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Kingwood company awards scholarships to four students

A human resources solutions company in Kingwood recently announced the recipients of its 2011 Merit Scholarship Award.

Kingwood’s Insperity, Inc. has announced the most recent recipients of its annual Insperity Merit Scholarship, administered by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.  

This scholarship provides students with $1,000 a year for up to four years, and is awarded annually to two high school seniors of Insperity employees and two high school seniors of Insperity’s client companies.

Winners are selected based on academic record throughout their high school career, significant activities and contributions to school and community, test scores, school recommendations and student essays about personal characteristics, activities, plans and goals, according to the press release.

Students awarded this year’s scholarship are The Woodlands High School graduate Leslie Ann Bacon, New Caney High School graduate David M. Gilbert, Las Lomas High School graduate Pearson J. Henri and Bellaire Senior High School graduate Julie B. Strickland.

Bacon, the daughter of Kim Bacon, Insperity's managing director of health and welfare services, plans to pursue a pre-law degree at the University of Alabama.

Gilbert, son of Karen Gilbert, Insperity's manager of human resources services, will major in history at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor.

California resident Henri plans to study astro-physics at Stanford University.

Strickland, who is the daughter of an Insperity client, will major in civil engineering at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

To learn more, visit www.insperity.com .

New Caney High School Welding Class : Eagle Times

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Welding, the fusion of metals using heat from electrical currents, is a prominent technique in metalworking. Most metal objects in modern society, such as vehicles, buildings, and bridges, incorporate some degree of welding in their construction, because of its relative cost-effectiveness and strength. Students experience welding art at New Caney High School, where welding classes occur every day, some in partnership with Lone Star College.

The welders at New Caney produce various metal products and also repair broken or damaged metal goods. “Many students may choose to have the skills as a hobby for working on their own projects…many of my advanced students will make their own projects like hog traps and BBQ pits, as well as make repairs on their vehicles,” Welding teacher Mr. Burks said.

Safety is a concern when using the potentially dangerous tools of the trade. The heat produced by the torch can exceed 11,000 degrees Fahrenheit. Students take precautions by learning various safety techniques and wearing facemasks, avoiding burns and potential blindness from sparks produced by the metals.

Much is involved in welding beyond fusing metals with a torch. There are three types of welds learned at NCHS: gas metal arc welding, shielded metal arc welding (the most common type), and gas tungsten arc welding. The difference between these welding types is the speed, cost and a few differences in the way the machines operate.

Welding provides a variety of job opportunities in different occupational fields, from working on an oil rig to a metal fabrication shop. “I teach students enrolled the Welding Technology program various welding and cutting skills that they can use in the construction industry,” Mr. Burks said. “Students who go on and excel in the program, and choose welding as a career, can find jobs in the pipeline and structural steel fields,” he continued.

Despite its attractiveness as a trade course that prepares students for a variable career, welding is traditionally viewed as a “man’s trade”; however, a few female students have enrolled in the class. “Welding is not just for boys. I have several girls who take the classes also,” Mr. Burks revealed.

Welding is a vital aspect of the infrastructure that supports the modern world. Student welders who pursue a career in welding participate in the creation of something bigger than them—even twenty stories bigger!

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