Well, it’s hard to believe that my graduating students have completed two years in the collision repair program at Butler. The time has flown by fast. I’m excited to see each of them turn the chapter in their book of life as they start their new career. I look forward to hearing success stories from […]
Butler’s Collision Repair Program Competes at Skills USA
Collision RepairSeveral Collision Repair students at Butler Community College competed at Skills USA this week in Wichita, KS. We did not win a metal; however, we did reach a few accomplishments worth mentioning. The competition was broken into five categories: Estimating, Metal Repair, Plastic Repair, Welding, and Frame. All of the students in the collision […]
Butler Collision Student Wins Women’s Industry Network Scholarship
We received an application for a scholarship to attend a conference with the Women’s Industry Network (WIN) in the mail. The application asked for the collision repair instructors to select and encourage their best female student to apply. I only have one second-year female student so I asked Jenni if she would be interested in […]
February, 2009 BCRN Newsletter Blog
This is a newsletter blog that will be posted once a month to highlight other blog posts, videos, events, and other things going on in the collision repair program. School of the Year Update We’ve completed all of the information needed for the award and mailed it to Tomorrow’s Technician. We’ll have to wait until […]
Why We Need Collision Repair Technicians
Sam Moser, one of my collision repair students, e-mailed me a video titled “female driver complication.” I believe there are as many bad men drivers, but I did find the video hilarious. So, I YouTubed it and thought “Why We Need Collision Repair Technicians” would be a good fit for the video. If you haven’t […]