This group of area women signed their names to a metal placard they created after completing the December Women in Welding session offered recently by Missouri State University-West Plains’ (MSU-WP) workforce development office. Seated from left are students Lisa McDonald, Willow Springs; Sheila Heath, Mountain Grove; and Luczyana (Lulu) Godebski, Millington, Tenn. Standing: MSU-WP Technology Assistant Yvonne Bowers; students Shannen Hill, West Plains; Marisol Lopez, West Plains; Kim Wilson, Theodosia; Pam Riley, Willow Springs; Ruth Anne Phillips, Mammoth Spring, Ark.; and Welding Instructor Chuck Cook.
(MSU-WP photo)
Welding is one of the fastest growing careers in the country, but only a handful of women currently fill its ranks. Officials with Missouri State…
