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January 05, 2017

Ring in 2017 with Career Planning and Goal Setting

It’s time to kick off the new year with the help of the Career Transitions site. This is a free resource where students can: Assess their career interests by…

Features Press Releases

January 03, 2017

Article Highlights Maryland HVAC Program and SkillsUSA

This story by reporter Jon Pitts is about a growing HVAC program at Delaney High School. The article ran Dec. 21, 2016 in The Baltimore Sun (daily readership of 177,000).

Press Releases

December 20, 2016

Fishing for Millennials

SkillsUSA executive director Tim Lawrence was quoted extensively in an article about recruiting millennials into the printing industry for Canvas, a digital platform that deals with the realities of…

Chapter News

December 15, 2016

Motors to Build Skills and Partners

Photo: Kevin Law, Tazewell (Va.) County Career and Technical Center. Used with permission. At SkillsUSA’s national conference, instructor Mike Howington made a connection with representatives from Harley-Davidson Inc. Returning…

Chapter News

December 15, 2016

They’re Making Spirits Bright

The holidays always bring opportunities for SkillsUSA chapters to shine by serving others. Students at Westlake High School in Atlanta (top photo) adopted two families this season.

Chapter News

December 15, 2016

Pies and Bats, All-American Gifts

Photo: Karen Ward, SkillsUSA Massachusetts executive director Baseball and apple pie highlighted an All-American, barbecue-themed luncheon at the recent WorldSkills General Assembly, co-hosted by Skills/Compétences Canada and SkillsUSA.

Alumni

November 16, 2016

SkillsUSA Alumni Newsletter: October 2016

The October edition of the SkillsUSA Alumni and Friends newsletter has been published and emailed to all subscribers. You can read it here. If you’d like to…

Press Releases

November 15, 2016

SkillsUSA Former Members Featured in TechDirections

Two past SkillsUSA success stories were featured in the November 2016 issue of TechDirections, a magazine and website for technology, career and technical, and engineering educators covering automotive, IT,…

Competitions Press Releases

November 04, 2016

SkillsUSA and Pearson Launch New App for SkillsUSA Championships Clothing and Tool Requirements

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Jane DeShong Short or Karen Kitzel 703-777-8810, jshort@skillsusa.org or kkitzel@skillsusa.org Technology Helps SkillsUSA Career and Technical Education Students Prepare to Successfully Compete at…

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Senior Manager, Public Relations/Communications
703-737-0612

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Associate Director, Communications
703-737-0607

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