GREEN BAY, Wis. — Northeast Wisconsin Technical College is now accepting applications for three positions on the NWTC District Board of Trustees. Board members play a key role in helping shape higher education and grow the economic vitality of the region.

Applications for the following three board positions are now being accepted, each for a three-year term: one employer representative, one employee representative, and one school district administrator. The counties currently represented by these appointments are Brown/Outagamie, Kewaunee/Manitowoc, and Marinette. NWTC seeks candidates residing within the NWTC district to fill these positions.

In the appointment process, equal consideration is given to the general population distribution within the district and to the distribution of women and diverse populations on the board in accordance with the plan of representation.

To qualify as an employer, you must receive earnings as payment for your service and possess the power to hire, transfer, suspend, layoff, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees or adjust employee grievances or effective recommend such action if in connection with the exercise of such power the person exercises independent judgment in relation to the power. Employer does not include a person acting in the capacity of officer or agent of a labor organization. At the time of their appointment, employers also must be actively engaged in business and employ others.

Please submit applications using the provided forms, which can be acquired from nwtc.edu/Board. Forms are available from Northeast Wisconsin Technical College District Office by contacting Janel Karban, NWTC’s executive assistant to the president and board of trustees, at 920-498-5409 or janel.karban@nwtc.edu.

Completed applications and two letters of reference will be accepted until 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 21.

All candidates must attend a public hearing of the District Board Appointment Committee at which their appointments to the district board are discussed. The public hearing and appointment committee meeting are scheduled at 3:30 p.m. Monday, March 11 in the NWTC District Office Boardroom on the Green Bay campus at 2740 West Mason St., Green Bay, Wis.

For more information about the application process and the NWTC District Board of Trustees, go to nwtc.edu/Board.