{"id":213,"date":"2025-04-10T15:59:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T15:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/saginaw-valley\/?p=213"},"modified":"2025-05-05T16:11:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T16:11:18","slug":"recap-aws-president-inspires-future-welders-at-genesee-career-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/saginaw-valley\/2025\/04\/10\/recap-aws-president-inspires-future-welders-at-genesee-career-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: AWS President Inspires Future Welders at Genesee Career Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"213\" class=\"elementor elementor-213\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9ca4672 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9ca4672\" 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-e0714a7\" data-id=\"e0714a7\" 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-d07c7ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d07c7ca\" 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> 04\/10\/2025<\/p><p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Genesee Career Institute in Flint, Michigan<\/p><p><strong>Number of Attendees:<\/strong> 35<\/p><p><strong>Presenter\/Notable Guest(s):\u00a0<\/strong>AWS President Richard Holdren, District 11 Chair Wes Doneth, Life member William Behnke.<\/p><p><strong>Event Summary: <\/strong>AWS President Holdren recently visited the Genesee Career Institute to meet with high school welding students and share insights about the American Welding Society, industry code standards, educational opportunities, scholarships, and career pathways in welding. During his visit, President Holdren emphasized the growing demand for skilled welders across the United States and encouraged students to \u201ctake the torch\u201d and lead the future of welding and manufacturing in America. The students were highly engaged, asking thoughtful questions and discussing the wide range of opportunities available in the field. As a token of appreciation, students presented President Holdren and his team with student made AWS plaques created by the welding program and in collaboration with the Saginaw Valley Section.<\/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-7224291 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7224291\" 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\/saginaw-valley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2025\/04\/a0649341-6cce-4cbf-a147-41173b019832.jpeg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"a0649341-6cce-4cbf-a147-41173b019832\" 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wp-caption-text\">Thank you AWS for supporting students.<\/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-3cd734a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3cd734a\" 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\/saginaw-valley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2025\/04\/812314bd-728d-485c-9610-4a6dc9dc8fff.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"812314bd-728d-485c-9610-4a6dc9dc8fff\" 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you AWS for supporting students.<\/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-34e2347 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"34e2347\" 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\/saginaw-valley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2025\/04\/c4fc1709-565e-4bb1-83ce-faa2ba477118.jpeg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"c4fc1709-565e-4bb1-83ce-faa2ba477118\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjIyNiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9zZWN0aW9ucy5hd3Mub3JnXC9zYWdpbmF3LXZhbGxleVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzk2XC8yMDI1XC8wNFwvYzRmYzE3MDktNTY1ZS00YmIxLTgzY2UtZmFhMmJhNDc3MTE4LmpwZWcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img 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wp-image-230\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/saginaw-valley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2025\/04\/296d16ee-aed8-467e-92bf-ad684adbf7bf-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/saginaw-valley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2025\/04\/296d16ee-aed8-467e-92bf-ad684adbf7bf-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 Chair Wes Doneth speaking about the AWS, the welding industry, and the power of networking.<\/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-96deef8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"96deef8\" 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 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