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Educators and students earned a “Perseverance” Award as they continue to learn with \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.solidworks.com\u002Fsolution\u002Forganization-type\u002Facademia\">SOLIDWORKS\u003C\u002Fa> on their home computer, the cloud app, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.solidworks.com\u002Fsolution\u002Forganization-type\u002Facademia\">xDesign\u003C\u002Fa> on their school’s Chromebook, or \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.swappsforkids.com\u002F\">SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids\u003C\u002Fa> on a tablet.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>2020 explored new software in and out of the classroom, showing that educators, no matter what the obstacles, continue to teach and students continue to learn.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Flab20-20stills_1-11-1-615x346-1.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-62172\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Flab20-20stills_1-11-1-615x346-1.jpg.webp 615w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Flab20-20stills_1-11-1-615x346-1-300x169.jpg.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>Around the world, students shared great designs and projects, their designs continue to impress my colleagues and me.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>What if learning a new topic is difficult.   We have all been there.  A math class, engineering assignment, English paper, SOLIDWORKS – yes even SOLIDWORKS.  How do you persevere if your education or job depended on learning SOLIDWORKS?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"409\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fmatthew20profile20pic-615x409-1.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-62173\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fmatthew20profile20pic-615x409-1.jpg.webp 615w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fmatthew20profile20pic-615x409-1-300x200.jpg.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.umassd.edu\u002F\">UMASS Dartmouth\u003C\u002Fa>, Bioengineering graduate student, Matthew Phou shares his story with the SOLIDWORKS community  – using the tools of SOLIDWORKS he has learned on his own to create the video. 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