STEVENS POINT, Wis. — University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point officials will wait until mid-November to announce possible program changes and offerings, according to a news release issued this week. Chancellor Bernie Patterson approved a request to extend the timeline for a workgroup focused on budget and curricular changes, according to the release. Provost and Vice Chancellor…
WAUSAU — Northcentral Technical College will hold a Community Open House at NTC’s Wausau campus in mid October. The event will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 17. NTC will provide free coach bus transportation to the Wausau campus from regional campuses in Antigo, Medford, Phillips and Spencer. A light dinner will…
A 46 year old drum skin has a new home at Newman Catholic Middle and High School, bringing with it the memory of one of the school’s proudest moments: A trip to the Olympics. In 1972, the marching band made the trip to take part in the Summer Olympic Games festivities in Munich. This piece…
MADISON — The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. is accepting applications for its Fabrication Laboratories, Fab Labs, Grant Program, which provides funding to help public schools build or expand fab labs. The grant program supports hands-on science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) education by assisting public school districts with equipment purchases for instructional and educational purposes…
By Owen Reissmann for Wausau Pilot and Review Complete with free cookies for all in attendance, this month’s school board meeting celebrated national school lunch week (October 15-19). A proclamation from the governor’s office was read to observe the event and recount the state’s dedication to the 470,000 children served a school lunch each day,…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Student test results in Wisconsin held steady last year, with some gains in mathematics but little progress in narrowing the achievement gap. The state Department of Public Instruction released the results Tuesday. The results show that the average ACT score for 11th graders was 19.7. That is down from 20 the…
