Former Bucks VP, Senate candidate among new appointees to tech colleges board
KIMBERLY WETHAL
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Gov. Tony Evers has appointed four members to the Wisconsin Technical College System board, including, from left, former Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Alex Lasry, Waukesha County Technical College student Janixa Franco Gonzalez, Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership CEO Lindsay Blumer and curriculum planning consultant Quincey Daniels, who is being reappointed for another term.
Three new people, including a former Democratic Senate candidate, will join the Wisconsin Technical College System board and another will get a second term, Gov. Tony Evers announced Wednesday.
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In the weeks before I joined the Wisconsin State Journal in September, I was told this: Remember that a higher education institution is like their own city. It has its own character and struggles, defined by the students who learn there and the faculty who teach them.
I have seen this over and over again, and it was particularly clear when I visited UW-Platteville at Richland a week after the University of Wisconsin System ordered degree-fulfilling classes to cease because of low enrollment. During my visit, I found many of the devastated students to be emotionally invested in their campus community — and committed to saving it.
Gov. Tony Evers has appointed four members to the Wisconsin Technical College System board, including, from left, former Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Alex Lasry, Waukesha County Technical College student Janixa Franco Gonzalez, Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership CEO Lindsay Blumer and curriculum planning consultant Quincey Daniels, who is being reappointed for another term.