New WCC program offers professional welding training one weekend day per week
The Weekend Welders program allows students to earn up to two welding certificates and an associate's degree by attending classes just one day a week over 11 semesters.
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More than a stipend: Rx Kids is transforming childhood beginnings
Rx Kids, the country’s first universal and unconditional cash prescription program for pregnant people and infants, provides financial support to every eligible family within a geographic area, no income requirements, no strings attached. Families receive a one-time $1,500 payment during pregnancy and $500 per month during the baby’s first year of life.
Diversity in skilled trades: Women find rewarding work in traditionally male-dominated fields
In the latest installment of our Voices of Youth series, student writer Lillian Gentry interviews female students and adults about their experiences in skilled trades.
CTE millage to go before Washtenaw County voters as CTE program demand increases
A new report shows that over the last four years, while overall student enrollment in Washtenaw County has decreased, CTE program enrollment has increased by 69%.
High schoolers get an early start on health care careers through Washtenaw County CTE programs
In the latest installment of our Voices of Youth series, student writer Eliza Gallippo looks into how students are getting a health care career jumpstart through career technical education programs in Washtenaw County.
Breaking barriers: How youth and adult advocates are reimagining health care access
In this installment of our Voices of Youth series, student writer Divya Reddy examines systemic and interpersonal barriers young people face in accessing health care, and community-centric ways to address those barriers.
Ann Arbor SPARK, WCC celebrate first Michigan grads of manufacturing education program
The inaugural cohort is leaving the Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education (FAME) program with two years of work experience, degrees, and job offers.
U-M’s ZEUS laser, the strongest in the U.S., is about to get even more powerful
Currently operating at an electrical power output of two petawatts, this summer the ZEUS laser’s output will soar to three petawatts thanks to a new lab-grown titanium-infused sapphire crystal from Salem, Mass.
U-M works to preserve and disseminate education data as feds pull funding for its collection
As Americans continue to digest cuts to the U.S. Department of Education, researchers at the University of Michigan are striving to maintain and widen access to education data critical to informing public policy.
Inclusive Literacy Alliance fosters early reading in Kent County kids with developmental differences
The Inclusive Literacy Alliance is a collaborative, county-wide effort to improve early reading outcomes for children with developmental differences. Parents, educators, service providers, and advocates are piloting solutions that make early literacy more accessible and effective for children who are blind or low vision, deaf or hard of hearing, or autistic.
More than a stipend: Rx Kids is transforming childhood beginnings
Rx Kids, the country’s first universal and unconditional cash prescription program for pregnant people and infants, provides financial support to every eligible family within a geographic area, no income requirements, no strings attached. Families receive a one-time $1,500 payment during pregnancy and $500 per month during the baby’s first year of life.
Diversity in skilled trades: Women find rewarding work in traditionally male-dominated fields
In the latest installment of our Voices of Youth series, student writer Lillian Gentry interviews female students and adults about their experiences in skilled trades.
CTE millage to go before Washtenaw County voters as CTE program demand increases
A new report shows that over the last four years, while overall student enrollment in Washtenaw County has decreased, CTE program enrollment has increased by 69%.
High schoolers get an early start on health care careers through Washtenaw County CTE programs
In the latest installment of our Voices of Youth series, student writer Eliza Gallippo looks into how students are getting a health care career jumpstart through career technical education programs in Washtenaw County.
Breaking barriers: How youth and adult advocates are reimagining health care access
In this installment of our Voices of Youth series, student writer Divya Reddy examines systemic and interpersonal barriers young people face in accessing health care, and community-centric ways to address those barriers.
Ann Arbor SPARK, WCC celebrate first Michigan grads of manufacturing education program
The inaugural cohort is leaving the Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education (FAME) program with two years of work experience, degrees, and job offers.
U-M’s ZEUS laser, the strongest in the U.S., is about to get even more powerful
Currently operating at an electrical power output of two petawatts, this summer the ZEUS laser’s output will soar to three petawatts thanks to a new lab-grown titanium-infused sapphire crystal from Salem, Mass.
U-M works to preserve and disseminate education data as feds pull funding for its collection
As Americans continue to digest cuts to the U.S. Department of Education, researchers at the University of Michigan are striving to maintain and widen access to education data critical to informing public policy.
Inclusive Literacy Alliance fosters early reading in Kent County kids with developmental differences
The Inclusive Literacy Alliance is a collaborative, county-wide effort to improve early reading outcomes for children with developmental differences. Parents, educators, service providers, and advocates are piloting solutions that make early literacy more accessible and effective for children who are blind or low vision, deaf or hard of hearing, or autistic.
