February 2018: Bryan Sooter, an online RailTEC MS student, received a 2017 Gold Spike as part of a team award presented to Alaska Railroad Corporation (ARRC) train dispatchers. The press release from ARRC stated the dispatchers received the award for their “sustained level of excellent performance and team-driven professional development”. These annual awards recognize ARRC’s top employees who demonstrate the railroad’s values of safety, service excellence, integrity, sustainability, teamwork and leadership.
