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Grad reaches powerful goals

Expansion targets show where job demand is greatest

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2013-2014Graduate SuccessInformation

LOCATION OF EMPLOYMENTEmployed graduates, degree related

71% EMPLOYED IN THE NWTC DISTRICT

97% EMPLOYED IN WISCONSIN

3% EMPLOYED OUT-OF-STATE

MAKE A CAREER CHANGE 25%

IMPROVE EXISTING JOB SKILLS 12%

EMPLOYMENT-RELATED REASONS 40%

PREPARE FOR FURTHER EDUCATION 14%

PERSONAL INTEREST 6%

OTHER REASONS 3%

Why graduates choose NWTC

97% of NWTC GRADUATES SATISFIEDor very satisfied WITH Training

PERCENT EMPLOYEDGraduates available for employment, all jobs: 93% of2013-2014 graduates available for employment wereemployed six months after graduation, and 80% ofthose had jobs in their field of study.

Unsatisfied or Very Unsatisfied 3%

Satisfied39%

VerySatisfied —58%

Seeking Employment 7%

Employed 93%

93% of grads are employed withinsix months of graduation.

Median salary of associate degree grads:

$39,517 six monthsafter graduation.

Based on Graduate Follow-Up Survey - Summer 2013 through Spring2014 graduates 6 months after graduation. All 2,606 graduates werecontacted; and 1,756 graduates completed the survey.

Northeast Wisconsin Technical College is Leading the Way: building thefuture workforce, developing future business leaders, and ensuring a strong quality of lifein Northeast Wisconsin. The 2014-2015 school year has brought new career programs inIT-Software Development, Manufacturing Operations Management, Construction Technology,Mechanical Systems, Structural Systems, Fire Medic, Fire Science and Therapeutic Massage.Students have filled the expanded health and wellness facility. The College has receivednational recognition for its student success initiatives from the American Association ofCommunity Colleges and has been designated as a Leader College by the national Achievingthe Dream Initiative. Thanks to strong and growing K-12 partnerships, middle and high schoolstudents are receiving early career training and, in many cases, college credits that give thema head start on a degree.

All that progress is driven by changes in the economy. The number of jobs available tostudents straight out of high school continues to shrink, and by 2018, most U.S. jobs willrequire technical education beyond high school. NWTC graduates have higher salaries thanthe national average, and nationwide, graduates with applied science associate degrees

(like those awarded by NWTC) have lower unemployment than nearly every other demographic group. Technical educationkeeps Wisconsin’s economy strong, and we take seriously our responsibility to keep it going and growing.

After years of growth and success, several facilities now need to change with the times. NWTC is serving about 40 percentmore full-time equivalent students than we planned for during our last expansion. Our main campus is delivering degrees ininformation technology and digital media in buildings constructed before most computer technology existed. Our Marinetteand Sturgeon Bay facilities were built before widespread automation occurred in manufacturing, and before we had everheard of a health care worker shortage. They were all built when we thought college was for 18-year-olds, not for a lifetime.

In response, the College is proposing a facility expansion and retooling that would touch all three campuses. Some changesare designed to help current students enroll easily and find the help they need to graduate with a valuable credential. Somechanges will allow NWTC to install technology similar to what’s being used in industry. Some will simply help NWTC do a greatdeal more of the work we’re already doing, so that we can serve another 1,500 students per year and meet workforce needs.

The plan, which will be before voters in an April 7 referendum, calls for an investment from the community—a levy increase ofabout $7.50 on a $150,000 home for 15 years. The total $66.5 million plan would result in 160,000 square feet of new spaceand 240,000 square feet of renovated space. It will help NWTC provide new economic opportunities for community membersand provide skilled workers to our high-tech employers.

The upgrades will target industries that are facing the most critical skilled worker shortages, and those that require verydifferent facilities now than they did in the 1970s. Main areas of focus will be trades and engineering, public safety, informationtechnology, digital media and communication technology, and rural health and wellness. Details and updates are available ona new web site, www.NWTC.edu/LeadTheWay. I invite you to learn more.

We’re building the future with you, our friends and neighbors in Northeast Wisconsin. Whether you take classes, teach, supportthe College financially, work with NWTC graduates or are yourself a graduate, you are sustaining the skilled workforce thatmakes Wisconsin’s economy strong and making countless dreams come true. We invite you to visit ourweb site, www.NWTC.edu, at any time to watch our progress. Thank you very much for your support,and I sincerely hope you will join us at the polls April 7 to help our communities decide their future.

Sincerely,

Dr. H. Jeffrey Rafn, PresidentNortheast Wisconsin Technical College

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Referendum: Closing Gapsand Opening Opportunities

EnergyDistribution Production

Management Sustainability

169 annual openings

39 yearly graduates

NWTC’s construction plans focus on industries thatalready show significant gaps between the numberof high-tech jobs waiting for the right applicant andthe number of graduates available in those areas.

The proposed construction—160,000 square feetof new space and 240,000 square feet of renovatedspace—will increase capacity by an additional 1,000full-time equivalent students. The facilities wouldincrease NWTC’s capacity to meet employers’needs, growing and strengthening those industrieshere in Northeast Wisconsin. And, because 95percent of NWTC graduates remain in Wisconsinto work, local economies benefit for years to come.

These are the industries that are targeted byNWTC’s construction and renovation plans,growth areas in those industries, current numberof job openings and the current yearly numberof related graduates.

Commercial ConstructionElectrical & DataSystems

Mechanical Systems

Structural Systems

238 annual openings

37 yearly graduates

Digital Arts andCommunication

Broadcasting

Marketing Graphics

Social Media

Website Developmentand Maintenance

187 annual openings

71 yearly graduates

We like the NWTCgrads based on the skillsthey have. They have agood background in alot of different areas.They come to us in thelearning mode, and thatmeans they’re open tolearning anything.

Brett Krause –Technical ServiceManager,Fosber America

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Health and WellnessDisease Management

Restorative andRehabilitative

Wellness andPrevention

Responding to growingdemand in rural areas

Information TechnologyInfrastructure andMachine Repair

Networkingand Security

SoftwareDevelopmentand Maintenance

164 annual openingsexcluding software

50 yearly graduates

Alternative Fuels –Hydrogen, CNG,Clean Diesel, Electric

Automotive

Marine

Trucking andHeavy Equipment

136 annual openings

49 yearly graduates

Transportation

Additive

Applied Engineering

Automation and Robotics

Electro-Mechanical

New Materials

713 annual openings

253 yearly graduates

Manufacturing

The largest percentageof our hires comefrom NWTC. We have agood relationship withNWTC, and the Electro-Mechanical program hasa good focus on the skillsand things we need forour workforce.

Paula Pecore –HR Manager,Fosber America

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Please vote April 7, 2015.Thank you for voting!

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Family health crisesinspire new careerin nursingThere is one thing Marie Tallman knows for sure.“I am meant to be a nurse,” said Tallman, “I will bea great nurse.”

When Tallman was 12, her mother suffered a stroke andaneurism – and Tallman had to grow up fast. College wasnever a subject that was brought up, but that didn’t stopTallman from dreaming of becoming like the nurses whohad cared for her mother. “When I saw what a differencethey made in my mom’s life, I said, ‘I want to do that.’”

Now, at age 29, Tallman is pursuing her dream at NWTCas a student in the Nursing Associate Degree program,and a scholarship is helping make it happen. Thanks tothe NWTC Educational Foundation Scholarship, Tallmanis able to focus on her studies, even when financialhardships happen.

“I received this scholarship, and it has helped keep mein school,” Tallman said. “My finances are so tight rightnow. My car has had a lot of issues in just the last twomonths! Unexpected financial obligations pop up allthe time and you just can’t plan for all of them.”

Instructors and staff are also a great motivator forTallman. “You come to class every day, and you getmotivated by their passion,” she said. “It’s walking intoclass every day knowing someone there is thrilled toteach you what they know. They go above and beyondtheir job duties to inspire you and fill you with theknowledge you will need once you walk out the door.”

Tallman is excited about her future in nursing. Theempathy and compassion she gained from seeing hermom’s health struggles – and from experiencing herown obstacles as a cancer survivor – are sure to be anasset in her career.

“I want to go to work every day knowing I’m goingto have a positive impact in someone’s life,” Tallman said.“I’m going to be that smile when they are feeling down.I could help motivate someone who is experiencing theirown obstacles. I will love going to work every day becauseI know I am meant to be a nurse.”z

I thank all thepeople who donatebecause they make college a

possibility for many. I will definitelybe a donor when I graduate!

-Marie Tallman,Nursing Associate Degree

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CEO says cutting-edge NWTC talentneeded to fillregion’s IT jobsSkyline Technologieschief calls for moreworkers in high-tech

Mitch Weckop sees a needthroughout the Wisconsinbusiness community. As CEOof Skyline Technologies, eachday he witnesses his staff of157 supply customers withadvanced information

technology solutions, from mobile apps tocloud solutions to websites. What has Weckopseen lately? A shortage of qualified workerswith high-tech skills.

“Demand (for IT jobs) has been driven by theexplosion of the Internet, social media, smartphone adoption, and the cloud,” Weckop said.“There is essentially zero unemployment forpeople that have built and maintained relevanttechnical skills.”

Dr. H. Jeffrey Rafn, NWTC president, has asimilar view. “The needs are real. For the next10-15 years, business and industry growththroughout Northeast Wisconsin will outpacequalified graduates by an average of 903per year,” Rafn said.

That gap is driving the school’s request toborrow $66.5 million to upgrade the threeNWTC campus locations – Green Bay,Marinette, and Sturgeon Bay.

“Half of all U.S. jobs will require hightechnology training beyond high schoolto match 21st century industry innovationsand provide family supporting wages,” Rafnsaid. “We need to make changes to supportindustries demanding more workers withhigh-tech skills.”

Weckop agrees. “NWTC’s IT expansion provides anopportunity for both students and employers toaddress this skills gap,” he said. “NWTC’s expansionwill help people build relevant skills – and leadto great paying jobs that are rewarding bothpersonally and professionally.”

Starting with a two-person staff in Green Bay23 years ago, Skyline Technologies has grown intoan award-winning IT firm providing consulting andcustom technology development from offices inGreen Bay, Appleton, and Pewaukee.

“At Skyline, we have hired 90 people in Wisconsinin the last four years. Our customers have similarneeds for skilled resources, and they are hiring,too. A proliferation of devices, software, andservices has exploded – and I don’t see thischanging in the next 5-10 years,” Weckop said.

“Increasing the talent pool in NortheastWisconsin will have a broad, positive impact,”Weckop concluded.

NWTC has set up a website for residentswho have questions about the referendum:www.NWTC.edu/LeadTheWay z

There is a prettysignificant skills shortagein manufacturing, whichis what Lindquist does.In order to grow we’reconstantly in needof new talent so thatwe can continue tomeet our customers’expectations. Over theyears, the talent werecruit from NWTCseems to give a betterperformance in a shorterperiod of time.

Mark Kaiser –President/CEOLindquist Machine Corp

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NWTC’spartnership withN.E.W. Plasticssets students upfor successNortheast Wisconsin Technical Collegetakes great pride in the unique relationshipsestablished with local companies. Theserelationships have proven to be a positiveinfluence not only on the students’preparedness when they leave school, butalso on the quality of work the partnercompanies receive from NWTC graduates.

This is particularly true when it comes toNWTC’s partnership with N.E.W. Plasticsin Luxemburg and the man who leads thecharge, Thomas Schulz.

Schulz is N.E.W. Plastics’ senior humanresources leader who, a few years ago,recognized the relationship between thecompany and the college could be beneficialfor all involved.

“My impression is that NWTC wants theirstudents to succeed after school more thana lot of other schools,” he said. “So muchso that they work to develop relationshipswith companies to help them find a place tothrive once they graduate.”

“What I like the most is that NWTC is reallypartnering with us to not only better theirstudents but to listen to what we’re lookingfor in our employees,” he added. “You haveto stay connected with the schools thatare providing the talent so to just sit backas a company would be a huge wastedopportunity.”

Schulz, along with other N.E.W. and NWTCleaders, have tirelessly worked to developnew initiatives that strengthen both sides.

Schulz said he also works hard to reach outto the K-12 schools because there are greatcareers right in their hometown.

“I think there is an image that working inmanufacturing is not a legitimate, innovative,and potentially exciting place to work, andthat needs to be broken,” he said. “I thinkpart of how I see my role in manufacturingin a town like Luxemburg is to be excitedand share my passion with these kids so theycan explore something they may have neverconsidered.”

Among his numerous efforts, Schulz hashelped design cooperative programs withthe one-year maintenance certificatestudents and the two-year electro-mechanical students through theNWTC Career Academy.

“We signed up right away to promote andpartner with them and get on the groundfloor with the Career Academy,” he said.“Career Academy connects with areacompanies for training and importantwork experience, and that was somethingwe knew we had to support.”

Schulz is adamant that the interns who workfor N.E.W. aren’t just there to watch butthat they actually have a say in importantcompany processes and become part of theworking team.

“When we get people through the co-opprogram, these folks are doing work, notprojects,” he said. “They’re working sideby side with veterans and we’re sayingcome learn with us and help us grow whileyou grow.”

You can’t put a price on a relationship likethe one with N.E.W. Plastics, but one ofthe greatest benefits is the shift in thinkingabout how jobs in manufacturing can berewarding for both employees and thecommunity. z

Thomas Schultz, right, stands with two of the Luxemburg-Casco High School students whobuilt a display case for N.E.W. Plastics, a company that works closely with the local K-12system to show how rewarding manufacturing careers can be.

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Career Pathways Bridgeprogram graduatesMedical AssistantprofessionalsNWTC celebrated the graduation of thesecond cohort of Career Pathways BridgeMedical Assistant diploma students. Thestudents enjoyed a ceremony at the endof their five week clinical practicum.

The program is a three-year technicaldiploma. Several of the students werealready employed in the health care fieldby graduation, and two started work tocomplete their Health Care BusinessServices associate degree.

Career Pathways Bridge combinesinstruction in a technical field, like MedicalAssistant, with instruction in Basic Ed, ELL,or HSED. Students make progress towardmultiple academic goals at once.

“The dedication, persistence, and patiencethese students have shown over the lastthree years is amazing, and we are veryproud of all that they have accomplished,”said instructor Karla Sampselle on behalfof the Career Pathways Bridge MedicalAssistant Team.

The Pulaski School District and NWTChave forged a new partnership designedto offer new career skills to studentsin both districts.

Pulaski Superintendent Milt Thompsonand NWTC President H. Jeffrey Rafnsigned a charter agreement to partnerin areas of Raider Products (metalworking,fabrication, machining, and welding),Culinary, Health Care, and Agriculturepathways.

“We want to create very specific careerladders for students to move through,”

said Rafn. “The pathways are flexible sostudents can move through them and findtheir passion.”

This partnership will prepare studentsto be industry-ready employees who canmeet the demand for a skilled workforcein Northeast Wisconsin.

“NWTC has demonstrated creativity,and that’s the partnership we want,”said Thompson. “We are trying to helpstudents to discover what their strengthsand interests are before they move on tohigher education.”

Pulaski schools, NWTC agree to createstronger career pathways for students

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Did youknow?

In more than 40 NWTCdegree programs, 100% of2014 graduates found jobswithin six months.

If Utilities Engineering Technology grad Cody Rye sets a goal,nothing is likely to stand in his way—certainly not his wheelchair.

Rye was in a car accident at age five that left him paralyzed fromthe waist down. After rehabilitation and physical therapy, he wasonly paralyzed from the ankles down, still needing a wheelchairmost of the time. But he never lost his dream of playingfootball, or of following his father into the energy field.

He got both wishes. Through hard training and teamwork atIronwood High School in Upper Michigan, he did get to go outon the field with his classmates, the Red Devils. (To see ESPN’sgreat story about his football experience, search YouTube for“Cody Rye ESPN2.”)

And through hard studying and teamwork at NWTC, he is now asuccess in an industry dominated by power poles, remote ruralequipment and weather emergencies—all of which could havestopped him. Except that it couldn’t—not even when he firstinterviewed for jobs.

“My dad works for a utility, and he thought I’d be judgedfor being in this chair,” Rye said recently. “And he was right;sometimes I was judged, but then with my experience, whenpeople understand how mobile I am, they see I’d be a perfectfit for their company. I’ve had people telling me it’s going tobe hard getting a utility job, but I’ve had no problem.”

Rye’s program, Utilities Engineering Technology, preparesstudents for careers in every aspect of the utility industry,from power generation through transmission to distribution.Graduates work as utility system engineering technicians,designers, coordinators, planners, construction supervisors,project managers, estimators and equipment maintenancetechnicians, substation test (relay) technicians and more.

Utilities Engineering Technology gradhas the power to reach big dreams

My degree hashelped me bea success.

Cody Rye, Utilities EngineeringTechnology ’14, is building a careerat Wisconsin Public Service andenjoying life after college.

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A quick look at thenumbers surrounding the

April 7 referendum:z $66.5 million to be borrowed; increases

the tax levy by $7.50 for a $150,000house for 15 years

z NWTC expansion will create an additional1,000 full-time equivalent students

z Every $1 invested in NWTC returns $5.80in added taxes and public sector savingsfor taxpayers

z 93% of 2013-14 NWTC grads are employed,with 97% working in Wisconsin

z NWTC is one of 2014’s top 14 fastest-growing large 2-year colleges in the U.S.

Not only is the job potential varied, but job opportunitiesare more abundant in energy than in nearly any other industry.Rye said he applied for many jobs and got 15 interviews andsix job offers in five months.

He now works at Wisconsin Public Service, designing electricalsystems for substations, gas gates and utility generation.“I like seeing how everything works, how substations can beredesigned,” he said.

Like many students who are talented in math and science,when he graduated from high school he enrolled immediatelyat a university. After one semester, he wasn’t happy, so hecame to NWTC, where he found his niche.

“I would rate my experience a 10 out of 10. It’s exceededmy expectations. I’m very glad I came here. People justdon’t understand how many jobs there are when you’recoming from this program, how versatile it is. I’m very gladI came to this school, the experience I got, and I’ve metsome great people doing it.”

He said instructor John Van Ess worked to help studentsovercome any major struggles in the program. “If you didhave problems with homework or understanding a concept,my instructor would help you until you understood it.”

His program prepared him well for work after graduation,he said, but he misses his NWTC class.

“I had great teammates and classmates here. We wouldalways go out for lunch and we’d hang out after school,” Ryesaid. “We were very socially interactive, and we always jokearound. They were very helpful, and we were more like a team.I wish I could work with these guys after graduation, but we hadto go our separate ways. It hurts, but we’ll all keep in touch.”

Right now, he’s just enjoying his life. When he’s not working,he enjoys hunting and fishing with family, and restoring old cars.He gets together with friends from high school and college. He’sliving on his own, saving for a new truck, and eventually, a house.

“My degree has helped me be a success,” he said. “I haveweekends and holidays off, I get to hang out with my friends,and having a degree helps you financially.”

“I’m still getting calls from other employers, but I wantto stay here.”z

Rye (center) earned his degree through NWTC’sGreat Lakes Energy Education (GLEE) Center.

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NWTC’s patented MobileModular™trainers serve both students and industry

Now you cango anywhere.

NWTC’s new MobileModular electro-mechanical trainers are so unusual, theyare the subject of NWTC’s first patent inits 100-year history. But what’s importantabout them is not how unusual they couldbe, but how common.

Instructor Ed Kralovec has been working withthe MobileModular trainers both on campusand in a customized trailer that travels theDistrict. He says the trainers can be linkedtogether to create motion projects, vary thespeed or direction of a motor, create safetysystems and build other industrial systems,but the technology can be used to enhanceeducation in any career field.

“Other programs, like nursing, if they havesome kind of trainers they’re using, couldapply the MobileModular concept to theirequipment and they could get the samebenefits we’re getting,” he said.

The trainers are relatively modest-looking,with standard industrial components affixedto metal plates, small enough to be carriedfrom place to place. However, they can beconnected together to simulate a widevariety of electro-mechanical systems.

Right now, Kralovec says he’s happy with theway the trainers have enhanced flexibility inNWTC’s Manufacturing Technology Center.In the center, students and employedworkers can work self-paced at customizedworkstations using the same equipment andcontrols that are being adopted in industry.With the MobileModular design, studentsthemselves are more mobile.

“I think they’re great!” Electro-Mechanicalstudent Jonathan Schlies said. “What’s niceis that you can go anywhere and use theequipment. They used to be in hard-wiredcases and you had to wait for limited units.Now you can go anywhere.”

NWTC students and staff built the trainersso students from multiple degree programscould design, build and troubleshoot

connected systems. The College also justcompleted a trailer customized to holdand power the trainers and serve as aclassroom. With it, faculty can take the labon the road to create career explorationdemonstrations and college creditopportunities for students, and to provideon-site high-tech training for employers.

The trailer was taken to an employer sitewithin days of being deployed, and theresults were positive.

“They were just blown away by what a greatteaching environment it is,” Kralovec said.“It’s a real classroom. The trainers, the actualhardware, is real industrial hardware. We weresupposed to be there one day, but we spentthree days. With this trailer, employers don’thave to have their own training facility. Wecan drop our own training facility right intheir parking lot.”

He sees similar benefits for school districts.“This spring the trailer will be going all overthe place. The big advantage for high schoolsis that when we’re in what I’ll call show mode,which we’re doing now, while students areregistering for their classes, they can comethrough the trailer and see the hardwareworking and get excited about the technology.Our goal is to show up at basketball gamesand football games, so parents can get excitedabout their kids using them. Then we canbring very expensive trainers into a districtand they can use that technology with theirstudents and further their education, but thedistrict doesn’t have to permanently purchasethe hardware.” z

Students can use the MobileModularautomation trainers anywhere in NWTC’sManufacturing Technology Center (above).

The trainers also snap into the customizedtrailer that can take automation training toschools and employers (right).

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They were justblown away...

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Did youknow?

Two-year engineering technology degreeslead to some of the highest-paying careersfor NWTC grads:

Electrical Power Distribution $60,534

Electro-Mechanical Technology $45,174

Energy Management Technology $48,006

Gas Utility Construction and Service $65,579

Solar Energy Technology $52,500

Utilities Engineering Technology $59,504

Plan accomplishes the following:z Increases capacity District-wide in

industries with skilled worker shortages

• Energy• Transportation• Manufacturing• Construction• IIT/Digital Media• Health Sciences

z Addresses immediate needs for Public Safety

• Burn tower replacement• EVOC (Emergency Vehicle OperationsControl) - Track and building development

z Creates student engagement and supportcapabilities for improved student experience

The referendum includes:z $66.5 million requested

z New construction of 160,000+ square feetand renovation of 240,000+ square feettargeted to accommodate 1,000 additionalfull-time equivalent students

z Expansion and upgrades at Green Bay,Marinette and Sturgeon Bay campuses

z A modest tax levy increase of $7.50 per$150,000 of assessed property value

21st Century Skillsfor 21st Century Occupations

Automation, digital communication,manufacturing, engineering technology,innovative health care delivery models,energy management. What do all of thesetopics have in common? They are skillsrequired to grow the 21st century economyin Northeast Wisconsin. All of thesetechnical skills are taught at NortheastWisconsin Technical College.

During the next 15 years, NortheastWisconsin expects tremendous growth inhigh tech business and industry. A strongeconomic quality of life for the communitycannot occur unless we invest in educatinglarger numbers of skilled workers.

NWTC is poised to closethe skilled workforce gap.Northeast Wisconsin Technical Collegeis quality education. NWTC is recognizedlocally and nationally as a leader instudent success. NWTC is one of only16 community colleges nationally selected,in 2014, as an Achieving the Dream LeaderCollege—a national designation awardedto community colleges that commit toimproving student success and closingachievement gaps.

To meet the high tech workforce demandsand ensure students can finish what theystart, NWTC is requesting voters’ supportof a referendum to build new facilities andupgrade others. The expansion will enablethe college to expand programming inindustries with high growth potential.

I think really the nextmajor crisis will be atalent shortage. Nomatter what industryyou’re in – whether it’sbanking or buildingships or making widgets,there’s a great concernas the baby boomersretire, that we fillthat generation withskilled labor. I think thetechnical college willallow us to fill that need,and NWTC really fillsthat mission in bringingpeople to a job.

Lynn Dufrane –Senior executive,finance industry,Marinette

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73% of district citizenssurveyed favoran expansionthat would allow NWTC to increase its capacity totrain workers in areas in which there is a shortage

Every $1 invested in NWTC generates $5.80 in cashbenefit to the community

94% of area residents agree: a technical college educationis one of the most important forms of education availableto our citizens

NWTC tuition for a 12-credit semester averages$2,214 LESS than a 4-year public university

By 2018, a family-supporting career will requiretechnical college credentials as a minimum(replacing a high school diploma)

At current levels, the needs of Northeast Wisconsinbusiness and industry will outpace graduates by903 in each of the next 10-15 years

NWTC is one of the 14 fastest-growing large two-yearcolleges in the United States

NWTC is 1 of only 16 community colleges in the United Statesto receive the Achieving the Dream Leader College designationin 2014

NWTC served over 39,600 area students in 2013-2014

People with applied science associate degrees (like those awardedby NWTC) experience lower unemployment and greater wages

93% of 2013-14 NWTC grads are employed, with 97%working in Wisconsin

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At EMT, 30 to 40 percentof our people havegraduated from NWTC.Looking at what they’redoing and their skills,I like what I see. Theirbasic skill set is there,and they’re ready to go.The future requirementsin manufacturing areonly going up, they’re notgoing back. To have ajob in manufacturingtoday, your skill sets willhave to go up too.

Paul Rauscher –CEOEMT International

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NWTC is one of the top 14fastest-growing large 2-yearcolleges in the United States.—Community College Week

magazine, Dec. 19, 2014

NWTC is 1 of only 16community collegesin the United States toreceive the Achieving theDream Leader Collegedesignation in 2014.

NWTC appreciates the support ofresidents and businesses as we providehigh-tech, 21st century skills to studentsso they can “Start here. Go anywhere.”

The referendum is on theballot April 7, 2015.Thank you for voting!

Learn more about theApril 7 referendum.

www.NWTC.edu/LeadTheWay