May 30, 2019—TechForce Foundation, in partnership with the Collision Repair Education Foundation, recently awarded three collision repair students with scholarships funded through a TechForce Foundation FutureTech Success Grant.
Each winner received $2,000 that can be used to continue their education in the collision repair industry.
This year’s scholarship winners include:
- Hanife Manning of Guilford Technical Community College in Greensboro, N.C.
- Dilan Miller of City College in Billings, Mont.
- Larmar Tillery of Guilford Technical Community College in Jamestown, N.C.
“The transportation industry needs on average more than 15,000 new collision repair technicians each year, but tech schools are only graduating one third of that number,” noted Jennifer Maher,executive director, TechForce Foundation, in a press release.
“TechForce Foundation is proud to partner with organizations, including the Collision Repair Education Foundation, to solve this industry-wide challenge."
