Dallas College Links Students To Jobs In Automotive Technology Through Highly Successful Annual Gathering At Brookhaven Campus

Irving TX

12 May, 2022

2:44 PM

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Press release from Dallas College: May 6, 2022 (FARMERS BRANCH, Texas) — The Automotive Technology program at Dallas College recently opened its doors for an event chock-full of the latest cars, trucks, automotive parts — and a hefty dose of handshakes. More than 40 dealers and manufacturers, from Chevrolet to Subaru, showcased their latest wares and previewed new model-year cars and trucks at Dallas College's Brookhaven Campus earlier this month. At the invitation of David McNabb, associate dean of advanced automotive technology, industry representatives were on campus for a full day to answer questions from hundreds of jobseekers and current students at the latest annual auto tech expo — the first Dallas College has had since the COVID-19 pandemic set in two years ago. "Automotive techs are a dying breed, and not enough of them are being produced," said James Saliva, the Infiniti service director for Crest Auto Group. "The traffic at the expo was awesome, and we walked away with the contact information for 73 students. Any one of them, even if it's just one, we'd be lucky to have working with us. The training in those bays at Brookhaven is that good." Saliva and his team met with a host of instructors, staff and administrators also on site, amid a sea of competitors all of whom are passionate about educating the future workforce of auto technology. Other car and truck makers including Ford, GMC, Toyota, Honda, Mopar and Kubota were all present, in addition to more than 400 high school automotive program students throughout the day. This press release was produced by Dallas College. The views expressed here are the author's own.