Alumni Stories

Mirhya Lyne, a Southwest Wisconsin Technical College spring 2021 graduate with an Associate Degree of Accounting, shares her story and experience as a Southwest Tech student in the Accounting program. Lyne chose to attend Southwest Tech because it was close …

Matthew Hill utilized his associate degree from Southwest Wisconsin Technical College as a springboard for his bachelor’s and upcoming master’s degrees. As a high school senior at Iowa-Grant, Hill knew he wasn’t quite ready to commit to moving far from …

Sammi and Reo Bossert, sisters from Mineral Point, Wisconsin, chased their dreams of becoming medical laboratory technicians by attending Southwest Wisconsin Technical College’s Medical Laboratory Technician program. Although they attended college four years apart, Reo graduating in Spring 2018 and …

Grant Digman graduated from Southwest Wisconsin Technical College’s IT – Network Specialist program in May 2020. Digman was first interested in IT (Information Technology) when he was in high school. He had learned of Southwest Tech’s dual credit programs which …

Born and raised in New Jersey, Elsa Stanton would spend summer vacations in Southwest Wisconsin. After graduating high school, she pursued her dream of moving to Southwest Wisconsin and enrolled in Southwest Wisconsin Technical College’s Pharmacy Technician program. Stanton quickly realized …

Fortunately for Lydia Sigwarth, choosing a career was not the greatest challenge she faced when deciding to pursue an education beyond her high school diploma. She’d always dreamt of being a librarian and knew there were various paths she could …

After graduating from Benton High School in 2008, Tory Wetter began chasing his dream of becoming a doctor. He attended Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wisconsin for a year and then transferred to UW-Platteville in Platteville, Wisconsin to finish his …

Angelica Lippert, a 2015 Business Administration graduate and a native of Delicias, Chihuahua, Mexico, has a unique path to Southwest Tech. Lippert’s family is from the northern part of Mexico. Her grandfather was the first member of her family to …

Southwest Wisconsin Technical College is very proud to celebrate Medical Laboratory Professionals Week by highlighting our graduates who have taken the skills and knowledge they gained through their education and have put it to work in the field. Samantha (Goodman) …

Scott Knutson, a Platteville native, credits Southwest Tech for the strong foundation that he has built his career on. After graduating from Platteville High School, Knutson took a year off and then decided to attend Southwest Wisconsin Technical College to …

Kasey Winters has built an impressive resume that now proudly includes Southwest Wisconsin Technical College alumna. This 2020 Southwest Tech graduate of the Health Information Technology Associate degree program works full-time as a systems analyst for the largest medical insurance …