Tammy Highlights Innovation and Manufacturing at UW Oshkosh

This week, Tammy visited the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh where she joined Northeast Wisconsin Educational Resource Alliance (NEW ERA) leaders to announce a collaborative, regional engineering degree program. This is exciting news for northeast Wisconsin as it will help fulfill the growing workforce needs of the New North.  

The new Bachelor of Science degree program is the result of collaboration between faculty from 13 NEW ERA institutions and local business leaders, including those in the Northeast Wisconsin Manufacturing Alliance.  This public-private partnership will help meet the changing employment needs of local businesses.  The trio of innovative engineering technology degrees (electrical, environmental and mechanical) will provide students with the education and hands-on training they need for highly-skilled engineering jobs in the region. These students will enter the workforce equipped with the skills they need to meet the demands of growing local employers and get ahead in their careers.

“In Wisconsin, we have a proud tradition of making things, that’s what we do and we do it well. We have one of the largest manufacturing sectors in the nation, supporting a large share of our workforce, and sustaining our prosperity for generations. We also have a strong tradition of innovation in our state and our UW System has always been a national leader,” Senator Baldwin said, “Today, we are bringing both of these traditions together in support of our “Made in Wisconsin” economy.  The unique partnership between the NEW ERA institutions and regional manufacturers is great example of what we can accomplish when we collaborate.”

Tammy also had the chance to tour the Environmental Research and Innovation Center (ERIC) lab on campus.  UW-Oshkosh's ERIC lab is one of the key student-and-faculty-research-and-learning facilities involved in the new regional, engineering technology program.