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collaboration between educational
institutions and businesses how they
came together to address the need."
collaboration also was a must
between the participating schools. Led
by uW-oshkosh chancellor richard
Wells, who retires in august, fox
Valley technical college president
Susan may and other college leaders,
neW era members looked at the
available offerings and worked together
on creating the new program.
e three new bachelor's degrees
being offered are in electrical
engineering technology, environmental
engineering technology and
mechanical engineering technology.
e degrees were approved earlier
this year by the uW board of regents
and the Higher Learning
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin talks with students involved in the Environmental Research and
Innovation Center (ERIC) lab at UW-Oshkosh. The university has collaborated on three new
bachelor's degree programs with 12 area colleges.
c o n t i n u e d >
"These are important
skills manufacturers
need to fill. We have
jobs for students
coming out with
these degrees. It's
been a great collaboration between
educational institutions and
businesses how they came together
to address the need."
– Scott Kettler, general manager
of Plexus' manufacturing facilities
in Neenah
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