Recap: Girls Who Weld Speaker

Date of Event: 06/17/2025

Location: Hutchison High School, Fairbanks, Alaska

Number of Attendees: 17 girls, 3 adults

Event Summary: As part of the month-long “Girls Who Weld” summer school program the Acting Alaska Section President was a guest speaker on the topics of welding engineering and the benefits of AWS. This program is open to all Fairbanks high school girls and exposes them to the fundamentals of welding and welding careers. During the program, the girls designed and fabricated Golden Heart bike racks to be donated to the “Golden Heart” City of Fairbanks.

The Girls Who Weld Participants with their finished bike rack.