New name and new slogan for SkillsUSA-VICA.

New name and new slogan for SkillsUSA-VICA. As of September September:see month. 1, which marks the organization's newmembership year, SkillsUSA-VICA officially becomes SkillsUSA SkillsUSA is a United States career and technical student organization serving more than 285,000 high school and college students and professional members enrolled in training programs in technical, skilled, and service occupations, including health occupations. . The newslogan--introduced during the 2003 national conference--is"SkillsUSA: Champions at Work." According to according toprep.1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.2. In keeping with: according to instructions.3. SkillsUSA, the new name "puts a simple and directemphasis on what we do: teach the academic, technical and employabilityskills students need." The decision to make the change was made by the board of directorsin December December:see month. 2002 in order to have a single name with a unified nationalimage to present to the news media, prospective members and prospectivesponsors. According to SkillsUSA, state associations may choose to changetheir names officially on September 1, 2005. For more information, visit www.skillsusa.org.