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in this issue UPCOMING EVENTS AND TRAINING AT NWTC December 13 4 4 Ready to soar New logo and tagline align with College brand 8 A new advantage for students Eight-week classes expected to increase student success 10 Embedded career coaches change the college application game 12 A love for learning found in the love for family Mid-Year Graduation January 18 Brown Co. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration February 20 Engineering Open House February 25 Emotional Intelligence in The Workplace A Crossing the Bridge UWGB/NWTC Event 14 NWTC grad gains international fame helping villages build clean wells and gardens March 3 16 ‘I didn’t want to go back to what I was before’ NWTC-Marinette Graduate goes from behind bars to commencement speaker March 4 16 18 Supporting artists and the creative economy in northeast Wisconsin 20 20 Bounty Garden is good for students and other living things Meet sustainable garden manager Amanda Chu 22 Giving Matters Trades/Engineering & Public Safety Programs Open House College of Business Programs Open House March 5 Health Sciences Programs Open House March 10 Emotional Intelligence in The Workplace A Crossing the Bridge UWGB/NWTC Event April 22 Administrative Professionals Day A Crossing the Bridge UWGB/NWTC Event May 8 Dental Day May 19 Graduation NWTC FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS MEMBERS PRESIDENT Tom Hinz, Law Enforcement/ Brown County Executive, Retired Philip R. Brehm Everson, Whitney, Everson & Brehm S.C., Retired Dr. Joseph Hodgson BayCare Clinic, Retired Lee D. Hoffmann FEECO International, Retired Carl W. Kuehne CK Holdings, LTD John Murphy Miron Construction Paul Rauscher EMT International, Inc. Peggy Reineck Door County Retreats, The Door to You Dorothy Sadowski ThedaCare Medical Center – Shawano, Retired VICE PRESIDENT Joe Langer, Schneider SECRETARY/ TREASURER Terry Fulwiler, WS Packaging, Retired Tom Sigmund NEW Water James Strohschein Management Enterprises Steven A. Taylor Northwestern Mutual Daniel Verbanac Constellation Dr. Jeff Zander Zander Dental, Retired Susan Zimmermann, msn, cnrn, scrn Aurora BayCare Medical Center   Registration required. To register – corporatetraining.nwtc.edu 920-498-6373 For UWGB/NWTC event - uwgb.edu/continuing-professional- education/ Classes start every month. Learn more at nwtc.edu/getstarted friends of NWTC The Friends of NWTC magazine is published twice a year by the NWTC College Advancement Office. F O U N D AT I O N D I R E C T O R Crystal Harrison P U B L I C R E L AT I O N S & C O M M U N I C AT I O N S M A N A G E R S Casey Fryda Kara Leiterman CONNECT WITH NWTC Visit us at nwtc.edu/getsocial CONTRIBUTING WRITERS For magazine questions, comments or alumni news, email [email protected] Ashley Noel Kaitlyn Fitzgerald Megan Favela GRAPHIC DESIGNER Jessica Engebregtsen