SkillsUSA Champions features our members' photography. We're looking for images of SkillsUSA chapters in action, or the kind that show individual members' concentration or perspectives. The photographer's chapter is awarded $150. For details, email tomhall@skillsusa.org (put "Image Photo" in the subject header) or write SkillsUSA Champions, P.O. Box 3000, Leesburg, VA 20177.

Photographer Ashley Mansfield, a student at Dehryl A. Dennis Professional-Technical Education Center in Boise, Idaho, captured the intensity of the welding lab. Mansfield's teacher is Brian Harrigan.

“If you're going to change the world, you've got to have skills.” — Melanie Stansbury, National Conference Delegate/Postsecondary, Corrales, N.M.

“Industry needs to see the caliber and the quality of the students in SkillsUSA. I'm always amazed by how well-spoken they are, how articulate. Their communication skills are phenomenal.” —Charles Irwin, National Manager of Vocational Education, DaimlerChrysler Corp.