<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2026-01-28 Manufacturing Machining Tech Finalists.html" dsn="news"><featured>true</featured><pubDate>01/28/2026</pubDate><title>From Pahrump to the National Stage: GBC Students Advance in Manufacturing Competition</title><author>GBC Communications</author><image><img src="/news/images/Manufacturing%20Program%20Project%20MFG%20Team%201920x1080%20or%2016x9.jpg" alt="GBC Pahrump students celebrate the news that they are finalists in Clash of the Trades"/></image><caption>From left to right: Mayson Williamson, Brian Zana, CJ Case, Jonathan Wichael, and Jacob Hall represent Team GBC as finalists at this year's Clash of the Trades.</caption><thumbnail/><description>Students from Great Basin College’s Manufacturing Machining Technology program in Pahrump have once again earned national recognition by advancing in Clash of the Trades, a highly competitive, national manufacturing competition produced by Project MFG. This marks the second year GBC students have qualified for the event, placing the program amon...</description><tags><tag>CTE</tag><tag>GBCPahrump</tag><tag>ManufacturingMachiningTech</tag><tag>StudentSuccess</tag></tags></item>