Cabell County Career Technology Center students submitted a project, ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œExplore West Virginia,ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥ for consideration in NucorÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s Ken Iverson Project. Voting is now open online.
Putnam Career & Technical Center students created ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œCue Country Roads,ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥ a fully functional welding guitar, for NucorÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s Ken Iverson Project.
Students from the Mason County Career Center created ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œRoots of the Mountain StateÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥ for consideration in the Ken Iverson Project steel sculpture-making contest among area schools.
Cabell County Career Technology Center students submitted a project, ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œExplore West Virginia,ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥ for consideration in NucorÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s Ken Iverson Project. Voting is now open online.
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Putnam Career & Technical Center students created ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œCue Country Roads,ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥ a fully functional welding guitar, for NucorÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s Ken Iverson Project.
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Students from the Mason County Career Center created ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œRoots of the Mountain StateÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥ for consideration in the Ken Iverson Project steel sculpture-making contest among area schools.
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ABOVE: Roane-Jackson Technical Center welding students designed ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œMontani Semper LiberiÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥ for the Ken Iverson Project.
Voting has begun on a project involving four vocational schools where students are creating steel sculptures celebrating West Virginia history.
Nucor Steel West Virginia organized the Ken Iverson Project, named for the founder of Nucor Steel Corp. In the 1960s, Iverson took a nearly bankrupt company and transformed it into what is now the largest steel company based in the United States.
The project aims to inspire creativity, art and history through metalworking, according to a Nucor news release.
Each school ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” Mason County Career Center, Cabell County Career Technology Center, Putnam Career & Technical Center and Roane-Jackson Technical Center ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” had four months to create their sculptures.
This event invites students from various schools and disciplines, including art and history departments, welding, pre-engineering and auto body, to design and create sculptures that celebrate the heritage of West Virginia. The four sculptures are named ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œExplore West Virginia,ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥ ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œRoots of the Mountain State,ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥ ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œMontani Semper LiberiÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥ and ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œQue Country Roads.ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥
Voting ends at 6 p.m. Friday, April 18. People may vote for their favorite sculpture at
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