Mid-State Technical College will launch a new hospitality management program this fall. The program will be offered in full at the Wisconsin Rapids campus, with many courses also available online or at the Mid-State locations in Adams, Marshfield and Stevens Point. The associate of applied science degree prepares students for a management career in the hospitality industry, including food and lodging facilities as well as a variety of other settings such as conference centers and sports and entertainment facilities.

Blackhawk Technical College and UW-Whitewater’s College of Business and Economics have formed a partnership that will help Blackhawk Tech business students transfer more easily to UW-Whitewater. The partnership between the two colleges has been in the works for several years.

Although it’s been open for a month, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College officially cut the ribbon on its new Learning and Innovation Center in Sister Bay. The Learning and Innovation Center features classrooms and meeting rooms for a wide array of offered courses in addition to a food processing kitchen. Residents are encouraged to check out the facility to use its services and take any community education courses that they have available.

Western Technical College and Viterbo University will combine their resources to create a bachelor’s degree in engineering under a new agreement. Beginning this fall, Western students will be able to pursue the “engineering pathway,” a 64-credit associate of science-liberal arts degree. All 64 credits will be transferable to Viterbo, where pathway students can enroll as juniors.