Graduate Connections

Graduate Connections – Meet Donnie Pollard

Donnie, 41, from Muldrow, Oklahoma, graduated the Electrical Applications program at Tulsa Welding School in May 2023. Thanks for your time, Donnie; what did you do before enrolling at Tulsa Welding School? Before I decided to come to TWS, I was on a journey of recovery because I’m almost two and a half years’ sober. […]

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Graduate Connections – Meet Sean Riley

Sean, 53, was born in Chili, New York, close to Rochester. He completed the nine-month Electro-Mechanical Technologies (EMT) program at Tulsa Welding School in Jacksonville in April 2023. Thanks for your time, Sean. What did you do before coming to Tulsa Welding School? I joined the U.S. Navy in 1992 and served for 24 years. […]

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Graduate Connections – Meet Kyran Clark

Kyran, 19, from Springerville, Arizona, graduated from the Professional Welder program at Tulsa Welding School & Technology Center in Houston in February 2023. Thanks for your time, Kyran. How did you come to find Tulsa Welding School? I didn’t know what I wanted to do throughout high school. Before I graduated, I remembered I had […]

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Graduate Connections – Meet Gabrielle Venson

Gabrielle, 22 from Sturgis, Kentucky, graduated the Professional Welder program at Tulsa Welding School in February 2021. Thanks for your time, Gabrielle; what did you do before enrolling at welding school? I graduated high school in 2020, and I went straight to welding school right after in July 2020. When did you first learn about […]

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Graduate Connections – Meet Kyler Byford

Kyler, 25, from Lone Grove, Oklahoma, graduated the Professional Welder program at Tulsa Welding School in December 2022. Thanks for your time, Kyler. What did you do before enrolling at Tulsa Welding School? I was actually a mechanic for about six years, working at Chevy and Ford dealers. Then I went to work at an […]

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Graduate Connections – Meet Derrick McHenry

Derrick, 46, from Houston, Texas, first completed the Refrigeration Technologies program at Tulsa Welding School & Technology Center in Houston in February 2023. He then decided to stay on for two months to complete the electrical classes and graduate instead with certification from the Electro-Mechanical Technologies program in April 2023. Thanks for your time, Derrick. […]

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Graduate Connections – Meet Myshelle Browning

Myshelle, 24, was born in Jacksonville and raised in Bostwick, Florida. She completed the seven-month Electrical Applications program at Tulsa Welding School in Jacksonville in March 2023. Thanks for your time, Myshelle. What did you do before coming to Tulsa Welding School? I worked at Lowe’s for about two years before I started the Electrical […]

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