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Ford/AAA Sets Date for National Finals The national Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills competition, which fosters young people’s interest in the automotive industry through a spirited nationwide competition with opportunities to win prizes, scholarships, tools and awards will be held June 8-10, 2014 in Dearborn, MI. Instructors are also eligible to win equipment, service publications,
Record 126 Collision School Programs Apply for $50,000 ‘Makeover’ Through Collision Repair Education Foundation
Industry members asked to consider ‘adopting’ local applicants to help fulfill schools’ collision wish list
Submit Your Nomination for 2013 School of the Year by Late August
Online nominations for the 2013 Tomorrow’s Tech School of the Year program ends Aug. 26.
Finish Line: Team MOTIVE GEAR Takes Win at Hot Rodders of Tomorrow Engine Challenge
Listed as Team MOTIVE GEAR, the Loara High School student team beat out 12 other teams in the 4th Annual “Showdown at SEMA.”
CPTC Scales To New Heights
Clover Park Technical College Crowned Automotive School of the Year
Scholarships for Secondary & Post-Secondary Collision Students
The deadline to apply is Feb. 15. Winners will be selected by members of the Collision Repair Education Foundation’s Board of Trustees Selection Committee and notified by mail and phone
Clover Park Technical College Crowned ‘2012 School of the Year’
The Lakewood, WA, technical college was recognized as the fifth-annual national award recipient for automotive education excellence.
2012 School of the Year Nominations Closed
Contest officials are in the process of picking the Top 20 schools and then narrowing the field down to the Top 4 finalists.
Women’s Industry Network Awards Scholarships to Top Female Competitors from SkillsUSA
This year’s WIN recipients are Jessica Crowley, who placed third in the automotive refinishing technology category, and Kristina Shaver, who was the high scorer in the collision repair technology category at SkillsUSA.
Fifty Students Receive GAAS Scholarships 
Through Grants From 
The University of the Aftermarket Foundation
The scholarship winners will receive a $1,000 scholarship to advance their education, either at two-year vocational / technical colleges or four-year colleges and universities. All of these students are either attending or entering vocational programs to become mechanical, collision, or heavy duty repair professionals.