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A new scholarship at Northcentral Technical College is aiming to encourage women to pursue leadership roles. The Charmaine Whitburn Women's Leadership Scholarship will provide at $1,500 dollar scholarship to a full time student out of the Merrill School District.

Since August, through Madison College lectures, labs, clinicals, and real-life calls, Tasha Kirch and nine other classmates have been pursuing their dream of becoming paramedics through the Madison College Paramedic Academy. In Tasha’s case, it was a dream to serve inspired by a nightmare in her neighborhood when Tasha was just 9. A girl her age and four other children died in a fire across the street from Tasha’s apartment. She said, “I lived at Somerset Circle in 1990 when that big fire happened. I think that’s kind of what got me going on this path "

Moraine Park Technical College has named Stephen Peterson, of Fond du Lac, as the 2021 Distinguished Alumnus.

Take an inside look at the Milwaukee Police Department’s Citizen Academy program. The MPD, like many other agencies, have been hosting citizen academies for quite some time.

Western Technical College is adding a new program to its offerings in Tomah. Western will offer a 3D design and prototyping certificate this spring at its Tomah campus, 120 East Milwaukee St.

The city of Weyauwega's next police chief will be Brandon Leschke. "I'm excited for it. I'm hopeful that my team shares the same excitement that I do," he said. "I'm excited for the challenge, ready to learn and keep it going."

Mid-State Technical College Accounting Instructor Susan Strautmann was recently appointed Secretary of Office to the Wisconsin Accounting Examining Board. News of the appointment came as the College learned of a new bill signed into law allowing Mid-State and other two-year college credits to count toward CPA licensure.

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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.