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September 17, 2026

SkillsUSA Chapters Receive Hypertherm Grants

Six schools with SkillsUSA chapters are among the 12 recipients of Hypertherm’s 2026 Spark Something Great educational grant.

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September 10, 2026

SkillsUSA Sends U.S. Team to Shanghai for WorldSkills Competition Sept. 22-27

Elite U.S. Delegation of Trade Champions Set to Compete in the "Olympics of Skilled Trades" in Shanghai, China.

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September 02, 2026

SkillsUSA Featured on CNBC’s ‘Now We Know! with Steve Guttenberg’

SkillsUSA was featured on the Aug. 29 episode of “Now We Know! with Steve Guttenberg” on CNBC, putting our students, teachers and industry partners in front of a national audience.

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September 01, 2026

One Million Careers by 2035: SkillsUSA Joins the Building Futures Coalition

SkillsUSA is a founding member of the Building Futures Skilled Trades Coalition — the largest cross-sector skilled trades coalition in U.S. history — launched today by the Lowe's Foundation. SkillsUSA joins more than 75 educators, businesses and workforce organizations, named alongside groups like the National Association of Home Builders and NCCER, in an effort to help train and develop 1 million people for skilled trades careers by 2035.

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August 31, 2026

Business Roundtable Taps SkillsUSA to Grow the Skilled Trades Pipeline

SkillsUSA, the #1 workforce development organization for students, today announces a partnership with Arconic Foundation, an organization committed to funding nonprofit and community organizations that enhance education through skill-building learning experiences,advance environmental sustainability, and meet essential human needs.

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August 07, 2026

SkillsUSA Honors State Associations with Annual Awards for Excellence

A total of 57 SkillsUSA state leaders representing 49 state associations gathered in New Orleans, Louisiana, for their annual State Directors Association (SDA) professional conference.

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July 16, 2026

SkillsUSA Names Bryan Raeckelboom National Advisor of the Year

SkillsUSA has named Bryan Raeckelboom, a Building Construction Instructor at the Golden Strip Career Center in Greenville, S.C., as its National Advisor of the Year.

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June 22, 2026

SkillsUSA Elects 2026-27 National Officers, Leads Charge Against Nationwide Skills Gap

With the American economy facing a widening skills gap — marked by millions of essential, high-paying technical jobs left unfilled — SkillsUSA has officially announced the election of its 2026-27 National Officer Team.

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June 08, 2026

SkillsUSA Unveils Official 2026 WorldSkills USA Team at National Leadership & Skills Conference

Elite U.S. Delegation of Trade Champions Set to Compete in the "Olympics of Skilled Trades" in Shanghai, China.

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