StrataTech Education Group awards three scholarships to welding competition winners

StrataTech Education Group, an operator of skilled trade schools, awarded full-tuition scholarships to three high school students who competed and won Tulsa Welding School’s Weld-to-Win welding competition. Each of the three competitions invited high school seniors from across the country who have completed a class in welding at a vocational or high school to compete for a full-tuition scholarship for a welding program at their local Tulsa Welding School (TWS) campus.

The winners are Isaac Venzor, Dumas High School, Dumas, Texas; Gabriel Juarez, May River High School, Bluffton, S.C.; and Luis Gonzaelz, Longview High School, Longview, Texas.

The competitions took place in February and March at TWS campuses in Houston, Jacksonville, and Tulsa. More than 655 students from across the country participated in the three competitions, which tested them on a variety of skills including stick welding and blueprint reading. Partial scholarships also were awarded to second- and third-place winners, and each participant received a $500 scholarship to assist with tuition fees at any of StrataTech’s campuses: The Refrigeration School Inc. in Phoenix; TWS in Tulsa, Okla.; Tulsa Welding School in Jacksonville, Fla.; Tulsa Welding School & Technology Center in Houston; and Tulsa Welding School in Irving, Texas.  

Miller Electric Mfg. sponsored the event and provided participants who finished in the top tier with prizes including welding hoods and gloves.