Jefferies Attends Women of Welding Camp

Alexis Jefferies, a two-year welding student at the Vicksburg-Warren Career and Technical Center (VWCTC) was one of 28 students selected to attend the Texas State University (TSU) Women of Welding (WoW) Camp, sponsored by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, in San Marcos, Texas.

The camp, fully funded by the USDA Women and Minorities in STEM grant and led by female welding instructors, invites secondary women interested in welding-related careers to participate in the inten - sive five-day welding camp. Jefferies learned from and worked with professional women in welding careers and received hands-on experience, industry insight, virtual reality psychomotor skill development and career exploration. The camp also allowed her to learn different welding processes and other emerging technologies used in the industry.

Jefferies has excelled in VWCTC’s welding program and planned to continue for a third year before going on to pursue a welding degree at the postsecondary level.