News & Events

Colony Brands Foundation of Monroe, Wisconsin presented Blackhawk Technical College officials with a $40,000 donation to the Fund for the Future of Agriculture. The fund created by Jim and Therese Gratz and Fran and Sandy Donny aims to provide scholarship and program funding for BTC agriculture programs. The goal of the initiative is to attract and retain young people to agricultural professions.

The Blackhawk Technical College Foundation was thrilled to welcome Dr. Gregg Dickinson to its board of directors in January of 2020. Gregg and his wife Helen were eager to lead by example and are funding two $2500 scholarships for Blackhawk students this year.

For many people, the idea of merely attending a funeral makes them uncomfortable, but a career in death care offers many opportunities. Blackhawk Technical College has joined with Milwaukee Area Technical College to prepare creative, passionate, service-oriented students for a career in funeral services. Students take their general education credits at Blackhawk and then transition to MATC for their core funeral service classes.

Our incident command team continues to monitor our situation very closely as we have seen a significant uptick in investigations following Labor Day.  In September, the team conducted 80 investigations regarding COVID-19. Through the investigative process, it was determined that only a very small number were positive confirmed cases of individuals who were on campus. The majority of all cases investigated were the result of exposures to the virus off-campus involving individuals who were not on campus.

One year ago, Blackhawk Tech inducted its first class of 46 students into a brand new chapter of the National Society for Leadership and Success (NSLS) honor society. Blackhawk students were invited to be a part of the NSLS based on specific requirements that included: a minimum GPA of 2.5, completion of at least 6 credits, and/or being a student leader on campus. Out of the more than 715 NSLS chapters across the country, Blackhawk achieved one of the 100 best induction rates for the 2019-20 academic year. Because of this, BTC was able to award one student a scholarship.