Date of Event: 03/10/2026 Location: Tidewater Community College Workforce Skilled Trades Number of Attendees: 60 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Glenn Morris with Warwick Mechanical Event Summary: This was a Skills USA competition held at TCC Workforce Skilled Trades hosted by Michael Vander Werf. Glenn Morris with Warwick Mechanical collaborated with Leibherr Mining Company and TCC to make the event a…
Date of Event: 02/26/2026 Location: Virginia Peninsula Community College Number of Attendees: 30 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Paul Hebert Event Summary: This was the 2nd part of Paul Hebert’s “History of Welding”. The history that Paul gives is very engaging and we truly appreciate his knowledge! Paul Hebert giving his presentation on the “History of Welding”
Date of Event: 02/21/2026 Location: Smithfield High School Number of Attendees: 25 Event Summary: The Skills USA Competition was held at Smithfield High School and the project was developed by Leibherr Mining Company. The students put in some hard work and did great with their team work! Ryan Foster with Leibherr Mining Company as a judge Team…
Date of Event: 02/06/2026 Location: Arcadia High School Number of Attendees: 25 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Acoustical Sheetmetal Company- Developed Project for Skills USA competition Event Summary: This Skills USA Competition was held at Arcadia High School. The project was developed by Acoustical Sheetmetal’s Welding Engineer, Ryan Adams. The competition was put together by Andrew Pothier (CWI/CWE) with Leibherr Mining…
Date of Event: 11/13/2025 Location: Virginia Peninsula Community College in Hampton, VA Number of Attendees: 25 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): J.P. Christein presenting on the history of welding symbolsMark Sapp presenting AWS awards Event Summary: A presentation on the history of welding symbols given by Mr. J.P. Christein. Mark Sapp presenting an AWS award to Ryan Adams on behalf of…
Date of Event: 10/24/2025 Location: Sleepy Hole Golf Course in Suffolk, VA Number of Attendees: 25 Event Summary: Our AWS Tidewater Sections annual golf tournament Acoustical Sheetmetal with ARC3 Gases Acoustical Sheetmetal showing their support
Date of Event: 06/06/2025 Location: Tidewater Tech 4535 E. Princess Anne Rd. Norfolk, VA 23502 Number of Attendees: 10 Event Summary: AWS Annual District 4 Conference held at Tidewater Tech in Norfolk, VA AWS-Lori Ortiz presenting Anver Classens with his AWS lifetime member award Everyone at this year’s annual district 4 conference
Date of Event: 05/08/2025 Location: Virginia Peninsula Community College 600 Butler Farm Rd Hampton, Virginia Number of Attendees: 40 Event Summary: AWS Tidewater Sections famous annual fish fry Annual Fish Fry Annual Fish Fry Annual Fish Fry Annual Fish Fry Awarding Paul Miller for his dedication as an educator and his contribution to AWS Chairman- Kristie…
Date of Event: 04/22/2025 Location: Virginia Peninsula Community College 600 Butler Farm Rd Hampton, Virginia Number of Attendees: 70 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): AWS President, Mr. Richard “Dick” Holdren- Presentation on “Welding as a career path”Director At Large, Mr. Lynn Showalter- Introduction and host for our AWS President’s visit and presentation. Event Summary: For National Welding Month, we had the…
Date of Event: 02/13/2025 Location: Virginia Peninsula Community College 600 Butler Farm Rd Hampton, Virginia Number of Attendees: 35 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Nick Horton and Paul Gros with Lincoln Electric- Presentation on Hyperfill Welding Process Event Summary: Nick Horton and Paul Gros with Lincoln Electric did a presentation on the Hyperfill Welding Process and the attendees were able to…