This is the place for news that doesn’t quite fit in the other categories. Check back here for a variety of stories and information about what’s going on at Western.
Western Technical College students and staff members volunteered at several Salvation Army bell ringing sites as part of their annual Red Kettle campaign on Friday, Nov. 15. Bell ringing sites included several Valley View Mall locations, Festival Foods and Woodman’s stores. Western employees or students worked in teams, working two-hour shifts at a location. “Attending […]
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November 4-8 is designated National Distance Learning Week in the country, a chance to celebrate the variety of learning methods available to college students in the digital age. At Western, online options are becoming more and more available, as programs shift to meet the needs of students. A number of programs at Western are completely […]
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Western Technical College hosted a reality event on Tuesday, Oct. 29. Students participated in a simulation to budget a month’s worth of expenses based on a students’ intended job. Each student visited 26 booths making decisions on how they would purchase necessities while staying within budget. By all accounts, the students felt the event was […]
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Western Technical College will be accepting clothing donations for the winter season. Staff, faculty, and community members are encouraged to donate new/like new items, including hats, gloves, mittens, scarves, and socks. Receptacles are located in division offices. Students are encouraged to stop at the Learning Commons to select from these items free of charge beginning […]
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Western Technical College celebrated Manufacturing Month in Wisconsin with two special events on Wednesday, Oct. 23. Western’s Business and Industry Services hosted a manufacturing luncheon from 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. The event highlighted partnerships between local school districts and businesses, as well as showcased various student projects from the area. Tours of Western’s Integrated Technology Center […]
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Western unveiled a number of new upgrades to its Dental Assistant clinic in an open house celebration on Tuesday, Oct. 22 on the first floor of the Health Science Center, 1300 Badger St., La Crosse. The $250,000 upgrade to the facility includes new, state-of-the-art equipment for students in the Dental Assistant program. Upgrades include new […]
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A new report on student voting rates shows a significant increase in student voter participation at Western Technical College in 2018 compared to previous midterm election cycles. The report from the National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement shows Western’s student body had a 2018 voting rate of 43.8 percent. That figure is a 13.3 […]
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Years of planning, four months of construction, and thousands of hours of labor are the best ways to describe the process for remodeling one of Western Technical College’s most important buildings. On Monday, October 7, the final vision was unveiled to the public—a $5.7 million renovation of Western’s Student Success Center, a building designed to […]
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Western Technical College hosted an iFeed food drive on Wednesday, Sept. 25. Community members were invited to provide monetary or non-perishable food donations for La Crosse’s annual iFeed event, where area high school students collect food donations for local food pantries as well as pack 75,000 dried meals to a country where children are hungry. […]
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High school juniors and seniors were invited to learn more about Western Technical College’s public safety programs at “Heroes are Made Here,” an open house event on Thursday, Sept. 27. The event allowed those interested a chance to learn more about the Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Fire Protection and Law Enforcement programs at Western through […]
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