A need assessment was completed, a budget formed, and the UW System and the Board of Regents have placed the initiative into the budget. However due to change in Wisconsin governor, the budget was reduced and may be a setback to the initiative. We are doing some intense lobbying with the governor and legislators. Once approved, we will hire four new faculty members, they will be rotated and will assist in delivering UWP engineering degrees to the area. The Master of Engineering program is growing.
Students are a combination of alumni and non-alumni from Wisconsin and across the nation.
Program will be completely developed one year from now. The College of EMS has admitted about 800 students, which is an increase of 75 students from the previous two-year high. We appreciate the growing enrollment, however, we will face challenges in allocating rooms, adding multiple sections and hiring adjuncts to teach these extra sections. The College would be interested in having a list of supporting members who may be willing to participate in classroom activities. Supporting members can be used to help facilitate senior design projects.