WCA News & Events
AWFS Issues Last Call for Students to Enter Design-it-Digital Contest
The Association of Woodworking & Furniture Suppliers is accepting entries for Design-it-Digital, an online student design competition, through November 1. Students are presented with a hypothetical scenario in which a client is asking for a specific piece of wood furniture and/or case goods with certain constraints given. Students design their solution using CAD and rendering […]
Wood Industry Association Partners with National Woods Board to Expand Workforce Training
Major financial backing from WIA will fuel high school and college technical programs, delivering a new generation of credentialed, job-ready talent to the woodworking industry. FOREST HILL, Md., and GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The woodworking and cabinetmaking industry’s workforce shortage isn’t new — but a comprehensive, nationwide solution finally is. The Wood Industry Association (WIA) […]
Woodworking Network Honors Two WCA EDU Instructors
Two woodworking instructors affiliated with the Woodwork Career Alliance were recognized in Woodworking Network’s annual 40 Under 40 awards program. Avery Pipkin, woodworking teacher at Cedar Ridge High School in North Carolina, and Bobby Miller, woodshop teacher Coon Rapids High School in Minnesota, were honored for making an impact at their respective schools to teach […]