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April 04, 2019

State Farm Sponsors SkillsUSA To Support Workforce Development, Close Skills Gap

Leesburg, Va. — State Farm Insurance Companies has announced support for SkillsUSA, a national nonprofit focused on workforce development. The 2019 grant will support the mission of SkillsUSA…

Features

April 01, 2019

Help Launch the SkillsUSA Hope Fund

The SkillsUSA Hope Fund was established in 2019 to provide emergency scholarships for individual students in crisis to further their trade education, and for chapters affected by natural disasters.

Features Press Releases

March 27, 2019

CTSO Student Leaders Showcase CTE

On Tuesday, March 26, the Senate CTE Caucus hosted a reception at the Dirksen Senate Office Building for Members of Congress and their staffs, titled “CTE Success: Student Leaders in…

Press Releases

March 22, 2019

WorldSkills USA Team Trains at 3M

On March 11-12, the WorldSkills USA team members and their experts, traveled to St. Paul, Minn., for two days of training at 3M’s headquarters. The first day was…

Press Releases

March 13, 2019

Real-World Experiences Build a Better Workforce

SkillsUSA wields a large shovel, but we have a big hole to fill. That hole is in the American economy and it is called the skills gap—the widening gap…

Chapter News

February 21, 2019

NTU Pack Helps Wild Canines Find Sanctuary

Students help with fencing at a wolf sanctuary in Ramah, N.M. Photo: Cuyler R. Frank, Navajo Technical University.  The SkillsUSA chapter at Navajo Technical University (NTU) in Crownpoint, N.M.,…

Chapter News

February 21, 2019

Helping With Open Arms

In San Angelo, Texas, Central High School human services students have stepped up to help victims of sexual assault. With the assistance of local women’s empowerment group Dazzling Dames, students…

Chapter News

February 21, 2019

Meals, Wheels for Stranded Pets

Photo: Lisa Alvarado, EPSID Center for Career and Technology Education. Used with permission. When Hurricane Harvey devastated the Gulf Coast of Texas, students at El Paso Independent School District (EPISD)…

Chapter News

February 21, 2019

With a Program Short on Funds, Students Combine Skills to Help

Students from Central Technology Center in Drumright, Okla., raised $1,500 for Cleveland Public Schools, a feeder system in need of funding. Welding/fabrication students worked with the diesel technology class to…

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