Hawkeye Community College’s ‘WE Build Waterloo’ Program recently won the National Center for Construction Education & Research’s I BUILT THIS! Video Contest. ‘WE Build Waterloo’ is a community-based program that provides career training, counseling, resume assistance, interview preparation, and team building and personal skills development for those with employment barriers. The I BUILT THIS! contest invited participants to showcase build projects on Instagram Reels and TikTok. The ‘WE Build Waterloo’ program took the top prize in the postsecondary category. Prizes included $5,000 in DeWalt tools, gift cards, books, and other apparel.
