Congratulations to James Strong (Bear River High School, Grass Valley, CA) for being selected to receive a $2,500 TRADESTRONG-GVC Scholarship to pursue Pipeline Welding at Montana State University Billings City College! James shared this personal statement with us: Dear Tradestrong, Thank you so much for my scholarship! This will make it exponentially easier for me to focus on school and my training, instead of worrying about finances. Thank you again for your amazing support