Northcentral Technical College

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Northcentral Technical College


Motto:	Real life. Real learning.
Established:
Type:	State Technical College
President:	Dr. Lori A. Weyers
Faculty:	Approximately 162 FT
Students:	Under 3,000 FTE
Location:	Wausau, Wisconsin, United States
Campus:	Urban
Website:	http://www.ntc.edu/

Main entrance at Wausau location

David Obey Center for Health Sciences in Wausau

Northcentral Technical College (also NTC) is a technical (community) college in Wausau, Wisconsin area. The district of the college includes all of, or portions of, Marathon, Lincoln, Taylor, Price, Langlade, Menominee, Clark, Portage, Shawano and Waupaca counties. The main campus is located in Wausau. There are regional centers in Antigo, Medford, Merrill, Phillips, Spencer and Wittenberg. It is a member of the 16 schools in the Wisconsin Technical College System.

1 Accreditation
2 History
3 Associate Degree Programs
4 Certificates
5 Articulation Agreements
6 Administration
7 District Board of Trustees
8 References
9 External links

[edit] Accreditation

Northcentral Technical College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association (NCA).^[1] Several programs are accredited by other accrediation bodies.

[edit] History

The college began as Wausau Industrial School in 1912.^[1] It was renamed Wausau Vocational School in 1936, Wausau Technical Institute in 1961, North Central Technical Institute (NCTI) in 1967.^[1] It began occupying its new facility in 1969.^[1] It was renamed Northcentral Technical College in 1988.^[1]

1912 Wausau School Board establishes the Wausau Industrial School, with Silas B. Tobey, Wausau School Superintendent as Director

1913 Stanley Appleton assumes the Director position from Tobey

1916 Appleton replaced by Claude O. Mulder

First advisory committee formed

Oscar O. Johnson replaces Mulder as Director

1920 Eiffel Holm appointed Director of the Wausau Industrial School

1936 Name changed to the Wausau Vocational School

1951 Lawrence Hoyt becomes Director of the Wausau Vocational School

1952 First commencement ceremony held at Wausau’s Grand Theatre

1961 Name changed to Wausau Technical Institute

1967 Name changed to North Central Technical Institute (NCTI)

1969 Dedication and occupancy of NCTI’s new facility located at 1000 W. Campus Drive

1976 NCTI Foundation established

1977 Dwight Davis becomes Director of NCTI

1982 Classes begin at NCTI Medford campus

1984 Richard Neumann appointed interim NCTI Director

1985 Donald Hagen appointed NCTI Director

1987 Phillips NCTI campus dedicated

1988 CASS International program begins

Name changed to Northcentral Technical College

1991 Wittenberg campus added

1993 Dean Dietrich, NTC attorney, serves as interim Director

Dr. Robert Ernst appointed NTC President

1994 Classes begin at NTC Spencer campus

NTC expands its international program and signs a sister-school agreement with a school in Altötting, Germany

2005 Classes begin at NTC’s new David R. Obey Center for Health Sciences

Groundbreaking for new NTC Public Safety Training Center in Merrill

2006 Dr. Lori Weyers appointed NTC President

[edit] Associate Degree Programs

As of 2007, NTC offers the following associate degree programs:

Accounting
Accounting Assistant
Administrative Assistant
Applied Engineering Technology
Architectural/Residential Design
Auto Collision Repair & Refinish Technician
Automotive Technician
Automotive Technology
Business Management
Clinical Laboratory Technician
Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice - Law Enforcement Academy
Dental Hygienist
Diagnostic Medical Sonography
Early Childhood Education
Educational Interpreter Technician
Electromechanical Technology
Electronics
Emergency Medical Technician - Basic
Emergency Medical Technician - Intermediate
Emergency Medical Technician - Intermediate Technician
Emergency Medical Technician - Paramedic
General Studies
Graphic Communication Technologies
Health Care Business Services
Human Services Associate
IT - Computer Support Specialist
IT - Microcomputer Applications Specialist
IT - Network Specialist
IT - Programmer/Analyst
Machine Tool Operation
Machine Tooling Technics
Marketing - Marketing Track
Marketing - Business-to-Business Track
Marketing - Retail Management Track
Mechanical Design Technology
Medical Assistant
Medial Coding Specialist
Medical Transcription
Nursing Assistant
Nursing
Office Assistant
Radiography
Residential Building Systems
Supervisory Management
Surgical Technologist
Welding

[edit] Certificates

NTC offers over 70 certificates, including Auto Appraiser, Deaf Studies, CAD Operator, and Webmaster.

[edit] Articulation Agreements

NTC has many transfer programs into four-year colleges and universities. NTC's four-year partners include:

Cardinal Stritch
Concordia University
Franklin University
Lakeland College
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Upper Iowa University
UW - Milwaukee
UW - Oshkosh
UW - Platteville
UW - Stevens Point
UW - Stout

[edit] Administration

As of 2007, the administrators are:

Dr. Lori A. Weyers, President
Douglas Jensen, VP for Learning
Larry Kind, VP for Student Services
Jane Kittel, VP for Finance and CFO
Jeannie Worden, VP for Human Resources
Rob Elliott, Director of Facilities
Katrina Felch, Director of Marketing and Public Relations
Kathleen Fischer, Chief Development Officer and Executive Director of the NTC Foundation
Chet Strebe, Chief Information Officer