{"id":4,"date":"2018-05-04T18:25:59","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T18:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awssection.allcovered.io\/northtexas\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2025-07-28T17:56:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T17:56:04","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/northtexas\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4\" class=\"elementor elementor-4\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-73a26d00 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"73a26d00\" 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-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6527f613\" data-id=\"6527f613\" 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class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-user-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><strong>VICE CHAIR<\/strong><br>David Nelson<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-user-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><strong>SECRETARY<\/strong><br>Brooke Higa <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-user-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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Hill College will be hosting our Section&#8217;s event on&nbsp;September 23th at 6:00 PM. Our topic, \u201cHow to Have a Successful Welding Career.\u201d Which will be present by Ernest D. Levert. Navy veteran, former @americanweldingsociety present 2002 -2003, and<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/northtexas\/2025\/08\/14\/%f0%9f%93%a3join-us-9-23-for-student-night%f0%9f%a7%91%f0%9f%8f%bc%f0%9f%8e%93\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \ud83d\udce3Join Us 9\/23\u00a0 for Student Night\ud83e\uddd1\ud83c\udffc\u200d\ud83c\udf93\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-698 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/northtexas\/2025\/04\/02\/%f0%9f%94%94join-us-4-9-for-dupuy-oxygen-open-house%f0%9f%a4%a9\/\" >\n\t\t\t\t?Join Us 4\/9 for DuPuy Oxygen Open House?\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tApril 2, 2025\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>The American Welding Society invites all members, future members, and welding professionals to join us at the DuPuy Oxygen Grand Opening Vendor Show in Fort Worth on April 9th from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Stop by our booth to meet your new local<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/northtexas\/2025\/04\/02\/%f0%9f%94%94join-us-4-9-for-dupuy-oxygen-open-house%f0%9f%a4%a9\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about ?Join Us 4\/9 for DuPuy Oxygen Open House?\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-load-more-anchor\" data-page=\"1\" data-max-page=\"30\" data-next-page=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/northtexas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/page\/2\/\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"elementor-pagination\" aria-label=\"Pagination\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"page-numbers prev\">&laquo; Previous<\/span>\n<span aria-current=\"page\" class=\"page-numbers current\"><span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Page<\/span>1<\/span>\n<a class=\"page-numbers\" href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/northtexas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/page\/2\/\"><span 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