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The Nicolet College Board of Trustees has announced that Kate Ferrel has accepted the position of president of the college. Ferrel, who currently serves as executive vice president of Academic and Student Affairs at Nicolet, will begin her duties as president July 1.

The Quick Coupling Division of Parker Hannifin Corporation, the global leader in motion and control technologies, has partnered with Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College (WITC), and Workforce Resource to host a GED Boot Camp at Parker's Chetek plant to help expand career opportunities for local area residents.

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.