UW-Green Bay now accepting students for Engineering Technology

Faculty are being hired, courses are being prepared and UW-Green Bay is now officially enrolling students for fall of 2015 in three new Engineering Technology programs. The new programs in Electrical, Mechanical and Environmental Engineering Technology will lead to a bachelor of science degree and are designed to make a high-demand field more easily accessible to students in the New North region while also addressing manufacturers’ demands for well-prepared engineering graduates. The program offers students “multiple points of entry,” at any of 12 Northeastern Wisconsin Educational Resource Alliance (NEW ERA) institutions. Says Scott Furlong, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, “For students who have always thought about doing engineering or engineering-type work, it provides a Northeastern Wisconsin option for them to do that.” Read more.