Ladies and Gentlemen,

Come join the AWS North Texas Section and Mr. Paul Stanglin the AWS North Texas Section Chairman as he presents “Applying for AWS Scholarships”.

Mr. Stanglin has 37 years of experience repairing heavy equipment for the City of Irving, working on everything from ambulances and fire trucks to dozers and compactors. He taught welding at Mountain View College from 2004 thur 2013. Mr. Stanglin has been a member of AWS North Texas for 17 years, he joined the board in 2007 and has held the Scholarship Chairman position since 2008 and Certification Chairman position since 2017.

Meeting Details

We will be meeting at the Saltgrass Steakhouse at 2200 E. Lamar Blvd. Arlington, TX 76006. Dinner at 6:15 and the meeting begins at 7:00 pm. Zoom meeting details are below.

Do not forget to bring your donations for Irving Cares (a division of the North Texas Food Bank). Bring 2 cans or boxes of non-perishable food items and receive a raffle ticket for a drawing at the end of the meeting.

Click here at 7:00PM on 1/25 to join the Zoom meeting.

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Section Scholarships

The Tim Hatten CWI/CWEng Scholarship is available for all North Texas Section Members who are interested in advancing their carriers and taking the next step. Visit the North Texas website at https://awssection.com/northtexas/scholarships/ to print out the application. Return a copy to Nazdhia and to the North Texas Section at [email protected] for committee review. We are offering up to two (2) scholarships annually, this is a $2500.00 package for qualified individuals.

Texas High School Welding Series Competition

The North Texas Section is assisting with the Texas High School Welding Series Competition (TXHSWS) this year. The next event is scheduled for April 9th at Dan Dipert Career and Technical Center at 2101 Browning Dr., Arlington, TX 76010 (see the TXHSWS website at https://sites.google.com/view/txhsws/txhsws for details). We’ll be asking for volunteers to assist with the competition, we need CWI’s to provide visual inspections, volunteers to monitor booths and keep time on the competitors and various other duties. If you would like to volunteer for a few hours to help or perhaps your company would like to set up a job fair booth at the event, please contact us at [email protected].

February Meeting

Our February meeting is scheduled for February 15th, and we’ll be at the Saltgrass Steakhouse.  We’re going to be hosting AWS VP Michael Krupnicki as our speaker.

Thank you,

Paul Stanglin
AWS North Texas Section Chairman
AWS North Texas Section Scholarship Chairman
AWS North Texas Section Certification Chairman

About the AWS North Texas Section:

The AWS North Texas Section currently serves 915 members across the following area:

In Texas to include Hardeman, Foard, Knox, Haskell, Jones, Taylor, Runnels, Concho, McCulloch, Coleman, Callahan, Shackelford, Throckmorton, Baylor, Wilbarger, Wichita, Archer, Young, Stephens, Eastland, Brown, Comanche, Earth, Palo Pinto, Jack, Clay, Montague, Wise, Parker, Hood, Somervell, Johnson, Tarrant, Denton, Cooke, Grayson, Collin, Rockwall, Dallas, Ellis, Kaufman, Henderson, Van Zandt, Navarro and Rains Counties.

Visit the AWS North Texas Section website to learn more.