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Creating a workforce to build healthier communities
3 Feb 2022
News, Eau Claire
For leaders at UW-Eau Claire, it’s not enough to just work on today’s workforce challenges and address the shortfalls of health care workers and teachers – especially in rural Wisconsin. They want to ensure that the university is preparing its students to fulfill workforce needs today as well as the jobs of the future.
“We’re going to come up with some quick wins – nursing, social workers, teachers in our rural areas,” said Mike Carney, UW-Eau Claire assistant chancellor for strategic partnerships and program development, who helped create a collaboration between the university, school districts, health care providers and others. “We’re also going to meet emergent needs.”
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