{"id":1071,"date":"2025-02-26T19:07:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T19:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/houston\/?p=1071"},"modified":"2025-03-05T19:41:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T19:41:49","slug":"recap-aws-student-night-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/houston\/2025\/02\/26\/recap-aws-student-night-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: AWS Student Night 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1071\" class=\"elementor elementor-1071\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ad0cef0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ad0cef0\" data-element_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-10309b7\" data-id=\"10309b7\" data-element_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-e061e90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e061e90\" data-element_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\/2025<\/p><p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Houston Community College Eastside Campus 6815 Rustic St. Houston, TX 77087<\/p><p><strong>Number of Attendees:<\/strong> 160<\/p><p><strong>Presenter\/Notable Guest(s):\u00a0<\/strong>Heather Roussere from The Ocean Corporation<br \/>Tyler Sutton, Instructor representing ARC Labs Welding School<br \/>Paul Buffington representing Lincoln Electric<br \/>Dave Nelson representing ESAB<br \/>Special Guest Speaker Dan Jones<\/p><p><strong>Event Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>AWS Student Night is an annual event held at the beginning of each year. Students from various welding schools throughout the Houston area gather together to gain insight regarding the fundamentals of welding from special guest speakers.<\/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-f65c820 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f65c820\" data-element_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\/houston\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/02\/Speakers-Heather-Roussere_-Tyler-Sutton_-Paul-Buffington_-and-Dave-Nelson-scaled.jpeg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Speakers Heather Roussere_ Tyler Sutton_ Paul Buffington_ and Dave Nelson\" 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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\">Speakers Heather Roussere representing The Ocean Corporation, Tyler Sutton representing ARC Labs Welding School, Paul Buffington representing Lincoln Electric, and Dave Nelson representing ESAB.<\/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-480a237 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"480a237\" data-element_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\/houston\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/02\/HCC-Dean-Alberto-Urbina-scaled.jpeg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"HCC Dean Alberto Urbina\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjEwNzgiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvc2VjdGlvbnMuYXdzLm9yZ1wvaG91c3Rvblwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzE1MVwvMjAyNVwvMDJcL0hDQy1EZWFuLUFsYmVydG8tVXJiaW5hLXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/houston\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/02\/HCC-Dean-Alberto-Urbina-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-1078\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/houston\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/02\/HCC-Dean-Alberto-Urbina-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/houston\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/02\/HCC-Dean-Alberto-Urbina-300x300.jpeg 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\">Guest Speaker Houston Community College Dean Alberto Urbina.<\/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-338719c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"338719c\" data-element_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\/houston\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/02\/AWS-Student-Night-Special-Guest-Speaker-Dan-Jones-scaled.jpeg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"AWS Student Night Special Guest Speaker Dan Jones\" 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class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">AWS Special Guest Dan Jones.<\/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\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-33896f9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"33896f9\" data-element_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-ead3120\" data-id=\"ead3120\" data-element_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-0d57f1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0d57f1d\" data-element_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\/houston\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/02\/AWS-Student-Night-Audience_-160-in-attendance-scaled.jpeg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"AWS Student Night Audience_ 160 in attendance\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjEwODYiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvc2VjdGlvbnMuYXdzLm9yZ1wvaG91c3Rvblwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzE1MVwvMjAyNVwvMDJcL0FXUy1TdHVkZW50LU5pZ2h0LUF1ZGllbmNlXy0xNjAtaW4tYXR0ZW5kYW5jZS1zY2FsZWQuanBlZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/houston\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/02\/AWS-Student-Night-Audience_-160-in-attendance-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-1086\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/houston\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/02\/AWS-Student-Night-Audience_-160-in-attendance-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/houston\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/02\/AWS-Student-Night-Audience_-160-in-attendance-300x300.jpeg 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\">AWS Special Guest Dan Jones.<\/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\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4410d35 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4410d35\" data-element_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-079296d\" data-id=\"079296d\" data-element_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-8b6b883 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8b6b883\" data-element_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\/houston\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/02\/IWA-Welding-School-scaled.jpeg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IWA Welding School\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjEwOTAiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvc2VjdGlvbnMuYXdzLm9yZ1wvaG91c3Rvblwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzE1MVwvMjAyNVwvMDJcL0lXQS1XZWxkaW5nLVNjaG9vbC1zY2FsZWQuanBlZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/houston\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/02\/IWA-Welding-School-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-1090\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/houston\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/02\/IWA-Welding-School-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/houston\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/02\/IWA-Welding-School-300x300.jpeg 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\">Students representing Industrial Welding Academy Welding School.<\/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-fa96dc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fa96dc3\" data-element_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\/houston\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/02\/Tulsa-Welding-School-scaled.jpeg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Tulsa Welding School\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjEwOTQiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvc2VjdGlvbnMuYXdzLm9yZ1wvaG91c3Rvblwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzE1MVwvMjAyNVwvMDJcL1R1bHNhLVdlbGRpbmctU2Nob29sLXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/houston\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/02\/Tulsa-Welding-School-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-1094\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/houston\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/02\/Tulsa-Welding-School-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/houston\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/02\/Tulsa-Welding-School-300x300.jpeg 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\">Students representing Tulsa Welding School.<\/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-80f42dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"80f42dd\" data-element_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\/houston\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/02\/ARC-Labs-Welding-School-scaled.jpeg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"ARC Labs Welding School\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjEwOTgiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvc2VjdGlvbnMuYXdzLm9yZ1wvaG91c3Rvblwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzE1MVwvMjAyNVwvMDJcL0FSQy1MYWJzLVdlbGRpbmctU2Nob29sLXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/houston\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/02\/ARC-Labs-Welding-School-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-1098\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/houston\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/02\/ARC-Labs-Welding-School-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/houston\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/02\/ARC-Labs-Welding-School-300x300.jpeg 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\">Students representing ARC Labs Welding School.<\/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-06e8a3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"06e8a3b\" data-element_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\/houston\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/02\/Students-representing-HCC-scaled.jpeg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Students representing HCC\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjExMDIiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvc2VjdGlvbnMuYXdzLm9yZ1wvaG91c3Rvblwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzE1MVwvMjAyNVwvMDJcL1N0dWRlbnRzLXJlcHJlc2VudGluZy1IQ0Mtc2NhbGVkLmpwZWcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/houston\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/02\/Students-representing-HCC-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-1102\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/houston\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/02\/Students-representing-HCC-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/houston\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2025\/02\/Students-representing-HCC-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" 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