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No application needed: UWGB first in state to admit all 2024 Green Bay School District graduating seniors
GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE
GREEN BAY ― Starting next year, no Green Bay School District seniors will need to apply to the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. They will already be admitted.
UW-Green Bay is the state's first higher education institution to do away with the application process for an entire school district of students. About 1,325 students will be directly admitted next year.
UWGB and the district announced a the partnership Monday where university career counselors will help students enroll in classes and degree programs right in the high schools....
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NWTC announces new scholarship program for students pursuing public safety careers
WLUK
GREEN BAY -- A new scholarship program is helping area technical college students pursue public safety careers.
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC) says it received $15,000 from AT&T as part of the company's philanthropic giving efforts.
The new scholarship program was unveiled during NWTC's Public Safety and Human Services Career Fair Monday where area employers from fire, police and EMS networked with students searching for work, internships and information...
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Luxemburg-Casco shows off $38,000 worth of new tech-ed equipment
WLUK
LUXEMBURG -- Luxemburg-Casco High School is giving a head start to students with dreams of a future in the technology industry.
New equipment was added to the high school's Fab Lab Tech Program at the start of the academic year...
"Making classes more enjoyable, more educational and more fun," said Will Simonar, the technical education teacher.
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Fostering Diversity-Equity-Inclusion-Belonging
Here's what Oshkosh area colleges, and a business, are doing to mark Black History Month
OSHKOSH NORTHWESTERN
OSHKOSH – Black History Month's 2023 national theme is "Black Resistance," and local college campuses, as well as a business, are planning events throughout February that recognize historical figures, discuss what the month represents and provide ways to celebrate.
President Gerald Ford recognized Black History Month officially in 1976, and every American president since has designated February as Black History Month, including endorsing a specific theme, according to history.com...
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Promoting the Regional Brand
93-year-old Rock Island boathouse awarded $1.4 million by state for repair, renovation
GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE
ROCK ISLAND - The Wisconsin State Building Commission approved an award of more than $1.4 million to renovate the historic Thordarson Boathouse, the first thing most visitors to Rock Island State Park see as they come to the island.
The commission also approved $71,150 in stewardship matching grant funds, from a total of $500,000 across the state, to the "friends" groups for Door County's four other state parks and the Ice Age Trail Alliance for work at its terminus in Potawatomi State Park...
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