A grateful first 2024 podcast episode and shout out to all our many global listeners. Announcement that the annual Welders Without Borders Welding Thunder Team Fabrication Competition is scheduled for November 22nd & 23rd at West-MEC Buckeye Southwest Campus in Arizona.

Conversation about this year’s Welding Thunder Team Fabrication Competition. The theme is “Prom Perfect” and the project is a special arch for taking pictures under.

Conversation about how important health is to a welder’s career. Health risks of consuming alcohol and tobacco are to a welders well being.

A walk through on the set-up and shutdown of a Oxy-fuel welding and cutting apparatus. Shout out to Arizona Bagdad Schools welding students who are competing at the Arizona state wrestling championship.

Shout out to all our listeners worldwide and encouraging them to make the world a better place by living their best lives and to weld with the passion of other great musicians and performers. Welding is our instrument and what we create matters.

01/2020. Interview with Arizona Western College Ernest Lopez Welding Institutes lab technician and adjunct robotics professor Mr. Pedro Ordaz. We talk about his journey in welding education and Welding Thunder.

02/2020 Another installment in our leadership in education interview series where we discuss with students and leaders how the community college experience continues to define the technical education degree pathway. Arizona Western College continues to demonstrate that when a college serves its local community, it becomes an active contributor to the global community.

Some sound advice to high school students and parents about choosing a CTE program while in high school.

A fun interview at Texas Roadhouse after a long day of travel and making a presentation at a nearby community college.