Category: Post Event Report

Recap: 2025 Annual District Conference

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

Recap: 2025 Annual Tidewater Section Fish Fry

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…

Recap: April Section Meeting- AWS President’s visit and presentation for National Welding Month

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…

Recap: February 2025 Section Meeting on Hyperfill Welding

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…

Recap: November 2024 AWS Tidewater Section- History of Welding

Date of Event: 11/14/2024 Location: VPCC Workforce Development 600 Butler Farm Road, Hampton VA 23666 Number of Attendees: 52 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Paul Hebert- Retired Weld Engineer of 38 yrs. with an MS in Welding Engineering “History of Welding” “The Enabling Technologies”. Lynn Showalter- AWS Director at Large and Engineer of the Year. Event Summary: A presentation by…