GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ)- A new school at UW-Green Bay has received a generous donation and a name.
The Richard Resch School of Engineering will soon be home to four engineering degree opportunities at UW-Green Bay.
Resch announced his donation on Monday.
” I am pleased to announce that I will be making a personal five million dolllar gift to the University of Wisconsin Green Bay to support the new Richard Resch School of Engineering.”
Resch added that he hopes through this new oppertunity, students make Green Bay their home, much like he did.
“It is my hope that the Resch School of Engineering, will create a path for many others to do the same.”
UW-Green Bay Chancellor Gary Miller said this was a hope for quite some time.
“We needed a school of engeneering, we needed a mechanical engeneering degree, and we needed a design for building public-private partnerships, and folks, we got them all.”
Chancellor Gary Miller said this will allow students to get their foundation in a career path that is needed.
“Students will develop a relationship with potential employeers that will keep them in the area. One of the things we want to do is keep potential employees in this area.”
Wisconsin Public Service also made a $1 million dollar donation. President Kevin Fletcher says they he sees this a beneift for the industry.
“A specific program for engineering is something that is an interest to us, because we need engineers in our industry as well.”
Chancellor Miller says the project is about halfway funded. Groundbreaking will take place in Spring of 2019, but students will enroll this fall. The UW System Board of Regents approved the new program last week.
