2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
LRB-3410/1
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June 6, 2025 - Introduced by Senators Marklein, Pfaff, Keyeski, Ratcliff, Roys and Spreitzer, cosponsored by Representatives Tranel, Novak, Kurtz, Johnson, J. Jacobson, Brown, Goodwin, Miresse, Murphy, O'Connor, Sinicki, Stroud, Stubbs and Prado. Referred to Committee on Senate Organization.
SJR65,1,2
1Relating to: congratulating Southwest Wisconsin Technical College for winning
2the 2025 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. SJR65,1,63Whereas, Southwest Wisconsin Technical College, located in Fennimore, 4Wisconsin, is a part of the Wisconsin Technical College System, a statewide 5network of colleges that provides accessible, affordable, and high-quality education 6and training to support Wisconsin’s workforce and communities; and SJR65,1,107Whereas, the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program awards the 8prestigious Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence to recognize community 9colleges that achieve high and improving levels of student success, particularly for 10students from historically underserved backgrounds; and SJR65,1,1311Whereas, the Aspen Prize is awarded every two years and is based on rigorous 12data analysis, interviews with leadership, faculty, staff, students, and community 13members, and site visits to finalist colleges; and SJR65,2,214Whereas, in 2025, Southwest Wisconsin Technical College was selected as the
1winner of the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, earning a $700,000 2award and being named the top two-year college in the country; and SJR65,2,73Whereas, the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program praised Southwest 4Wisconsin Technical College for its robust teaching and learning practices, strong 5relationships with employers and four-year university partners, effective advising, 6and programs that include work-based learning and other high-impact practices; 7now, therefore, be it SJR65,2,128Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That the Wisconsin 9State Legislature commends and congratulates Southwest Wisconsin Technical 10College on this extraordinary national recognition and extends its appreciation to 11the college’s faculty, staff, students, and community partners for their outstanding 12contributions to higher education in Wisconsin.
