The Collision Repair Education Foundation and 3M are proud to announce the 58 winners for the first round of this year\u2019s 3M Hire Our Heroes awards. The winners include 53 students that are currently studying collision repair and who have served or are currently serving in the military. <\/p>\n
Each winning student will have the opportunity to select $1,500 worth of tools upon receiving the award. For those students graduating this year, they will have the opportunity to select an additional $3,000 in tools upon graduation and upon getting hired into the collision industry. There are additional $1,000 scholarships for select veterans. <\/p>\n
3M Hire Our Heroes Veteran Grant Recipients
\nRay Alston (Guilford Technical Community College, Jamestown, NC)
\nAlexandros Aslanis (Parkland College, Champaign, IL)
\nMichael Baker (Tennessee College of Applied Technology, Morristown, TN)
\nPeter Beasley\t(Lake Washington Institute of Technology, Kirkland, WA)
\nMichael Carroll (Sandhills Community College, Pinehurst, NC)
\nJames\tCash (Fayetteville Technical Community College, Fayetteville, NC)
\nMatthew Conley (Fayetteville Technical Community College, Fayetteville, NC)
\nRussell Cook (Great Plains Technology Center, Lawton, OK)
\nDavid Cortes\t(Sandhills Community College, Pinehurst, NC)
\nRoan Cowart (Universal Technical Institute, Houston, TX)
\nRoger Cox (Moore Norman Technology Center, Norman, OK)
\nWilliam Crowder (Arkansas State University, Newport, AR)
\nJohn Curlett (Florida State College, Jacksonville, FL)
\nLawrence Daniels (Tennessee College of Applied Technology, Oneida, TN)
\nKris Dindoffer (Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI)
\nDaniel Dwyer (Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove, IL)
\nRyan Folker (Ivy Tech Community College, Fort Wayne, IN)
\nRobert Garrison (Portland Community College, Portland, OR)
\nScott Gray (Laramie County Community College, Cheyenne, WY)
\nScott Heise (Manhattan Area Technical College, Manhattan, KS)
\nAlex Henderson (Fox Valley Technical College, Appleton, WI)
\nStacey\tHildreth (South Western Community College, Creston, IA)
\nKevin Hill (Universal Technical Institute, Houston, TX)
\nGerald\tHowell\t(WITC, Rice Lake, WI)
\nWillie Hutchinson (Texas State Technical College, Waco, TX)
\nScot Johnson (Great Plains Technology Center, Lawton, OK)
\nBlake Kizer (Scott Community College, Bettendorf, IA)
\nCharles Kovach (Highland Community College, Freeport, IL)
\nBilly Logan (Cleveland County Community College, Shelby, NC)
\nRandell Lute (Fayetteville Technical Community College, Fayetteville, NC)
\nMarvin Martin (Wiregrass Georgia Technical College, Valdosta, GA)
\nMatthew Moody (Eastfield College, Mesquite, TX)
\nPedro Moreno (Autry Technology Center, Enid, OK)
\nChristopher Mussel (Cape Fear Community College, Wilmington, NC)
\nWilliam Plont (Athens Technical College, Athens, GA)
\nErick Rebelukag (Walla Walla Community College, Walla Walla, WA)
\nJavier Rey (Texas State Technical College, Harlingen, TX)
\nAaron Rhines (Bellingham Technical College, Bellingham, WA)
\nRobert Rioux (Universal Technical Institute, Houston, TX)
\nAlexander Romero II (Morgan Community College, Fort Morgan, CO)
\nDariel Saldana (Automotive Training Center, Warminster, PA)
\nAaron Schaffer (Ivy Tech Community College, Terre Haute, IN)
\nJoseph\tSchmidt (Washburn Institute of Technology, Topeka, KS)
\nRamiro\tSerrano (Universal Technical Institute, Houston, TX)
\nDoug Smallwood (Lake Technical College, Eustis, FL)
\nMatthew Smith (Lenoir Community College, Kinston, NC)
\nJacob Talsma (Ridgewater College, Willmar, MN)
\nJoshua\tTapia (Universal Technical Institute, Houston, TX)
\nBrandon Thames (Itawamba Community College, Tupelo, MS)
\nAustin Vorasith (DMACC, Ankeny, IA)
\nEric Wade (Pulaski Technical College, North Little Rock, AR)
\nLeeland Warren (Morgan County Community College (Fort Morgan, CO)
\nRandall Wright (Great Plains Technology Center, Lawton, OK)<\/p>\n
In addition, four collision students who have immediate family members who served or are serving in the military were selected as scholarship winners. Each student received an award of $2,500 to help with their education costs. <\/p>\n
3M Hire Our Heroes \u2013 Veteran Family Award Recipients<\/p>\n
Caelan\tCampbell (Automotive Technology Center, Troutman NC)
\nDenovario Goode (Gadsden State, Anniston, AL)
\nAshley\tMcNamara (Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI)
\nVaughn Weaver (Kansas City Kansas Community College, Kansas City, KS)<\/p>\n
This is the fourth year that 3M has partnered with the Collision Repair Education Foundation in support of our industry and our nation’s veterans. Since 2013, 3M Hire Our Heroes program has generated $750,000 to be used toward scholarships and tool grants for military veterans and their family members.<\/p>\n
\u201cSupporting both our industry and our military veterans remains a high priority for us\u201d said Dale Ross, US Marketing Operations Manager for 3M\u2019s Automotive Aftermarket Division.\u201d This year, we were excited to have our customers and 3M employees join us in supporting the 3M Hire Our Heroes program and donating more than $200,000 through the calendar campaign.\u201d <\/p>\n
The Collision Repair Education Foundation is looking to help connect these students with industry businesses who would be interested in meeting and potentially hiring them. If your business is interested in hiring one of the winning students, please send your business information including location to the Collision Repair Education Foundation at info@ed-foundation.org and the organization will help introduce both parties for potential employment opportunities.<\/p>\n