Insight on Manufacturing

July 2014

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14 | /insight on manufacturing • July 2014 w w w.in s i g h t o n m f g . c o m Input and feedback from regional manufacturers played an integral role in an innovative education program rolling out this fall at 13 educational institutions in the new north. northeast Wisconsin educational resource alliance, a consortium of new north schools, announced plans last year to create a regional bachelor's degree program in engineering technology. e program allows students to enter at any of the neW era schools and then finish up the program at university of Wisconsin campuses in Green bay and oshkosh. e degree program is the first of its kind in Wisconsin and fills an important void for employers. "ese are important skills manufacturers need to fill. We have jobs for students coming out with these degrees," says Scott kettler, general manager of plexus' manufacturing facilities in neenah. "It's been a great e d u c at i o n & t r a i n i n g Collaborating on success colleges, businesses team up on new engineering technology degree By MaryBeth Matzek Greg Kleinheinz, director of the Environmental Research and Innovation Center at UW-Oshkosh, discusses the center with U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and UW-Oshkosh Chancellor Richard Wells. The center will be a pivotal part of the new 13-school collaborative engineering degree program. P h o t o g r Pa h s C o U r t E s Y U W - o s h k o s h

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