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Photos: Southeast Community College opens new Welding Technology Center
Southeast Community College President Paul Illich, left, watches as welding instructor Mark Hawkins, center, uses a plasma cutter to blast through a ribbon-wrapped chain on Thursday during a ceremony at the Welding Technology Center on SCC's Lincoln campus.
Guests tour the lobby of the Welding Technology Center at the Southeast Community College Lincoln Campus on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025 in Lincoln. The nearly 100,000 square-foot facility — designed by Davis Design and Olsson — features 196 individual welding booths, an 11,000 square-foot fabrication lab and 4,500 square feet dedicated to specialized industry training needs, at a price of $33 million.
Materials fill shelves in a supply room in the Welding Technology Center at the Southeast Community College Lincoln Campus on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025 in Lincoln. The nearly 100,000 square-foot facility — designed by Davis Design and Olsson — features 196 individual welding booths, an 11,000 square-foot fabrication lab and 4,500 square feet dedicated to specialized industry training needs, at a price of $33 million.
Michael Krupnicki, former president of the American Welding Society, speaks during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, at the Welding Technology Center at Southeast Community College's Lincoln campus.
Welding and cutting machines stand outside rows of bays in the Welding Technology Center at Southeast Community College's Lincoln campus on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. The nearly 100,000 square-foot facility — designed by Davis Design and Olsson — features 196 individual welding booths, an 11,000 square-foot fabrication lab and 4,500 square feet dedicated to specialized industry training needs, at a price of $33 million.
Rows of lockers stand in a room at the Welding Technology Center at Southeast Community College's Lincoln campus. on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. The nearly 100,000 square-foot facility — designed by Davis Design and Olsson — features 196 individual welding booths, an 11,000 square-foot fabrication lab and 4,500 square feet dedicated to specialized industry training needs, at a price of $33 million.
SCC President Paul Illich (right) watches a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, at the Welding Technology Center at Southeast Community College's Lincoln campus.
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen speaks during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday at the Welding Technology Center on Southeast Community College's Lincoln campus.
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen greets Southeast Community College Board of Governors member Nancy Seim after a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, at the Welding Technology Center at Southeast Community College's Lincoln campus.
The 100,000-square-foot Welding Technology Center at Southeast Community College's Lincoln campus features 196 individual welding booths, an 11,000-square-foot fabrication lab and 4,500 square feet dedicated to specialized industry training needs.
Michael Krupnicki, former president of the American Welding Society, speaks with a guest after a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, at the Welding Technology Center at Southeast Community College's Lincoln campus.
Lincoln Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird visits with other guests following a ribbon- cutting ceremony on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, at the Welding Technology Center at Southeast Community College's Lincoln campus.
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen speaks during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, at the Welding Technology Center at Southeast Community College's Lincoln campus.
Caeden Grant, a welding student from Valparaiso, works on a stick-welding project Thursday at Southeast Community College's Welding Technology Center.
U.S. Rep. Mike Flood speaks during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, at the Welding Technology Center at Southeast Community College's Lincoln campus.
Lincoln Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird speaks during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, at the Welding Technology Center at Southeast Community College's Lincoln campus.
