TOPDON USA Announces Partnership With Northeast Texas Community College
Students in the Carroll Shelby Automotive Program were given scan tools to help them meet career goals...
TOPDON USA has announced an agreement with Northeast Texas Community College (NTCC) to help educate students attending the Carroll Shelby Automotive Program. Through the company’s global TOP-UP program, the company has donated over $250,000 in cash and products to prepare the next generation of skilled automotive technicians through education, training and product donations worldwide.
“It’s exciting to watch our TOP-UP program grow across the U.S. to include one of the most iconic names in automotive racing, design and manufacturing, Carroll Shelby,” said Chad Schnitz, vice president of TOPDON USA. “It’s an honor to partner with the Northeast Texas Community College in support of Carroll’s vision to support the next generation of automotive technicians through the Carroll Shelby Automotive Program.”
The announcement, which was made in the TOPDON USA booth during the SEMA Show in Las Vegas, was attended by Dr. Jon McCullough, executive vice president at NTCC, as well as students from the Carroll Shelby Automotive Program. Students at the press conference were each presented with a complimentary TopScan PRO. TOPDON also presented nearly 100 students from the TechForce Foundation who attended this year’s APEX Show with TopScan PRO diagnostic tool.
“Carroll Shelby was committed to giving young people an opportunity to improve their lives through a career in the automotive industry,” said McCullough. “The TOPDON team will provide us with their state-of-the-art diagnostic tools and support educational initiatives with our students. I’m confident that Carroll would have welcomed the brand’s efforts to support the students enrolled in our program.”
The Carroll Shelby Automotive Program was created in 2007 and is designed to prepare students for the workforce and offers degrees and certificates to help students meet their individual career goals. Students are trained in the basics of automotive knowledge with input from industry partners to prepare automotive technicians for the future.
TOPDON’s TOP-UP program supports community colleges and trade schools, as well as programs at higher learning institutions that are dedicated to building up the automotive trade workforce.
