The Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) and the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) announced the fall schedule of career fairs that will bring together high school and college collision repair and auto service students together with industry employers. Companies have the opportunity to participate in each of the career fair events by being […]
Collision Student of the Year Nominations Due September 22
The Collision Repair Education Foundation is currently accepting nominations for its Collision Student of the Year award. The deadline for nominations is September 22. Launched last year, the Collision Student of the Year award, seeks to recognize truly outstanding students training for a career in the collision industry. Nominated students must currently be studying collision […]
Collision Repair Education Foundation Raises $120,000 to Support Scholarship and Grant Programs
Chicago event, co-hosted by PPG, will help fund collision repair school initiatives and student scholarship programs. Foundation announces sponsor program to supply work uniforms for school students. The annual Collision Repair Education Foundation industry fundraiser, co-hosted by the automotive refinish business unit of PPG, raised $120,000 through the support of attendees and sponsors. Sponsors and […]
September 15 Chicago Career Fair Expected to Draw More than 500 Students
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 […]
Philadelphia I-CAR Committee Raises Over $46,000 for Collision Repair Education Foundation
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 […]
Lord Corporation Sponsors Collision Repair Education Foundation Helicopter 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 […]
SkillsUSA Collision and Refinish Champions Benefited from Collision Repair Education Foundation Support
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 […]
Interview: Clark Plucinski, Collision Repair Education Foundation
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 […]
Christen Battaglia Named Director of Strategic Partnerships at Collision Repair Education Foundation
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 […]
Career and Technical Education Faces Cuts in President’s FY18 Budget
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 […]
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