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Ready to reignite your program and build stronger connections between your students and local industry? Join Aaron Klesick, Department Chair at Skagit Valley College, for an energizing session packed with proven strategies to grow your advisory committees, engage businesses, and inspire students from day one.

In this interactive hour, you’ll discover how to:
- Build powerful partnerships with local shops and dealerships that want to support your program
- Create excitement in your first-year students with hands-on engagement strategies that stick
- Plan and host a career fair that brings in dozens of businesses — and keeps them coming back
- Turn one-time events into year-round collaboration and ongoing student opportunities

You’ll walk away with practical ideas you can implement right away — plus a network of peers who are passionate about shaping the next generation of automotive professionals.