Waukesha County Business Alliance Announces Winners of Mary Baer Schools2Skills Scholarship

The Waukesha County Business Alliance is excited to congratulate the seven recipients of the Mary Baer Schools2Skills^TM scholarship to attend Waukesha County Technical College (WCTC) this semester.

Jack Huebner, Caleb Lathrop and Kyle Banaski are majoring in metal fabrication; Christopher Zoerb and Samuel Miller are majoring in automation systems; Nathan Richter is studying to be an industrial maintenance technician and Joseph Walkowiak is majoring in tool and die making.

The Mary Baer Schools2Skills^TM Scholarship is given through the WCTC Foundation with its primary purpose to promote education related to manufacturing jobs. WCTC students must enroll in one of the following programs: machine tool, metal fabrication/welding, tool & die or industrial maintenance.

In her time as vice president of community engagement for the Alliance, Baer led the Schools2Skills^TM program and was instrumental in the development of many manufacturing and other education initiatives. Nathan Richter and Joseph Walkowiak both went on Schools2Skills^TM tours in high school. Schools2Skills^TM is one of the Alliance’s signature programs, designed to expose students, parents and educators to career pathways available in manufacturing.

“I take pride in what I do and consider myself a problem solver. I have a special knack for just knowing how to fix things,” said Nathan Richter. “When I was evaluating surrounding colleges, there weren’t too many that offered the Industrial Maintenance Technician program in a hands-on setting like WCTC does.”