By Joan Koehne '17 There’s a new kid on the block at the NWTC campus: the Great Lakes Energy Education Center, located on the northwest corner by the Student Center. I toured the center with Amy Kox, associate dean of Energy and Agriculture, and I quickly realized that ener...

Looking for the careers of the future? NWTC's Great Lakes Energy Center is providing education in solar technology, gas utility, energy management, and electrical power distribution to meet the needs of this growing field. Find out more at http://www.nwtc.edu/energy...

You know about College 101, right? If you’re thinking, “Yup, that’s the class they’re making me take my first semester,” well, then, sure… that’s one way to look at it. I believe College 101 will influence your future more than any other class you take at NWTC. Why? ...

By Katie Smullen, NWTC Student Support Specialist  “Live simply that all may simply live.” I thought I knew what that meant as a volunteer overseas with no TV, limited internet, cold showers and a wardrobe that consisted of flip flops and a few flowery dresses. To live on...

Everyone has the power to make a positive impact in this world. That is one thing I know for sure after working at NWTC for nearly as long as "Seinfeld" reruns have been airing. Over the years, I've met some remarkable students, staff, and faculty - each one worthy of being an...

It just so happened that last year, my birthday fell on a day when I had class at NWTC. Celebrating my birthday on a school day brought back all sorts of memories of being a kid in school. I even wondered if I should I bring a birthday treat! But that seemed too awkward, ev...

When you think about protecting people and property from the devastating destruction of fire, what do you envision? A lot of people probably imagine firefighters and the searing sound of a firetruck siren. But that’s only part of the picture. Specialists who design and inst...

As an intern at Packerland in 2017 I saw my studies come to life! The business people I met as an intern were real-world examples of the marketing concepts I studied in college. Boy, could they give a convincing elevator pitch! It’s like they read the same Selling Principles b...

Do you know this movie quote from The Princess Bride : “You keep using that word; I do not think it means what you think it means.” Even If you haven’t watched the 1987 classic, maybe you’ve seen the internet meme used to mock the misuse of words like literally and i...

An environmental science class in the middle of winter may not sound romantic, but that’s where I met my husband, back when we were both students at UW-Green Bay. Taking a college class in January made sense for us. In just a few weeks we could fill a college requirement and g...