship is awarded to a returning adult student who demonstrates Hugh’s enthusiasm for self-improvement through education, and his delightful sense of humor.  Funded and implemented by Thinking Media/KeyTrain, the scholarship covers one full year’s tuition at an Oklahoma Technology Center and any costs for testing and printing of an Oklahoma Career Readiness Certificate. 

The 2008-09 Scholarship was awarded to Billy Henson, an adult student enrolled in the HVAC/R program at Moore Norman Technology Center.  Billy, married with one son, plans to graduate, gain a position in the HVAC field, and eventually start his own business.  Billy’s application showed a wonderful sense of humor (a requirement based on McCrabb’s ever-present wit) but also a serious side.  In it, he states “Gaining an education and a career that I can be proud of will take me one step closer to becoming the man and father that I want to be.”  Hugh McCrabb would have been proud to assist Billy in accomplishing his goals, as is KeyTrain.