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agreement reached for new program Credits from Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College’s new Human Services Associate program will now be applied toward a bachelor’s degree in social work through an exclusive partnership with The College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minn.
Repair work on the WITC-Superior campus visitor and staff parking lots has begun. Visitors are asked to please park in the student lot across the street from the campus on the corner of North 21st street and Mortorelli Drive. The WITC-Superior Conference Center entrance, located off Mortorelli Drive, will temporarily become the main point of entry. The two tower entrances are also available for entry.
Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College is offering free Career Seminars on the first Tuesday of every month at WITC-Ashland and the second Tuesday of every month at WITC-Superior. Time for the seminars at both locations is from 4 - 6 p.m. WITC Career Seminars are designed to assist individuals in selecting the most appropriate career and or educational options available.
Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College has recently named Ellen Hauser as its Director of Institutional Effectiveness. Hauser formerly served as the Executive Dean for WITC. She began her new job on July 1. The position serves all of WITC’s campuses and reports to the Vice President, Administrative Services at the Administrative Office in Shell Lake. Hauser will have responsibility for accreditation with the Higher Learning Commission and will help direct the college’s continuous improvement and planning efforts.
WITC President Bob Meyer was recently nominated for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Lifetime Achievement Award. The award recognizes outstanding advocates of U.S. manufacturing who have demonstrated an overwhelming commitment to the business growth and transformation of U.S.-based manufacturing through their continued support of U.S. Manufacturing.
Each year, Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College surveys graduates to find out how well their degree or diploma prepared them for their career. The results reveal an impressive record of academic excellence and valuable career perspective. The trend continues as WITC has recently released the results from its 2008-2009 Graduate Follow-up Survey.
The Twin Ports Chapter Construction Specification Institute (TPCCSI) has presented Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College-Superior with a $2,500 gift toward their organization’s scholarship endowment. The TPCCSI scholarship endowment will support four annual scholarship awards to students enrolled in WITC’s HVAC (Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning) and Technical Studies programs.
When it comes to competing at state and national competitions, Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College students make it clear they are a force to reckon with. A group of eight students from WITC-New Richmond recently competed in the national 2010 Business Professionals of America (BPA) National Leadership Conference in Anaheim, Calif.
With shovels in hand, groundbreaking began on a $2.6 million dollar construction project at WITC-New Richmond. Derrick Construction is in charge of the project, which is expected to be completed toward the end of the calendar year. The 8,000 square foot addition to the back of the main building will become the home to several programs.
Fifty-five area welding students put their skills to the test for the second annual International WITC Welding Competition held May 5 at Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College's Superior campus.Students from WITC-Superior and WITC-New Richmond competed against representatives from Lake Superior College and Confederation College in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
More than 20 years ago, the Wisconsin Technical College System started the Student Ambassador program, a unique initiative that recognizes outstanding student achievement. WITC’s newest ambassadors, Tucker DeWolf, WITC-Ashland; Steve Volkert, WITC-New Richmond; Harvey Lunsman, WITC-Rice Lake; and Kelly Isaacson, WITC-Superior; have distinguished themselves through community involvement, leadership qualities and a commitment to higher education.
Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College Barber/Cosmetology instructor Patty Prytz has recently been selected by the University of Wisconsin-Stout School of Education faculty and staff to receive the 2009-2010 Career and Technical Education Training Exemplary Service Award. This award recognizes exemplary service provided to UW-Stout by cooperating teachers who have shared their professional expertise by providing experiences and guidance for its students.
Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College is sending six students to Frankfurt, Germany, from May 26 to June 9 in reciprocation for the students who visited WITC from Germany last fall. Three students from the New Richmond campus include Nathan Spike, Loren Goldstein and Claudia Berggren. And three students from WITC-Ashland are Shauna Ruud, Kerri Bergquist and Christina Oksiuta. Accompanying the students are Lenore Knock, dean of students, and instructor Julie Schaefer, both at WITC-New Richmond.
Wisconsin Indianhead Congratulations to Dustin Wolvert, Futuremaker from WITC-New Richmond. Wolvert's Futurefest video was selected to represent WITC in the statewide Futurefest video competition on March 24. The video "Nobody to Somebody" described his dream of a career in criminal justice. The panel of judges cited Wolvert's "creative approach" and thought the video was "fun and entertaining" as well as a good overview to the possibilities available at the college.
Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College’s Foundation recently collected $1,731.40 in donations from staff and students to assist the relief efforts in Haiti.
WITC has added several new programs and certificates to its long list of offerings. From programs like Energy Efficiency Technician to our Biofuels Process Technician certificate, WITC continues to provide cutting-edge training.
Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College’s results from the 2009 Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) indicate that an overwhelming majority of WITC students feel that personal connections they experience at the college are critical to their academic success.
The Learning Resources Network (LERN), an international association in lifelong learning, has recently honored Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College for excellence in marketing.
Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College Associate Degree – Nursing instructor Jeanette Olsen has recently been named the 2010 Champion in Women’s Health award recipient for her work with women in the area of Rural Women’s Health.
Wisconsin’s technical colleges will play a vital role in ensuring that employers have the skilled workers they will need in the coming years, according to a new national report. Demand in Wisconsin for highly skilled technical and trade workers will spike as baby boomers retire and the number of high school graduates declines, trends obscured by the current recession
Textbooks and computers aren’t the only teaching tools at Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College; a new tool of choice is a computerized tractor. This fall, the college purchased, with the help of WITC Advisory Committee Member Roger Link of Link Implement in Ridgeland, Wis., a new model McCormick XTX 165 tractor. Its computerized controls help students learn to troubleshoot and test and recalibrate tractors as part of their updated curriculum.
A new Renewable Electricity certificate started in January at the Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College Ashland campus. The certificate provides an individual with the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to plan, install and maintain solar (photovoltaic) and wind renewable electrical energy systems.
The University of Wisconsin-River Falls and Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College – New Richmond’s Early Childhood Education programs recently collaborated to host “That Moment of Wonder: Exploring Nature Inside Out and Outside In.”
Wisconsin State Senator Russ Decker was on hand at WITC-Ladysmith branch on Monday, October 19, to mark the awarding of a $25,000 grant for job retraining programs in Rusk County. Northwest Wisconsin Concentrated Employment Program, Inc. (NWCEP) will be project partners in the training of dislocated workers in the county.
A thermal imaging camera was donated to Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College by Independent Insurance Agents of Northwest Wisconsin. The TIC will be used in fire training that WITC offers district wide to community fire departments throughout Northwestern Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College-Superior is the first certified “Count Me Green” organization in Douglas County. This certification is proof that WITC has engaged in creating an environmentally sustainable campus.
A transfer articulation agreement initiated by Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College and the University of Wisconsin-Superior has resulted in the official signing of a transfer articulation agreement between UW-Superior and the Wisconsin Technical College System.
Dan Conroy, operations manager for the Nexen Group, a Minnesota-based manufacturing company with a facility in Webster, Wis., has recently been awarded the C.L. Greiber Award of Merit.
At a time when there are dire reports of the number of high school students dropping out of school, 80-year-old Alice Smith decided it was time to pursue her General Educational Development (GED).
Statistics show that 50 percent of all two-year college students and 25 percent of all four-year college students fail or drop out during the first year of school. To help combat this issue, this year WITC-Hayward is matching several adult students with area business leaders to assist them through the rigors of working, raising a family and re-entering academic life.
Despite hard economic times in some trades, the machine tool industry is projected to grow in the region, offering high-paying jobs to skilled workers. The problem? There simply aren’t enough qualified individuals to fill the positions.
Governor Jim Doyle recently announced at WITC-New Richmond three state awards to boost the economy of Northwestern Wisconsin and grow local jobs.
At a time when the need for skilled machinists is high, one Wakefield company has stepped in to help train potential employees to enter the workforce prepared. Extreme Tool & Engineering, Inc. has donated a Charmilles D20 Electrical Discharge Machine to the machine tool operation program at WITC.
Expertise, equipment, facilities, and training will now be easier for regional businesses to locate and use through the Regional Business Assistance Resource (ReBAR) directory.
WITC's simulation programs provide opportunities to sharpen skills in [almost] real life settings.
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