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September 15 Chicago Career Fair Expected to Draw More than 500 Students

September 5, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Collision Repair Education Foundation and ASE will hold its third annual Cars, Careers, & Celebrities Expo event on Friday, September 15 at the Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill. in conjunction with the NASCAR Cup race taking place that weekend. The event will bring together hundreds of high school and college collision and auto service […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: ASE, Career Fair, Chicago, Collision Repair Education Foundation

Philadelphia I-CAR Committee Raises Over $46,000 for Collision Repair Education Foundation

August 31, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

Second annual event supports pre-employment collision education opportunities in greater Philadelphia market. On Thursday, June 8, the Greater Philadelphia-area I-CAR committee held its second annual fundraiser at the Scotland Run Golf Club, in Williamstown, N.J. to benefit the Collision Repair Education Foundation and local collision repair school programs. Over 160 people participated in the golf […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: ABRA, Collision Repair Education Foundation, Fundraiser, I-CAR, Pennsylvania

Lord Corporation Sponsors Collision Repair Education Foundation Helicopter Ball Drop

July 20, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

Helicopter Golf Ball Drop

LORD Corporation, maker of Fusor Aftermarket Repair Adhesives, is once again sponsoring the Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) Annual Helicopter Golf Ball Drop. The Ball Drop will take place at the Foundation’s golf outing that will be held on Monday, July 24 from 2-7 p.m. at the Harborside International Golf Center in Chicago in conjunction […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Collision Repair Education Foundation, Golf Outing, Lord Corporation

SkillsUSA Collision and Refinish Champions Benefited from Collision Repair Education Foundation Support

July 18, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

Schools with student medalists at last month’s SkillsUSA National Competition received over $900,000 in collision industry support through foundation. All of the student medalists in the collision repair technology and automotive refinish technology competitions at the annual SkillsUSA Championships last month studied at schools that received grants from the Collision Repair Education Foundation. The 11 […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Collision Repair Education Foundation, SkillsUSA

Interview: Clark Plucinski, Collision Repair Education Foundation

July 18, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

Clark Plucinski Interview

Clark Plucinski, executive director of the Foundation, details results from the organizations recent Snapshot of the Collision Repair Industry research and how what has been learned influences their programs designed to improve the industry’s supply of entry level employees. Since 1995, the Collision Repair Education Foundation has conducted its Snapshot of the Collision Repair Industry […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Collision Repair Education Foundation, Interview

Christen Battaglia Named Director of Strategic Partnerships at Collision Repair Education Foundation

June 12, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) announced that Christen Battaglia has joined the Foundation as Director of Strategic Partnerships. Battaglia, who reports to Clark Plucinski, Executive Director of CREF, will assist in growing the organization’s financial supporters and assist the organization in ensuring high school and college collision programs are fully engaged with support opportunities. Over […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Collision Repair Education Foundation, People

Career and Technical Education Faces Cuts in President’s FY18 Budget

May 25, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

Cuts, if approved by Congress, could impact collision repair training programs at high schools. Collision repair training programs in high schools would possibly face cuts under the budget proposed by the Trump Administration this week for Fiscal Year 2018 that begins in October 2017. The Administration is requesting $976.9 million to support career and technical […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Career and Technical Education, Collision Repair Education Foundation, legislation

Collision Repair Education Foundation Student Resume Database Accepting Submissions

May 1, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Collision Repair Education Foundation’s online database of high school and college resumes is accepting student resume submissions. Students who are seeking full time jobs, part time jobs, or internships in the industry are invited to submit a resume to the database online at www.collisionrepaircareers.org before graduation. The database is a way for collision students, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Career Fairs, Collision Repair Education Foundation

Nationwide Insurance Awards $50,000 to Schools Through Collision Repair Education Foundation

April 21, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Collision Repair Education Foundation announced that Nationwide Insurance has made a $50,000 donation to assist the Education Foundation’s support of high school and college collision school programs across the country through school grants. Six schools were supported through these Nationwide school grants. The schools applied for the Education Foundation’s 2016 Ultimate Collision Education Makeover […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Career and Technical Education, Collision Repair Education Foundation, Nationwide Insurance

ASE and Collision Repair Education Foundation Partner on Chicago Career Fair

April 18, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

The National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) is partnering with the Collision Repair Education Foundation’s (CREF) Cars, Careers & Celebrities event being held on September 15,. This is CREF’s third year hosting the event, which last year brought together over 400 high school and college collision students from 10 states. ASE will work with […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: ASE, Career Fair, Collision Repair Education Foundation

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