Graduates with backgrounds in soil or water sciences could have a wealth of job prospects in the coming years.
Archives for the ‘Setting the Foundation’ Category
Kenosha schools count on sciences
By MaryBeth Matzek • Sep 1st, 2010 • Category: Setting the Foundation
Cutting class
By MaryBeth Matzek • Aug 1st, 2010 • Category: Setting the FoundationMark McClosey’s commitment to carpentry extends into his limited free time as he teaches the trade to the next generation of carpenters.
In the wind
By Melissa Rigney Baxter • Jun 30th, 2010 • Category: Setting the FoundationIt will take 20 years for Madison Area Technical College to break even financially on its new wind turbine, but the educational benefits already are paying off.
Flexible solar
By Melissa Rigney Baxter • Jun 1st, 2010 • Category: Setting the FoundationAn education may be priceless to some, but downtown Milwaukee real estate comes with a very set cost.
Space to learn
By Melissa Rigney Baxter • Mar 31st, 2010 • Category: Setting the FoundationThe typical classroom won’t cut it anymore.
Future world
By Melissa Rigney Baxter • Mar 1st, 2010 • Category: Setting the FoundationIt’s 2139, and Milwaukee has just been struck by a tsunami.
Green education starts young
By Shelly Janke • Feb 1st, 2010 • Category: Setting the FoundationAppleton’s Fox River Academy may focus on the environment, conservation and sustainability, but to call the students and teachers tree-huggers would be missing the point.
Beyond brick and mortar
By Melissa Rigney Baxter • Jan 1st, 2010 • Category: Setting the FoundationThere’s only so much that can be taught in an architecture classroom.
Stout students brew experience
By Melissa Rigney Baxter • Dec 1st, 2009 • Category: Setting the FoundationStudents Katie Carr and Michael Store are putting their educations to the test.
An empowering education
By Melissa Rigney Baxter • Nov 1st, 2009 • Category: Setting the FoundationIn her job at Pricewater-houseCoopers LLP, Brenda VanHimbergen sometimes builds spreadsheets, but, until recently, she’d never built anything much larger.


