{"id":357,"date":"2024-03-26T20:36:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T20:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/?p=357"},"modified":"2025-03-25T21:09:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T21:09:02","slug":"recap-aws-student-welding-competition-awards-banquet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/2024\/03\/26\/recap-aws-student-welding-competition-awards-banquet\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: AWS Student Welding Competition Awards Banquet"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"357\" class=\"elementor elementor-357\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-009cbb9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"009cbb9\" 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-a75b693\" data-id=\"a75b693\" 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-a71916d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a71916d\" 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> 03\/26\/2024<\/p><p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Northampton Community College, Northampton PA<\/p><p><strong>Number of Attendees:<\/strong> 73<\/p><p><strong>Presenter\/Notable Guest(s): <\/strong>District Director Sean Moran and AWS President Michael Krupnicki<\/p><p><strong>Event Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>The student competitiors came together to be recognized for their accomplishments in the welding competition that took place on March 8th, 2024. Instructors, administrators, parents, siblings, significant others, vendors, and AWS leaders came out for an evening of food and presentation as well as honoring those who placed and received awards. 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