skilled trades

Washtenaw Community College offers a world-class skilled trades program, training 12,000+ trade professionals across the U.S. and beyond. WEMU’s Caroline MacGregor speaks to Kyrsten Rue and Marilyn Donham about the college’s “academic” skilled trades programs for students, in addition to their partnerships with national and international professional skilled trades organizations that visit the campus each summer.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer yesterday signed a $62.7 billion state budget as the new fiscal year begins today. We have more from Rick Pluta.The budget…

Governor Gretchen Whitmer says Michigan has encouraged students to seek four-year college degrees at the expense of encouraging careers in skilled trades.…

There are a number of challenges for entrepreneurs and prospective start-up businesses. Overcoming those challenges was the focus of conversation at Spark…