At Harper College, Katsiaryna Piatsevich is pursuing an unlikely duo of credentials in welding and fashion. Her latest achievement: Watching her garments walk the runway at a Rome fashion show.

Allen Root was a Renaissance man. He was equally at home in the worlds of blue collar welder, conceptual artist, the bureaucracy of city planning, non-profit volunteer and free-spirited Mardi Gras ...

Cason and Cash Treece are beginning welding students enrolled in classes at the Kevin Dukes Career and Innovation Academy. They recently earned their AWS D1.1 welding certification. They are the first ...