If you like loud, exciting, fun packed action, then you would have loved the 2009 Monster Jam event held at the Kansas Coliseum. They had monster trucks, quad racing, and trick motorcycle riders. We were able to meet and score autographs from all the Monster Truck drivers. I would like to tell you a little […]
Hands-On Training + Work Experience = Superior Results
Some students are off playing and having fun when not in class, but several of the collision repair students are getting work experience in their spare time. These students are spending four hours per day, four days per week in the collision repair program. In addition to collision repair classes, they are taking general education […]
Everything is Bigger in Texas
Home of the Big Texan Ranch Steak House in Amarillo, TX From the deserts of New Mexico, to the big state of Texas, and back to the sunflower state of Kansas. I’m back in Kansas now, but I thought that I would share with you a few of our stops that we made on our […]
Students Working in the Collision Industry While Attending College
I held an interview with Zan Fine, a Butler Community College Collision Repair student, about his experience at Butler. In addition to attending college, Zan works part time for a body shop. I encourage students to work in the collision industry while in college. This is an excellent way to get experience and help the […]
A Students Responce to Plastic Repair
We ended the semester this year with plastic repair. I asked one of my students’s to write a short paper with his opinions of plastic repair and of the plastic repair course for this blog. Below is the student’s response.====================================== Plastics RepairBy Jon Abrahamsen Although plastics repair seemed like one of are shorter classes I […]