{"id":570,"date":"2025-04-16T15:19:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T15:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/niagara\/?p=570"},"modified":"2025-04-16T15:29:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T15:29:03","slug":"recap-2025-welding-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/niagara\/2025\/04\/16\/recap-2025-welding-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: 2025 welding competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"570\" class=\"elementor elementor-570\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-56e6b9e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"56e6b9e\" 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-ff85b8b\" data-id=\"ff85b8b\" 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-efee99b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"efee99b\" 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\/29\/2025<\/p><p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>SUNY Niagara 3111 Saunders settlement Rd., Sanborn, NY 14132<\/p><p><strong>Number of Attendees:<\/strong> 120 people<\/p><p><strong>Presenter\/Notable Guest(s):\u00a0<\/strong>SUNY Niagara President Dr. Lloyd Holmes<\/p><p><strong>Event Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>The Niagara Frontier Section held its annual Paul Swatland Sr. Weld Off where students from Western New York competed for prizes and money. We had a job fair with various companies, and Dr. Lloyd Holmes asthea guest speaker.<\/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-0f53b51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0f53b51\" 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\/niagara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2025\/04\/IMG_4718-scaled.jpeg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_4718\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjU3NSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9zZWN0aW9ucy5hd3Mub3JnXC9uaWFnYXJhXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvMTM3XC8yMDI1XC8wNFwvSU1HXzQ3MTgtc2NhbGVkLmpwZWcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" 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https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/niagara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2025\/04\/IMG_4738-300x300.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\">District 6 Director Ron Stahura presenting scholarship to Chloe Chadwick from Ellicottville New York.<\/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-9ba0784 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9ba0784\" 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\/niagara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2025\/04\/IMG_4696-scaled.jpeg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_4696\" 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src=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/niagara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2025\/04\/042_241119_1-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-588\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/niagara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2025\/04\/042_241119_1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/niagara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2025\/04\/042_241119_1-300x300.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\">Student competing Austin Tyler from new New York<\/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-2dc94d9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2dc94d9\" 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src=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/niagara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2025\/04\/IMG_4743-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-597\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/niagara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2025\/04\/IMG_4743-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/niagara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2025\/04\/IMG_4743-300x300.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\">The Niagara frontier board members<\/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<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date of Event: 03\/29\/2025 Location:\u00a0SUNY Niagara 3111 Saunders settlement Rd., Sanborn, NY 14132 Number of Attendees: 120 people Presenter\/Notable Guest(s):\u00a0SUNY Niagara President Dr. Lloyd Holmes Event Summary:\u00a0The Niagara Frontier Section held its annual Paul Swatland Sr. Weld Off where students from Western New York competed for prizes and money. 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