Student Success Story - Abdul Cole
Channel: Wisconsin Technical Colleges
Date: 2023-06-22

Originally from Sierra Leone, West Africa, Abdul Cole arrived in La Crosse, WI as a Western Technical College student right before the COVID-19 pandemic.  He immediately immersed himself in his new community by volunteering, and was very quickly chosen as the WTCS Student Ambassador for Western in 2020.  Since graduating from Western with an associate degree in Diesel Technology, Abdul has started a career at Brennan in La Crosse, where he works on and maintains tugboats on the Mississippi River.