Seventeen students from Bradley Tech High School in Menomonee Falls are competing for six openings in Harley’s youth apprenticeship in tool-and-die making, machine repair/maintenance and electrical maintenance. The students can take classes that give them credits at Milwaukee Area Technical College.

Waukesha County Technical College and Mount Mary University and now offer a joint 1-2-1 Nursing Program to tackle Wisconsin's nursing shortage. The nursing student's first year will be at Mount Mary University. Their next two years are spent at WCTC. The student's final year is back at Mount Mary where they'll earn a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.

Gateway Technical College has received a federal grant to train and certify 3,000 Certified Nursing Assistants statewide who will be targeted for work at long-term care facilities. The WisCaregiver Career Program will cover the training, textbooks, vaccinations, background checks, scrubs and certification exams for the first 2,000 successful applicants through the Wisconsin Technical College System. Another 1,000 students will receive funding for training and testing through state-approved nursing home nurse aide training programs.

Lakeshore Technical College has received a gift of $25,000 from Kaysun Corporation of Manitowoc to provide scholarship support for LTC students — $15,000 of which will be designated to support the LTC Promising Futures Scholarship Campaign with the remainder going toward the Kaysun Corporation Manufacturing Scholarship.