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The Gene Haas Foundation has committed $500,000 to the Gateway Technical College Foundation to support the college’s Promise 2 Finish program, an effort to help students who left college to return and earn a degree by filling the gap between financial aid and tuition costs.

Brianna Deering has been in the education field for over twenty-five years, beginning in elementary education and later transitioning to higher ed. She enjoys the opportunity to motivate students to learn and to achieve their educational and career goals. Her current role at Blackhawk Technical College is teaching English Language Learners. The ELL program requires Brianna to assist with recruiting, registering, testing, and placement of students, and instruction at all levels.

A new pilot program to help inmates is being launched at Lakeshore Technical College in Cleveland. The school has announced that a newly awarded $75,000 grant along with local program partners are supplementing other grant funds to total a $160,000 investment in the program.

Donna McKearn would have celebrated her 88th birthday last weekend. The longtime Beloit resident spent her life nurturing and caring for children. To honor their mother, the McKearn family decided to honor her by establishing the Donna McKearn Memorial Endowed Scholarship at Blackhawk Technical College. The scholarship is meant to help students who wish to pursue careers in childcare or early childhood work.

The Northcentral Technical College (NTC) District Board of Trustees approved the hiring of Dr. Jeannie Worden as the next president of NTC at the regular meeting of the Board on Tuesday, April 6. She will begin her new role on Thursday, July 1, 2021, succeeding Dr. Lori Weyers who will retire on June 30, 2021.

Moraine Park Technical College announced plans for a limited access in-person commencement ceremony.

Give it the ol’ college try. That’s what Madison Area Technical College is telling prospective students through a new program allowing them to sample a week of classes for free at the beginning of a school term.

Jenessa Perry is a graduating senior at Independence High School. Like the rest of her classmates, she balances athletics and academics while enjoying the last few months of high school. Unlike her classmates, however, she’s also enjoying the last few months before graduating from Western Technical College with an associate degree in business management.

While the college has had in-person learning since June 2020, Northcentral Technical College will transition to a more traditional college experience beginning this August with additional in-person offerings, events and student activities.