Press Releases

February 16, 2017

More Access To Manufacturing Jobs

Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) introduced legislation to help students access good-paying American manufacturing jobs by creating partnerships between high schools, community colleges, and state apprenticeships. According to the Department of…

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January 05, 2017

Relevant or Irrelevant?

SkillsUSA Executive Director Tim LawrenceTim appeared on the radio program “Relevant or Irrelevant” (ROI) and talked extensively about SkillsUSA and the skills gap. ROI is a radio show…

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January 05, 2017

Solving the Workforce Struggle

Jeffrey Krause, the executive director and CEO of SME, has written an article called Solving the Workforce Struggle. He says that industry must work with associations, educators and government in…

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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).

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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…

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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,…

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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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November 01, 2016

New Story on SkillsUSA Construction Trades Competitions in ENR

Engineering News Record has just published a new story about that SkillsUSA Championships that highlights a couple of 2016 competitors and provides an overview of construction competitions. Engineering News–Record (widely known…

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October 26, 2016

Executive Director Tim Lawrence Interviewed for Agri-Pulse

Following the WorldSkills General Assembly, writer Sara Wyatt of Agri-Pulse reached out to interview Tim Lawrence on workforce development trends. Agri-Pulse is a weekly update that is considered the most trusted…

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Press Releases

More Access To Manufacturing Jobs

Relevant or Irrelevant?

Solving the Workforce Struggle

Article Highlights Maryland HVAC Program and SkillsUSA

Fishing for Millennials

SkillsUSA Former Members Featured in TechDirections

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

New Story on SkillsUSA Construction Trades Competitions in ENR

Executive Director Tim Lawrence Interviewed for Agri-Pulse

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