DMACC Welding Scholarship

To receive the scholarship would not only help me financially, but physically. Through the DMACC welding course, I would recieve my welding certificate to be able to weld commercially through DeeZee, Vermeer or another company of that prestige. Through the cost of the course itself and material needed, the cost of the entire class can spread through the thousands. Through the money granted, it will help me pay for the course then with that I can purchase the equipment needed outside of the course to then further my career and my path into welding. I am not one for four year universities, but one for the more tactile career paths. A career I can see the rest of life being forged with.
From being brought up in a family of hard day in and day out workers, I understand the concept of working for what you want to achieve in life. Ever since being introduced to welding in my earlier teen years, I fell in love with it. There is something magical about melting two pieces of metal together at 7,000 degrees Fahrenheit. Growing up in a family of 2 brothers,
With welding comes many opportunities along with jobs in the construction area, in the “man-made” society we live in today. Throughout all the buildings you see, bridges, and sculptures most if not all have had an element of some type of welding one to it. Whether big or small, most structures that are made of metal that is meant to last. Let's say for a community, welding is always involved. Skilled welders are always in need, more and more buildings need to be built to keep up with the population increasing in communities all over the United States. Without welders and the welding process itself, the way buildings are built, would be considerably different. Welding is used to keep metal bonded together, for walls, ceilings, and even on the equipment they use to construct what you walk into for work everyday. Welding is a necessity for buildings to keep the structure and keep