Date of Event: 12/18/2025 Location: Humphrey Public School 405 S 7th St, Humphrey Ne, 68642 Number of Attendees: 12 Event Summary: The American Welding Society Nebraska Section 81 and The Columbus Nebraska Farm Credit Services Branch donated $5000.00 dollars each totaling $10,000.00 dollars to donate equipment to the Humphrey Public Schools Welding program. Each year the Nebraska…
Date of Event: 10/29/2025 Location: Valmont Industries 28800 Ida Street Valley NE 68064 Number of Attendees: 9 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): AWS President Richard Holden Event Summary: The AWS Section 81 District 16 Southeast Nebraska held a tour of the Valmont Valley Nebraska facility with the AWS President Richard Holden. Picture at the visitor’s center at Valmont Headquarters with Jeff…
Date of Event: 04/26/2025 Location: Spezia Italian Steakhouse Number of Attendees: 35 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Chris Beaty, Section Chairman; Rick Hanny Section 81 Treasurer and Jeffrey Jones District 16 Director. Plus 14 Past Chairman listed on photo 1 caption Event Summary: Activities/Summary Text: • On April 26th the Nebraska Section hosted a Past Chairman’s night where 14 Past Chairman…
Date of Event: 04/22/2025 Location: Grand Island Chamber of Commerce Number of Attendees: 31 Event Summary: the Grand Island Chamber of Commerce arranged for the Northeast Community College (NECC) Norfolk Nebraska welding students led by Advisor Michael McCarthy to have a industry tool of 4 business ( Hornady; Dramco; Standard Iron and Chief) NECC students at Chief…
Date of Event: 03/15/2025 Location: Maplewood Lanes Omaha Nebraska Number of Attendees: 65 Event Summary: On March 15th, 2025, the 81 Nebraska Section in District 16 held the annual bowling event for the local AWS Education fund to benefit section students. The Section was able to raise over $5,000.00 dollars with the help of the local Iron…
Date of Event: 11/07/2024 Location: Central Community College Columbus Campus 4500 63rd Street Columbus NE 68601 Education Center Number of Attendees: 121 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): AWS Board President Michael Krupnicki Event Summary: President Krupnicki’s Volunteering and “the benefit of Welding Schools” presentation will discuss the importance of welding schools, and volunteering. He shared his personal stories, experiences, and research…
Date of Event: 06/08/2024 Location: Holiday Inn, Rapid City Downtown Convention Center, Rapid City, SD Number of Attendees: Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Holiday Inn, Rapid City Downtown Convention Center, Rapid City, SD Event Summary: 2024 AWS District 16 Meeting was held on 6-8-24 at the South Dakota School of Mines; in Rapid City, representatives from Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas; Missouri attended…
Date of Event: 05/20/2024 Location: Underwood High School, 629 North St, Underwood, IA 51576 Number of Attendees: 16 Event Summary: Chris Beaty, the Nebraska Section Scholarship & Foundation Officer, presented about AWS, the Nebraska, Section, and how we fundraise money to donate to high schools to support high school welding programs. Chris also discussed careers in welding.…
Date of Event: 05/08/2024 Location: Wynot High School, 709 St. James Ave. Wynot, NE 68792 Number of Attendees: 12 Event Summary: SEE UPLOAD Wynot High School AWS Nebraska Section Donations
Date of Event: 04/18/2024 Location: Northeast Community College 801 E. Benjamin Ave. Norfolk, NE 68701 Number of Attendees: 45 Event Summary: SEE UPLOAD AWS Nebraska Section April Meeting Flyer Group Photo – First Session Group Photo – Second Section