On November 30, 2023, the Training and Technical Assistance (T2) Center staff, guests, and Connecticut’s top transportation leaders honored 171 professionals who completed one or more of eight certificate programs in 2023.

There were 57 Public Works Academy graduates, 50 Road Master graduates, 18 Road Scholar graduates, 5 Local Traffic Authority graduates, 6 Transportation Leadership Program graduates, 9 Safety Champion graduates, 2 Traffic Signal Champion graduates, and 24 Traffic Signal Technician Certificate – Level I graduates. It is important to note that 59 of our 2023 graduating class were members of the CT Department of Transportation.

The opening remarks of the ceremony were delivered by Assistant Dean Kylene Perras from the College of Engineering, and Dr. Eric Jackson, Executive Director of the CT Transportation Institute at the University of Connecticut. The keynote speakers for the event were Division Administrator Amy Jackson-Grove of the Federal Highway Administration; Deputy Commissioner Laoise King of the CT Department of Transportation; and two of our 2023 graduates, Tom Modzelewski, Director of Public Works for the Town of Ellington; and Devin Cowperthwaite, Director of Public Works for the Town of Stafford.

The list of alumni for each graduating class from 1996 to present are posted here.

To view the 2023 Graduation Guide, please click here.

Photos of our graduates are posted on the T2 Center’s Flickr account, here.