History in the Making!

"History is in the making today!" exclaimed Cheryl Medearis, Vice President of Academic Affairs and the Department Chair of Education, at the SGU Institute of Technology (IOT) building where IOT Welding Instructor, Jay Herman, had a signing of Acceptance Letters on December 15, 2023, for the first five SGU Welding students who will take his "Basic Welding & Safety" class in the Spring of 2024.
Through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between SGU/IOT and the Todd County School District, Jay will teach five SGU students, and five Todd County High School students, at the TCHS Vocational Education Building/Welding Lab. The SGU Welding students will be taught in the evening, and the TC Seniors will be taught during the school day.
There are only five welding stations in the welding lab, which is why only five students will be taught at a time.
This is the first time SGU has ever been able to offer Welding to its students. The first five SGU Welding students are: Adrian Smith, Tavish Bartlett, Kaile Haukaas, Shawn Young, and Cassy Ross. (The latter two were not able to make it to the signing and signed at later dates.)
Jay was busily getting the Voc. Ed./Welding Lab ready for instruction which began January 22, 2024, which was the first day of the Spring Semester here at SGU.
Other Welding classes being held during the Spring '24 semester are: Fabrication (Feb. 7-Apr.24); Metallurgy (Jan. 22-Feb. 6); and Welding Lab I (Mar. 26-May 13). If you're interested in learning welding, get ahold of SGU/IOT at (605) 856-8191.
Congratulations to the first five SGU and TCHS Welding students and to IOT!