{"id":663,"date":"2026-04-18T14:47:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T14:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/?p=663"},"modified":"2026-06-10T14:54:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T14:54:26","slug":"recap-aws-president-dr-burgess-visit-to-the-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/2026\/04\/18\/recap-aws-president-dr-burgess-visit-to-the-district\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: AWS President Dr. Burgess Visit to the District"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"663\" class=\"elementor elementor-663\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9c758c9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9c758c9\" 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-3edbb94\" data-id=\"3edbb94\" 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-d599b5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d599b5f\" 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> 04\/18\/2026<\/p><p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Throughout District 3<\/p><p><strong>Number of Attendees:<\/strong> 100+<\/p><p><strong>Presenter\/Notable Guest(s):\u00a0<\/strong>AWS President Dr. Burgess<\/p><p><strong>Event Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>District Director Brad Brandmeir escorted AWS President, Dr. Burgess around District 3 to highlight student welding competitions and visit local business and industries as well as school tours.<\/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-a506d6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a506d6a\" 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\/lehighvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2026\/04\/IMG_9207-scaled.jpeg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_9207\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjY2OCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9zZWN0aW9ucy5hd3Mub3JnXC9sZWhpZ2h2YWxsZXlcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcL3NpdGVzXC8xMjFcLzIwMjZcLzA0XC9JTUdfOTIwNy1zY2FsZWQuanBlZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" 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