Plumbing grant awarded to Wisconsin technical college

Mid-State Technical College (MSTC) received a grant for $11,200 from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development that will go toward the plumbing apprenticeship program. The funding is part of a $6 million Sector Alliance for the Green Economy (SAGE) grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to support “green” training in apprenticeship fields. “The grant will purchase equipment for the technical college to purchase a solar thermal education simulation device,” says Jim Schnaedter, MSTC associate dean of business and apprenticeship. “The students will put it together, and then it will be used on a continual basis each year to train students on