{"id":488,"date":"2022-05-17T03:35:45","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T03:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/northernplains\/?p=488"},"modified":"2022-05-17T03:42:07","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T03:42:07","slug":"recap-northern-plains-section-behind-the-mask-contest-mar-23rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/northernplains\/2022\/05\/17\/recap-northern-plains-section-behind-the-mask-contest-mar-23rd\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: Northern Plains Section Behind the Mask Contest &#8211; Mar 23rd"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"488\" class=\"elementor elementor-488\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-15fcd82 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"15fcd82\" 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-e938351\" data-id=\"e938351\" 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-b9fdf88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b9fdf88\" 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>March 23, 2022 &#8211; Alexandria Technical &amp; Community College; Alexandria, MN<\/p><div style=\"max-width: 800px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">AWS Northern Plains Section recently held it\u2019s Behind the Mask Contest at the campus of Alexandria Technical &amp; Community College, Alexandria, MN. 46 post-secondary students and 27 secondary students competed in SMAW and GMAW processes. The section was fortunate to have District Director Mike Hanson travel to Alexandria for the contest.<br \/>District Director Mike Hanson awarded a $1000.00 AWS Welding Foundation Competition Scholarship to<br \/>The section would like to thank Alexandria Technical &amp; Community College for hosting this year\u2019s contest, to those others who volunteered time from their busy schedule to help facilitate and judge the contest. A big thanks also to all of the vendors who donated materials and prizes for the contest including; Acme Tools, American Welding &amp; Gas, Brenton Engineering, Central McGowan, Clyde&#8217;s Machining, Fast Global Solution, Lincoln Electric, Miller Electric, Mathison Industrial Gases, Praxair, Standard Iron, Superior-Westmor Industries, Voyager Industries.<\/div><p>\u00a0<\/p><center><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/awssection.com\/northernplains\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2022\/05\/FOTF_Main_31_776945_AlexDirectorScholarshipAward.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-490\" src=\"https:\/\/awssection.com\/northernplains\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2022\/05\/FOTF_Main_31_776945_AlexDirectorScholarshipAward-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"AWS Northern Plains Section\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a> <em>L to R Breckin King Mandan, ND High School $1000.00 AWS Welding Foundation Competition Scholarship<br \/>District Director Mike Hanson<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/awssection.com\/northernplains\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2022\/05\/FOTF_Main_31_776945_AlexPost_Secondary_Winners.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-491\" src=\"https:\/\/awssection.com\/northernplains\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2022\/05\/FOTF_Main_31_776945_AlexPost_Secondary_Winners-300x198.jpeg\" alt=\"AWS Northern Plains Section\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a><em> L to R Lee Larson, Northern Plains Section Chairman<br \/>Andrew Carlson 2nd GMAW NDSCS Fargo, ND<br \/>Jared Gast 3rd GMAW Alexandria, MN Technical &amp; Community College<br \/>Dawson Beito 3rd SMAW Alexandria, MN Technical &amp; Community College<br \/>Cole Bonn 1st SMAW NDSCS Wahpeton, ND<br \/>Kyle Glaser 1st GMAW Alexandria, MN Technical &amp; Community College<br \/>Trevor Redding 2nd SMAW Alexandria, MN Technical &amp; Community College<br \/>District Director Mike Hanson<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/awssection.com\/northernplains\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2022\/05\/FOTF_Main_31_776945_AlexSecondary_Winners.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-492\" src=\"https:\/\/awssection.com\/northernplains\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2022\/05\/FOTF_Main_31_776945_AlexSecondary_Winners-300x197.jpeg\" alt=\"AWS Northern Plains Section\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" \/><\/a> <em>L to R Lee Larson, Northern Plains Section Chairman<br \/>Breckin King 2nd SMAW Mandan, ND High School<br \/>Tucker Wiese 3rd GMAW Mandan, ND High School<br \/>Zachary Swenson 3rd SMAW Mandan, ND High School<br \/>Brandon Houser 1st GMAW North Valley Vocational Center, Grafton, ND<br \/>Alex Martel 1st SMAW 2nd GMAW Breckenridge, MN High School<br \/>District Director Mike Hanson<\/em><\/center>\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>March 23, 2022 &#8211; Alexandria Technical &amp; Community College; Alexandria, MN AWS Northern Plains Section recently held it\u2019s Behind the Mask Contest at the campus of Alexandria Technical &amp; Community College, Alexandria, MN. 46 post-secondary students and 27 secondary students competed in SMAW and GMAW processes. 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