Bucks County Technical High School Students Receive Prize Delivery for First Place Win at Universal Technical Institute's Top Tech Challenge

On Wednesday, February 18, Universal Technical Institute delivered a Snap-On toolbox, estimated at $10,000, to two students at Bucks County Technical High School. Steven Surrick and Tim McDonald were the proud prize recipients, in honor of their first place win after competing in the Top Tech Challenge at Universal Technical Institute’s Exton campus on January 24.

The two students battled it out with more than 70 high school students from thirty high schools from across the region during the 2015 Top Tech Challenge at Universal Technical Institute. Demonstrating both skill and expertise, they took home first place after securing the top scores overall on a written test and several hands-on challenges including parts and tool identification, as well as brakes, diagnostics and electrical systems.

UTI-Exton Admissions Representative, Hector Guzman, was on site to present the first-place prize to the students and congratulate and recognize them for their hard work and career-minded professionalism. In addition to the Snap-On toolbox for their school, McDonald and Surrick also each received Snap-On® tool vouchers valued at $2,000, plus $1,000 each in prize money.

Universal Technical Institute’s Top Tech Challenge serves as an opportunity for students aspiring to become automotive and diesel technicians to test their knowledge and skill in a real-world setting by applying STEM principles to a variety of automotive challenges. It also gives students a chance to begin thinking about their careers early on, and opens their eyes to a realistic view of what it means to pursue a career in the automotive and diesel industry.

This award recognition comes just in time for the culmination of National Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month, and sheds light on how post-secondary technical schools such as UTI incorporate a rigorous academic core coupled with a high-level technical curriculum to prepare our nation’s next generation of automotive and diesel technicians for economic success and workforce competitiveness.

CTE Month is celebrated every February as a way to acknowledge the important contribution CTE makes to job seekers, our economy and our nation, and helps to educate the public on the in-demand and well-paying technical careers that exist today.

For more information about the Universal Technical Institute campus in Exton, click here.