Barron County Retired Educators

Barron County Retired Educators' is a local unit of the Wisconsin Retired Educators Association. All retired educators living in Barron County are invited to become members of our unit. As a local unit we meet 5 times a year in various locations throughout the county of Barron. The state organization - Wisconsin Retired Educators' Association(WREA) - currently has over 15,600 members. For information contact President Keith Kolpack at kolpackk@gmail.com.

Friday, January 17, 2014

BCREA January 2014 WITC Meeting

On January 16th, approximately 30 members of the BCREA meet at the WITC Convention Center in Rice Lake. Six employees of WITC presented various topics dealing with WITC programs and help for the students attending the Rice Lake Campus. Following a delicious soup and sandwich lunch, ten members went on a 2 hour tour of the facilities, seeing many of the programs and having time to speak with several teachers of these programs.

Top picture - Betty Shaffer and Wendy Loy speaking on continuing education.
2nd picture - Lori Bowman presenting on Foundation/scholarship events.
3rd picture - Susan Janetski talking about counseling and accuplacer.
4th picture - Anne Hanson speaking on study skills/adult basic education.
Last picture - Christy Roshell who gave an overview of WITC and guided the members on their tour of the facilities.

Saturday, January 4, 2014

January 2014 Meeting

The Barron County Retired Educators’ Association will meet on Thursday, January 16, in the Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College Conference Room located at 1900 College Drive in Rice Lake. Registration will begin at 9:30 a.m. with coffee and cookies being served. At 10:30 a.m. a program will be presented by the WITC staff concerning the college and programs it offers. All retired teachers, administrators, and staff are invited as well as their guests. The cost of the noon meal is $10. After lunch tours will be provided for all interested attendees. Reservations may be made by calling Barb Millerman at 715-743-2390 or e-mailing her at bamillerman@chibardun.net no later than Sunday evening, January 12.