Bio: Vach, Robert E. – Western Wis. Tech graduate (May 1978)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Vach

----Source: Owen Enterprise (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 31 May1978

Robert E. Vach, Withee area student at Western Wisconsin Technical Institute, participated in formal graduation exercises on May 25, 1978, when the institute graduated 672 students who had successfully completed full time instructional programs.

Robert completed the Bio Medical Electronics program, and was part of one of the largest graduating classes in the Institute’s history. Graduating classes have grown each year since 1966, when 42 students were granted Associate Degrees and 111 graduates received vocational diplomas, for a total graduating class of 153 students.

This year, 1978, the Associate Degree was awarded to 415 students, who successfully completed two year technical programs, and 246 students received diplomas for completing one and two year vocation courses.