Blackhawk Technical College is expanding the use of a shared bank of paid time off to include vacation and personal leave after the college announced furloughs that would impact all full-time college staff. All full-time, non-faculty staff will be required to take one week (five days) of furlough. The staff furlough, impacting 119 staff members, is effective May 10 through June … [Read more...] about Blackhawk Employees to Help Furloughed Colleagues
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Blackhawk Releases Final Grade Options and Possible Restart Date
The following is a letter from Blackhawk Technical College President, Tracy Pierner, Ph.D. We are nearly two months into Emergency Order #5 Prohibiting Mass Gatherings of 10 People or More issued on March 17 and Emergency Order #12 Safer-at-Home issued on March 24 by Governor Evers. In some ways, it seems like a lifetime ago. Our world has rapidly changed and it continues to … [Read more...] about Blackhawk Releases Final Grade Options and Possible Restart Date
Dozens of Organizations Representing More than One Million Wisconsinites Voice Support for Safer at Home Extension
MADISON – Gov. Tony Evers announced today that dozens of organizations, which collectively represent more than one million Wisconsinites, voiced their support for the extension of Safer at Home in briefs filed with the Wisconsin Supreme Court. On April 21, 2020, Legislative Republicans asked the Court to block Safer at Home without offering any alternative plan to combat the … [Read more...] about Dozens of Organizations Representing More than One Million Wisconsinites Voice Support for Safer at Home Extension
Evers Administration Seeks to Save Lives, Stop Republican Lawsuit
MADISON – Gov. Tony Evers today announced that the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) and Wisconsin Department of Justice filed a response to the Legislative Republicans’ lawsuit that endangers lives by blocking Safer at Home. The Evers Administration has asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to toss the lawsuit. “Safer at Home is working. It is saving lives,” said … [Read more...] about Evers Administration Seeks to Save Lives, Stop Republican Lawsuit
ICYMI: More than 200 Organizations, Businesses, Elected Officials, and Medical Professionals Support Safer at Home Efforts
MADISON — On April 23, 2020, more than 200 businesses, city, county, and tribal government officials, medical professionals, and organizations representing everything from labor and educators to religious entities, to civil rights, to veterans affairs, signed a letter of support for Wisconsin's Safer at Home efforts. “Without Safer at Home, our first … [Read more...] about ICYMI: More than 200 Organizations, Businesses, Elected Officials, and Medical Professionals Support Safer at Home Efforts