How can you survive final exams and the holiday hubbub? The answer may surprise you. I recently sat down with NWTC student Katie Cline to talk about managing stress during this not-always-so-jolly season. A Wellness and Health Promotion associate degree student, Katie is...

The words of President Ronald Reagan popped into my head today when I answered the NWTC graduate follow-up survey. Reagan posed this question: “Are you better off now than you were four years ago?” That simple question helped Reagan win the election. I thought of those word...

The Fall / Winter 2017 issue of the Friends Of NWTC magazine is here! - Read the newest issue today! Some highlights are: College of business is ready for its close-up; Referendum Construction: new buildings and spaces; NWTC students conduct ground-breaking HIV research; and "...

Think farming involves nothing but milking cows and shoveling manure? Think again. Today's farms offer a wide variety of career opportunities. 

One of my business clients described herself as a “dumb blonde with a Smartphone.” That certainly wasn’t true, but it’s a feeling many of us Generation X-ers can relate to. We didn’t grow up in the digital age, with a phone in our pocket, a laptop on our desk, and the world at...

Editor note: Joan wrote this blog in the spring of 2017 during construction.  A wayward thought popped into my head when I was in my Event Marketing class this semester: John Maier’s wife doesn’t snore! Now let me explain. Students like me who have class in the Busi...

Choosing a college can be life changing. Can you think of any other decision that has such a huge impact on someone’s future career and quality of life? You have to be super smart about where you go to college and how you’re going to pay for it. Yup, that’s pressure. Fo...

Growing up as the fifth child in a family of six girls, I was accustomed to wearing my older sisters’ hand-me-downs. As teenagers we often shared our clothes. I guess that’s one reason I visited the Career Closet at NWTC. The stigma of wearing second-hand clothing was trump...

If you watch home improvement/decorating shows like Love It or List It or Fixer Upper , then you’re familiar with the “big reveal.” You know, that moment when the owners come back after weeks or months to their renovated house and exclaim, “Are you sure this is the same pl...

By Joan Koehne As a mom of two kids, sending them off on the first day of school was always special, but the elementary school years were especially magical. Our kids’ backpacks and lunch boxes would be packed and ready on the eve of the first day, and the kids would choose...