{"id":706,"date":"2026-02-26T17:34:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T17:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralarkansas\/?p=706"},"modified":"2026-03-09T17:53:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T17:53:18","slug":"recap-february-2026-section-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralarkansas\/2026\/02\/26\/recap-february-2026-section-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: February 2026 Section Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"706\" class=\"elementor elementor-706\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1076810 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1076810\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-39388c8\" data-id=\"39388c8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12cc263 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12cc263\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Date of Event:<\/strong> 02\/26\/2026<\/p><p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>nexAir Warehouse, North Little Rock, Arkansas<\/p><p><strong>Number of Attendees:<\/strong> 31<\/p><p><strong>Presenter\/Notable Guest(s):\u00a0<\/strong>Viji Kuruvilla, District 17 Director<br \/>Nick Garner, Central Arkansas Section Chair<br \/>Randy Carr, SkillsUSA Coach and West Greers Ferry School District Teacher<br \/>CJ Parks, Skills USA Winner<\/p><p><strong>Event Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>The AWS Central Arkansas Section was pleased to have special guests CJ Parks and Randy Carr from the West Side School District as guests for the February 26, 2026 section meeting. CJ is a SkillsUSA Arkansas and SkillsUSA Winner and Mr. Carr is his coach. District 17 Director, Viji Kuruvilla, presented CJ with an American Welding Society competition scholarship, and presented an award of appreciation to Mr. Carr for his long time dedication to his students and to advancing the welding trade.<\/p><p>Also in attendance were students from Cabot High School and Wilbur D. Mills University Studies High School in the Pulaski County Special School District. Students and their teachers were able to hear from CJ and Mr. Carr about the opportunities available to high school students through SkillsUSA Arkansas.<\/p><p>As a note, CJ is in the final round of SkillsUSA competition (top 3), and the winner will represent the United States at the 2026 WorldSkills competition in Shanghai. The competition begins on Monday, March 2 in Huntsville, Alabama and will conclude on Thursday, March 5.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a5be63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1a5be63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralarkansas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2026\/02\/Group-Photo-February-26-2026-Section-Meeting.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Group Photo - February 26, 2026 Section Meeting\" 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src=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralarkansas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2026\/02\/Viji-Kuruvilla-presents-a-scholarship-award-to-CJ-Parks-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-716\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralarkansas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2026\/02\/Viji-Kuruvilla-presents-a-scholarship-award-to-CJ-Parks-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralarkansas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2026\/02\/Viji-Kuruvilla-presents-a-scholarship-award-to-CJ-Parks-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Pictured left to right: Drew Crone, Section Treasurer; Viji Kuruvilla, District 17 Director; CJ Parks; Randy Carr; Nick Garner, Section President; Chris Layton, Section Scholarship &amp; Foundation Representative; Jimmy Anderson, Section Member;<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-136a792 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"136a792\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralarkansas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2026\/02\/Viji-Kuruvilla-Randy-Carr-Nick-Garner.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Viji Kuruvilla, Randy Carr, Nick Garner\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjcyMCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9zZWN0aW9ucy5hd3Mub3JnXC9jZW50cmFsYXJrYW5zYXNcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcL3NpdGVzXC81MVwvMjAyNlwvMDJcL1ZpamktS3VydXZpbGxhLVJhbmR5LUNhcnItTmljay1HYXJuZXIuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralarkansas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2026\/02\/Viji-Kuruvilla-Randy-Carr-Nick-Garner-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-720\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralarkansas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2026\/02\/Viji-Kuruvilla-Randy-Carr-Nick-Garner-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralarkansas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2026\/02\/Viji-Kuruvilla-Randy-Carr-Nick-Garner-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Randy Carr is presented an award of appreciation by Viji Kuruvilla and Nick Garner<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d926b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" 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