Newsline: McPherson College automotive program to be featured on Chasing Classic Cars
From CoBNews <CoBNews@brethren.org>Date Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:55:52 -0500
Newsline: Church of the Brethren News Service, News Director Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, 800-323-8039 ext. 260, cobnews@brethren.org McPherson College automotive program to be featured on 'Chasing Classic Cars' (Oct. 19, 2012) Elgin, IL --The Automotive Restoration program at McPherson (Kan.) College--the only place in the world that offers a four-year bachelor's degree in automotive restoration--will be featured on an entire episode of the national cable television program "Chasing Classic Cars." The episode airs Oct. 23 on Velocity Channel by Discovery at 10 p.m. (eastern time). The show, hosted by Ferrari expert and master car restorer Wayne Carini, follows his adventures as he seeks out, restores, and sells rare and unique collector cars. Carini has owned and operated three classic car and restoration businesses in Portland, Conn., and has a special interest in getting young people involved in the collector car hobby. "We want these young people to take over our own businesses or start their own someday," Carini said, while attending the 13th annual C.A.R.S. Club Car Show at McPherson College last spring. "If we don't have that, all of this is going to go away." The episode featuring McPherson College focuses on Carini's search for an apprentice from among the automotive restoration students at McPherson. Viewers of the program will see Carini meet and interview students, watch a team of students assemble a Model T from parts to running in less than 10 minutes, and attend the C.A.R.S. Club Car show. Carini was the special guest at "An Evening with Automotive Restoration" dinner on May 4 this year. He stayed on through Saturday to attend the student-run car show and to interview candidates for a summer intern. "We were so pleased to have Wayne visit us and to recognize the high-quality, artistic automotive restorers coming from McPherson College," said Amanda Gutierrez, vice president of automotive restoration. "Now this national program will bring McPherson College into homes and living rooms across the United States and inspire the next generation of young restorers and car enthusiasts to discover how much McPherson has to offer them." To view schedules for the premiere as well as rebroadcasts of the episode--which is Episode 516: "Wayne's Apprentice"--visit velocity.discovery.com and click on "TV Schedules." Visit www.mcpherson.edu for more information about McPherson College. The Church of the Brethren is a Christian denomination committed to continuing the work of Jesus peacefully and simply, and to living out its faith in community. The denomination is based in the Anabaptist and Pietist faith traditions and is one of the three Historic Peace Churches. It celebrated its 300th anniversary in 2008. It counts some 123,000 members across the United States and Puerto Rico, and has missions and sister churches in Nigeria, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and India. (Adam Pracht, coordinator of Development Communications for McPherson College, provided this release.) ># # # >For more information contact: >Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford >Director of News Services >Church of the Brethren >1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120 >800-323-8039 ext. 260 >cobnews@brethren.org