Palomar Student Wins Second Place in National Woodworking Competition

SAN MARCOS (September 28, 2009) – Palomar College student Daniel Graupmann of Corona received a Second Place award for his entry in Fresh Wood, a national competition for woodworking projects, sponsored by the Association of Woodworking and Furnishings Suppliers (AWFS). Awards were presented in Las Vegas earlier this summer as part of the AWFS®Fair, an international trade show featuring products and supplies for the woodworking industry. Graupmann’s entry, a hand-made desk titled Kurven, placed in the Reproduction, Tables category. The desk was one of 165 entries from 49 different post-secondary institutions and high schools in the United States and Canada.

Graupmann built the table over two semesters as a project for classes in Palomar’s Cabinet and Furniture Technology (CFT) program. Graupmann’s instructors were Jack Stone for CFT 110 and Gary Russell for CFT 111. More information about Palomar’s CFT program may be found at http://www.palomar.edu/woodworking/, or by calling 760-744-1150, ext. 2545.
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