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Kenosha schools count on sciences

Kenosha schools count on sciences

By MaryBeth Matzek • Sep 1st, 2010 • Category: Setting the Foundation

Graduates with backgrounds in soil or water sciences could have a wealth of job prospects in the coming years.


Cutting class

Cutting class

By MaryBeth Matzek • Aug 1st, 2010 • Category: Setting the Foundation

Mark 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

In the wind

By Melissa Rigney Baxter • Jun 30th, 2010 • Category: Setting the Foundation

It 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

Flexible solar

By Melissa Rigney Baxter • Jun 1st, 2010 • Category: Setting the Foundation

An education may be priceless to some, but downtown Milwaukee real estate comes with a very set cost.


Space to learn

Space to learn

By Melissa Rigney Baxter • Mar 31st, 2010 • Category: Setting the Foundation

The typical classroom won’t cut it anymore.


Future world

Future world

By Melissa Rigney Baxter • Mar 1st, 2010 • Category: Setting the Foundation

It’s 2139, and Milwaukee has just been struck by a tsunami.


Green education starts young

Green education starts young

By Shelly Janke • Feb 1st, 2010 • Category: Setting the Foundation

Appleton’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

Beyond brick and mortar

By Melissa Rigney Baxter • Jan 1st, 2010 • Category: Setting the Foundation

There’s only so much that can be taught in an architecture classroom.


Stout students brew experience

Stout students brew experience

By Melissa Rigney Baxter • Dec 1st, 2009 • Category: Setting the Foundation

Students Katie Carr and Michael Store are putting their educations to the test.


An empowering education

An empowering education

By Melissa Rigney Baxter • Nov 1st, 2009 • Category: Setting the Foundation

In her job at Pricewater-houseCoopers LLP, Brenda VanHimbergen sometimes builds spreadsheets, but, until recently, she’d never built anything much larger.