Lake Superior College Students Earn Gold, Silver at Minnesota SkillsUSA Competition
Seven of Lake Superior College’s (LSC) Integrated Manufacturing students have won medals at the recent Minnesota SkillsUSA competition.
Matt Hjelden of Cloquet won a first place gold medal in the Job Demo B category. A team made up of Russ Young, Hermantown; Mark Johnson, Proctor; Mark Shatto, Duluth; and Nick Kuras, Saginaw earned a silver medal in the Chapter Display category. Mark Florentz, Knife River, and Travis Hanson, Duluth, teamed to earn silver for their Promotional Bulletin Board.
As a gold medalist, Hjelden qualifies for national competition later this year.
The three-day event, which took place March 23 through 25, was headquartered in Bloomington, with events held at various locations across the Twin Cities. Nearly 1,000 students competed in 70 events. Nine LSC students attended the Minnesota SkillsUSA Conference, participating in competitions focused on skills, team building, and leadership.
SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers, and industry representatives, working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce. It helps individual students excel by preparing them for careers in trade, technical, and skilled service occupations. It was formerly know as VICA (Vocational Industrial Clubs of America).
Pictured (left to right )
front row: Mark Johnson, Mart Florentz, Travis Hanson, and Matt Hjelden;
back row: Nick Kuras, Mark Shatto, and Russ Young