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Women in Construction: Escanaba, MI

PAST EVENT

Women in Construction: New Date

Escanaba, MI

When: Thursday, March 12, 2026

Where: Ruth Butler Building within the U.P. State Fairgrounds (2401 12th Ave N, Escanaba, MI 49829)

For more information please contact Kate Havel, khavel@nmu.edu.

8:45-9:00 a.m.Check-In
9:00-9:30 a.m.Intro/Stretch and Flex
9:30-10:30 a.m.Group A: Woodworking
Group B: Construction Management
Group C: Trades/Welding
10:30-10:45 a.m.Break
10:45-11:45 a.m.Group A: Construction Management
Group B: Trades/Welding
Group C: Woodworking
11:45 a.m. -12:40 p.m. Lunch/Prize Drawing
12:40-1:40 p.m.Group A: Trades/Welding
Group B: Woodworking
Group C: Construction Management
1:45 p.m.Dismissal
Woodshop fun

Hands-on fun in the woodshop

Hands-on fun

Exploring the trades

Simulators

Simulators in action!

Woodshop project

Nail gun fun

Chop saw fun

Learning to use a miter saw

Welding

Welding station 

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