Technician Shortage: Understanding Career Choices
Today’s techs are well-paid, highly skilled, hands-on problem solvers. So why is there a lack of interest?
Icahn Automotive Announces Scholarship Program
Twelve scholarships of $2,500 each will be available to qualified students studying to become professional automotive technicians.
Icahn Automotive Goes Back To School At Alfred State College
Icahn Automotive brings ‘Race to 2026’ Technician Recruitment Initiative to New York technical college.
5 Public High School Automotive Teachers Named Winners Of 2019 Harbor Freight Tools For Schools Prize For Teaching Excellence
First-place winners and their schools will receive $100,000 – $70,000 for the high school skilled trades program and $30,000 for the teacher.
Bulldog Build: C.D. Hylton Auto Program Drives SEMA Jeep Project
It’s the pinnacle of many automotive professionals’ careers to have a build at the SEMA Show. With the help of SEMA Education, C.D. Hylton High School’s auto students will have a build at SEMA before graduation.
SEMA Recognizes Automotive Educators
The three finalists will participate in the SEMA Education Partners Breakfast at the 2019 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, where the winner will be announced.
Hendrick Automotive Group Pledges $1 Million As Construction Starts on New Wake Tech Facility
Automotive industry icon Rick Hendrick helped kick off construction of Wake Tech’s new Raleigh, NC, automotive training facility with a $1 million gift from Hendrick Automotive Group and by unveiling the name, “Hendrick Center for Automotive Excellence.”
BASF Sponsoring Detroit-Area Career Fair In October
This fall, BASF is sponsoring the Greater Detroit Area High School / College Transportation Career Fair, hosted by the Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF).
New Auto Tech Program Matrix Trade Institute Opens In Northeast Ohio
Matrix Trade Institute, a new hands-on automotive technician training school in Beachwood, Ohio, has graduated 80 technicians since its first class in January 2019.
Icahn Automotive Names Orlando Universal Technical Institute Final 2019 Technical School Partner
Icahn Automotive announced the addition of Universal Technical Institute’s (UTI) Orlando campus to its Race to 2026 efforts, concluding the program’s technical school efforts for 2019.
