Congratulations to Michael Ewing (McDowell High School, Erie, PA) for being selected to receive a $2,500 TRADESTRONG-Layton Scholarship to pursue Welding at WyoTech! Michael shared the following personal statement with us: "Dear TRADESTRONG & Layton Construction, I am honored to receive this $2,500 scholarship as I pursue a career in welding. Welding offers the opportunity to combine skill, precision, and hard work to create and repair structures that are essential to our com

We would like to express our gratitude to our incredible 2026 industry partners! Because of their support, TRADESTRONG has so far this year been able to offer 50 scholarships in the amount of $2,500 to high school seniors in 18 different states who are pursuing careers in the commercial construction trades. That is over 10x more scholarships than we were able to offer just four short years ago when we began this mission. We are so proud of our recipients and so proud of the c