On The Record: Welding

Image of student Steven Keppner welding.

WCC welding students compete with world's best, fill jobs in a multitude of industries

WCC Public Relations - April 17, 2024

The world of welding is broad and vast. And with one of the largest welding labs in the state and exceptional instructors, Washtenaw Community College trains some of the best.

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tags: 2024, Launch, Summer Launch 2024, Student Success, Welding

Student welding

WCC welding students have new pathway to bachelor's degree

Rich Rezler - November 17, 2020

A new articulation agreement allows students to complete 87 WCC credits before transferring to Wayne State to complete a Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical Engineering Technology.

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tags: ousearch_News_2020, ousearch_News_On The Record, Welding, On The Record, Articulation Agreements, Advanced Manufacturing, December 2020

Student welding

WCC welding students have new pathway to bachelor's degree

Rich Rezler - November 17, 2020

A new articulation agreement allows students to complete 87 WCC credits before transferring to Wayne State to complete a Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical Engineering Technology.

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tags: Articulation Agreements, Welding, Advanced Manufacturing, December 2020, On The Record, ousearch_News_On The Record

Public Safety checking temperatures

A look at WCC's Fall 2020 safety protocols in action

Rich Rezler - August 09, 2020

Students are returning to the WCC campus in Fall 2020 with strict safety protocols in place.

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tags: HVAC, Radiography, Advanced Manufacturing, Welding, Public Safety, Safety, August 2020, ousearch_News_On The Record

Wayne and Andrew Dotson

Second Careers

Washtenaw Community College - November 22, 2019

The Dotsons sit side-by-side every Tuesday morning in Welding Print Reading class working toward associate degrees in Welding Technology.

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tags: Andrew Dotson, Wayne Dotson, Welding, ousearch_News_Launch Magazine

Wayne Dotson (left) and his son, Andrew, in the WCC welding lab.

Family bond: Father and son pursuing WCC welding degree together

Richard Rezler - November 01, 2019

Parents don’t typically have an opportunity to observe how their child performs in a college classroom

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tags: Welding, ousearch_News_2019

WCC student Evan Pasternak shows off some of his work completed during the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Louisville, Kentucky.

Strong work ethic drives WCC welding student to national competition

Washtenaw Community College - June 26, 2019

Evan Pasternak's development into a national-caliber welder is Exhibit A for what results from hours of hard work and determination.

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tags: ousearch_News_2019, Evan Pasternak, SkillsUSA, Welding

Michigan Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist speaks with a Washtenaw Community College welding student Feb. 20 about their experience at the college and what they are learning in class. Gilchrist toured the Advanced Transportation Center and Center of Nursing Excellence facilities at WCC.

Lt.-Gov. Gilchrist visits campus

Kelly Gampel - February 22, 2019

When colleges are successful, the state is successful, Michigan Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist said Feb. 20 while standing inside a WCC healthcare simulation lab.

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tags: Welding, cybersecurity, Nursing, Garlin Gilchrist, ousearch_News_2019, Advanced Transportation Center, Lieutenant Governor

Washtenaw Community College welding student Ray Papierniak will soon be added to the Wall of Fame display, which features the college’s previous SkillsUSA welding national champions and multiple silver and bronze medal winners. | Photo by Kelly Gampel

Hip, Hip, Hoo-Ray! WCC student wins national welding title

Washtenaw Community College - August 13, 2018

Washtenaw Community College has another welding national champion to add to its storied Wall of Fame.

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tags: On The Record, Welding, August 2018, SkillsUSA, ousearch_News_On The Record

University of Michigan Athletics maintenance technicians (from left) Jim Turner, Kevin Wilkins, Phil Stanny and Tim Larsen are completing an apprenticeship program at Washtenaw Community College. | Photo by Kelly Gampel

Apprenticeship program prepares U-M Athletics employees to tackle the Big House

Richard Rezler - August 13, 2018

When four maintenance technicians from the University of Michigan Athletics Department completed an HVAC class at Washtenaw Community College on August 2, they became the first graduates of a new apprenticeship program created by the two Ann Arbor-based institutions.

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tags: HVAC, University of Michigan, Welding, Apprenticeship Programs, August 2018, On The Record, Electrical, ousearch_News_On The Record

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