News & Events

Blackhawk Tech is committed to making sure students have real-world opportunities to practice the skills they are learning. Early Childhood Education student Hannah Craig took this practice to the next level when she gave birth to her second child just a couple of months ago.

Community-wide testing launched at Blackhawk Technical College on Wednesday, Oct. 21. Since that time, the Wisconsin National Guard has administered over 5000 tests. The person behind that operation is Mike Swartz, a retired police and corrections officer from Pennsylvania. A member of the College’s safety and security team, Mike now serves as the Incident Commander for the testing site.

Kate Galica and her program of study started at BTC at the same time, in the fall of 2017. She enrolled in the Foundations of Education program when it launched because of her fierce passion for helping students learn, grow, and realize their full potential - the same goals she has for herself as a student and a person.

When your past is full of personal trauma and struggle, you have two choices: bury it so that others don’t see what you’ve suffered or bring it out into the light and use it to help others who walk the same road. Justin Ganus has chosen to take the most challenging parts of his past and pursue an education to help others avoid and recover from the path of addiction he has battled.

Jennifer Deuel fought long and hard to get to where she is today – a mother of two boys, a homeowner, a successful employee, and a student looking to advance her career. Just a few years ago, she was a victim of domestic abuse and homeless.