August 20, 2026
Engineering student Zach Meyer, pictured above, wears one of the hundreds of shirts that will be passed out to students before the first football game on Friday. The shirt features a North Union football helmet and the phrase “We The North.” Meyer and several other students personally pressed the designs onto the shirts as part of this year’s new engineering and design shop, a hands-on program available to engineering students this year. (Gazette photo by Kyle Meddles)
New engineering pathway lets students design shirts, products
By Kyle Meddles, Richwood Gazette
A new addition to the engineering pathway at North Union has allowed students to make custom t-shirts for their peers.
With the beginning of North Union’s 20262027 school year last week, high school principal Keith Conklin gave members of the board of education a tour of the high school and a presentation during the board meeting on Monday.
As part of the new North Union Engineering and Design Shop this year, Conklin said engineering students made custom t-shirts with Wildcat logos that will go to the first 300 students who attend the first football game on Friday. Handouts will start during the tailgate, which begins at 5:30 p.m.
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