Public Information Office

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: December 20, 2005
CONTACT: Donna Myers, 206.546.4717

SCC Automotive Program to receive
$10,000 grant from DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund

Shoreline, WA — The Automotive Program at Shoreline Community College will receive a $10,000 grant from the DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund.  These funds will be used to purchase shop equipment, laptop computers, diagnostic scan tools, and storage systems for specialty tools and supplies for the students in the DaimlerChrysler College Automotive Program (CAP) at Shoreline.  With this funding, the College will be able to provide the latest technologies for students to learn on firsthand.  New curriculum will also be developed and the College will conduct career day recruiting fairs. 
            “The laptops and scan tools will greatly enhance learning and teaching by allowing each student to spend more time with this sophisticated diagnostic equipment, increasing both confidence and competence,” says Mark Hankins, acting director of Automotive and Manufacturing Programs at the College. 
            Shoreline offers several automotive programs, including the DaimlerChrysler College Automotive Program (CAP); Professional Automotive Career Training (PACT) – Honda; Toyota Technical Education Network Program (T-Ten) – Toyota; and Automotive Service Educational Program (ASEP) – General Motors.  All are two-year cooperative, factory-sponsored programs in which students spend alternating quarters at the dealership and at the Professional Automotive Training Center classroom at Shoreline.  Students learn under the guidance of master technicians at the dealerships.  Shoreline’s automotive program has received several regional and national awards and is a prototype for other college automotive programs.

            For information about the DaimlerChrysler program or any of the other automotive programs at the College, please call 206.546.???? or visit the web site at http://www.shoreline.edu/automfg/.   Shoreline is located at 16101 Greenwood Avenue North, west of Aurora Avenue and just north of Seattle city limits.

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