SkillsUSA Names 3M’s Maureen Tholen as Chair of the SkillsUSA Foundation

Posted October 22, 2018 in Press Releases

Helps Improve Quality of Nation’s Future Workforce Leesburg, Va., Oct. 22, 2018 — Maureen Tholen, sustainability director for 3M’s Industrial Business, and Safety and Graphics Business Groups, has been named as… Read More

SkillsUSA and Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Team Up to Support Outstanding Skilled Trades Students and Chapters

Posted October 16, 2018 in Features, Press Releases

Leesburg, Va., Oct. 15, 2018 — SkillsUSA has partnered with Harbor Freight Tools for Schools on a new grant opportunity for SkillsUSA chapters. Eligible programs can receive up to $5,000… Read More

WorldSkills USA Will Go for Gold in Kazan, Russia, at Global Trade Skills Competition

Posted October 3, 2018 in Features, Press Releases

Competitors will represent the United States against the greatest young talents in the world Leesburg, Va. — SkillsUSA today revealed 20 young competitors who will represent the United States at WorldSkills… Read More

SkillsUSA Team Visits Rep. Krishnamoorthi During WLTI

Posted September 28, 2018 in Features, Press Releases

National student leaders (left to right) Guadalupe Cortez, Adam Cavanaugh and Brooke Gatchell met with Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) in his Capitol Hill office Sept. 25, 2018, as part of… Read More

Forbes Cites Top 25 Two-Year Trade Schools; SkillsUSA Chapters Among Them

Posted August 22, 2018 in Features, Press Releases

For the second year, Forbes magazine has ranked the nation’s top two-year trade schools, in a list of technical and career colleges with high-earning alumni, stand-out graduation and retention rates… Read More

SkillsUSA Prepares the American Workforce

Posted August 21, 2018 in Press Releases

WorkingNation Produces a New Mini-Documentary about SkillsUSA for its “Do Something Awesome” Series Leesburg, Va. — SkillsUSA is the subject of a new mini-documentary produced by WorkingNation for its “Do Something… Read More

President Reauthorizes Perkins Career and Technical Education Act

Posted August 2, 2018 in Features, Press Releases

SkillsUSA celebrates President Trump’s signing of H.R. 2353, the “Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act,” which officially reauthorizes the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act, more… Read More

ACTE, Advance CTE Release Statement on Perkins Reauthorization

Posted July 27, 2018 in Features, Press Releases

SkillsUSA joins the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) and Advance CTE in celebrating the passage of S. 3217, the bill reauthorizing the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical… Read More

Former SkillsUSA Board Member Scott Stump Named Assistant Secretary for OCTAE

Posted July 17, 2018 in Press Releases

The Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) and Advance CTE released the following joint statement in response to Scott Stump’s confirmation as assistant secretary for the Office of Career… Read More

SkillsUSA Honors Pam Evans with National Award

Posted July 2, 2018 in Press Releases

LEESBURG, Va., June 28, 2018— Pam Evans, a community relations leader at GE Appliances, a Haier company headquartered in Louisville, Ky., was presented the SkillsUSA Torch Carrier Award at a VIP… Read More

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