ABRA Awards Eight Students with Tool Grants Through Collision Repair Education Foundation
ABRA Auto Body & Glass awarded eight collision students each with $2,000 in tools through a spring tool grant opportunity with the Collision Repair Education Foundation. The tool grant was made available to select high school seniors and post-secondary students studying in collision repair programs. The winning students were able to select $2,000 (retail value)
Caliber Collision Centers Donates $10,000 to Collision Repair Education Foundation
Caliber Collision Centers has joined the Collision Repair Education Foundation’s Industry Leadership Circle donor recognition group through a $10,000 donation. This donation will help provide educational support to post-secondary collision students at Universal Technical Institute in Houston and Sacramento this spring. "We are proud to support collision repair students at Universal Technical Institute in Houston
Top Industry Experts Discuss the Impact of Education and Training at I-CAR Annual Conference
A panel discussion at the I-CAR Annual Conference held July 20 in Salt Lake City, Utah, focused on the impact of education and training on organizational performance. Russell Thrall III, I-CAR director of industry relations, moderated the panel, which consisted of the following automotive industry professionals: • Rollie Benjamin – co-founder, ABRA Auto Body &
Wisconsin Has Its First Female Champion in Collision Repair Category of SkillsUSA Competition
Liz Moore recently became Wisconsin’s first female champion in the collision repair category of the April 12 SkillsUSA competition held in her state. With her victory, the 17-year-old senior at Freedom High School earned a trip to Kansas City, Mo., in June to compete in the national SkillsUSA competition in the collision repair category, which
I-CAR Announces 2011 International Board of Directors
I-CAR has announced its 2011 International Board of Directors and Executive Committee following the I-CAR Annual Membership Meeting in Dallas (Grapevine), Texas on Feb. 10. The 2011 Executive Committee consists of: • Chair Elise Quadrozzi, Crawford & Company • Vice Chair William Brower, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company • Secretary Dustin Womble, Roger Beasley Collision Center
Pennsylvania Shop Hosts Vo-Tech Student for Job Shadowing Program
Keenan Auto Body West in Edgemont, Pa., recently invited a local vo-tech student to work for a day in the shop as part of Keenan’s ongoing mentoring program. Luis Angel, a 12th-grade student at Technical College High School in Jennersville, Pa., whose goal is to become a painter, got a chance to see what it’s
I-CAR Education Foundation Awards Grants, Scholarships
The I-CAR Education Foundation has announced the recipients of the two collision repair scholarships, curriculum grants for five schools, maintenance grants for 12 schools to update curriculum and training material libraries, and training grants that will help 12 instructors attend the I-CAR Instructor Qualification Workshop (IQW). These awards are funded by industry donations made to
MABA to Lead Fundraising for World Skills Competition USA Representative
The Massachusetts Auto Body Association (MABA) has launched a fundraising campaign to offset the costs of sending the USA participant, Scott Raymond, to the World Skills Competition, being held in Calgary, Canada, Sept. 1-7. Raymond was the gold medal winner in both the State (Massachusetts) and National Skills USA competitions in 2007 and will
Revamped NABC Board of Directors Ready for 2009
The National Auto Body Council (NABC) board meeting scheduled for Tuesday, April 21, in Hartford, Conn., marks the first opportunity for the new board to move ahead on its 2009 agenda. This agenda includes the initial acceptance of shops desiring to be a part of this year’s Recycled Rides program, which has larger than anticipated
CCC Information Services Inc. and I-CAR Education Foundation Announce Scholarship Winners
The I-CAR Education Foundation and CCC Information Services Inc. announced six students as winners of the CCC Michael Salvatore Memorial Student Repair Technician Scholarship. The CCC Michael Salvatore Memorial Student Repair Technician Scholarship awards scholarships to students currently enrolled at each of five chosen schools, representing a combined student value of $25,000. Schools participating in