{"id":594,"date":"2025-04-22T16:17:34","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T16:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/tidewater\/?p=594"},"modified":"2025-05-02T16:33:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T16:33:00","slug":"recap-april-section-meeting-aws-presidents-visit-and-presentation-for-national-welding-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/tidewater\/2025\/04\/22\/recap-april-section-meeting-aws-presidents-visit-and-presentation-for-national-welding-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: April Section Meeting- AWS President&#8217;s visit and presentation for National Welding Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"594\" class=\"elementor elementor-594\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fdaae80 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fdaae80\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-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-4946864\" data-id=\"4946864\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-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-44bd583 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44bd583\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-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\/22\/2025<\/p><p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Virginia Peninsula Community College 600 Butler Farm Rd Hampton, Virginia<\/p><p><strong>Number of Attendees:<\/strong> 70<\/p><p><strong>Presenter\/Notable Guest(s):\u00a0<\/strong>AWS President, Mr. Richard &#8220;Dick&#8221; Holdren- Presentation on &#8220;Welding as a career path&#8221;<br \/>Director At Large, Mr. Lynn Showalter- Introduction and host for our AWS President&#8217;s visit and presentation.<\/p><p><strong>Event Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>For National Welding Month, we had the pleasure of having the AWS President, Mr. Dick Holdren visit Hampton Roads and the Tidewater Section. He was hosted by Mr. Lynn Showalter and they were able to visit several locations during his stay. Mr. Holdren visited Liebherr Mining Equipment, Plasser America, Newport News Shipbuilding, Acoustical Sheetmetal and Tidewater Tech. 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Section<\/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-b2a6ca5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b2a6ca5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-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\/tidewater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/04\/20250422_180746.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"20250422_180746\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjYyMyIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9zZWN0aW9ucy5hd3Mub3JnXC90aWRld2F0ZXJcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcL3NpdGVzXC80M1wvMjAyNVwvMDRcLzIwMjUwNDIyXzE4MDc0Ni5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/tidewater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/04\/20250422_180746-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-623\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/tidewater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/04\/20250422_180746-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/tidewater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/04\/20250422_180746-300x300.jpg 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\">Presentation by AWS President, Mr. Dick Holdren<\/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\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fb5e2e0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" 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src=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/tidewater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/04\/1000010524-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-631\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/tidewater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/04\/1000010524-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/tidewater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/04\/1000010524-300x300.jpg 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\">Student raffle provided by Lincoln Electric, Acoustical Sheetmetal, TK Welding Certifications, and Arc3 Gases<\/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\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d3658b1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default 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