America’s Highly Skilled Workforce Meets in Louisville

Posted June 1, 2018 in Features, NLSC, NLSC Press Kit, Press Releases

SkillsUSA will come to Louisville June 25-29 for its 54th annual National Leadership and Skills Conference, the world’s largest showcase of skilled trades. Quality career and technical education will be… Read More

San Benito Students ShowSkills and Win $10,000

Posted May 29, 2018 in Features, Press Releases

Students from San Benito (Texas) High School won the grand prize in the SkillsUSA “Show Off Your Skills” Challenge, held in conjunction with the SkillsUSA National Week of Service, May… Read More

Getting Kids Into Unfilled and Good-Paying Blue Collar Jobs Will Require a Cultural Shift

Posted May 21, 2018 in Press Releases

Experts testifying before Congress don't typically start by describing the insights they've gained from backed-up toilets. But when reality TV star Mike Rowe appeared before the Senate committee on Commerce… Read More

ACTE Endorses OCTAE Assistant Secretary Nominee

Posted May 15, 2018 in Press Releases

Today, the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) endorsed President Trump’s nominee, Scott Stump, to lead the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education (OCTAE) as… Read More

SkillsUSA Announces Winners of the PR Challenge

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SkillsUSA congratulates the winners of the public relations challenge. This new online challenge encouraged local chapters and state officer teams to demonstrate how they showcased SkillsUSA to the news media in… Read More

Fine Homebuilding and SkillsUSA’s #KeepCraftAlive Scholarship

Posted May 7, 2018 in Press Releases

Fine Homebuilding Awards $70,000 in Scholarships to Help Close the Skills Gap Leesburg, Va. — SkillsUSA is proud to announce, in its second year of partnership with Fine Homebuilding, a scholarship… Read More

24 SkillsUSA Schools Named as Models of Excellence

Posted May 1, 2018 in Chapter Excellence Program, Features, Press Releases

Honored as Outstanding SkillsUSA Programs Leesburg, Va. — SkillsUSA recently named 24 SkillsUSA chapters as Models of Excellence. This national program recognizes the integration and application of personal, workplace and… Read More

Virginia County’s ‘Signing Day’ Celebrates Seniors Heading to Jobs, Not College

Posted April 26, 2018 in Press Releases

This is a great article from Today.com about students in Henrico County, Va. The county held its first-ever "Career and Technical Letter of Intent Signing Day" on March 28 to celebrate… Read More

High-Paying Trade Jobs Sit Empty, While High School Grads Line Up For University

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Like most other American high school students, Garret Morgan had it drummed into him constantly: Go to college. Get a bachelor's degree. Read the full story on NPR.org… Read More

SkillsUSA STEM
Scholarship Winners Announced

Posted April 20, 2018 in Features, Press Releases, Scholarships, STEM

SkillsUSA is proud to offer the SkillsUSA STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) scholarship program. There are multiple awards offered at $1,000 each. The scholarship program is part of SkillsUSA’s newly… Read More

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