Midstate College history

In Marshfield, evening classes had been held in the old Washington School since 1902, under the auspices of the public school board.

The money was used to build and equip the Witter School, which was completed in 1907.

The Stevens Point city vocational program began in 1911 with classes in second-floor quarters downtown.

Brown continued ownership of the Peoria school until 1913, then sold it to a Mr.

Roy J. Carver, hired in 1917, was the first evening and day class director.

Marshfield's city council appropriated money to build a new vocational and junior high school building in 1918.

E.S. Hayward was hired as the first school administrator at Witter, and he was replaced by W.A. Sprise in 1919.

In 1961 the Legislature changed the names of the schools to "Schools of Vocational, Technical and Adult Education". In the fall of that year, full-time postsecondary education began at Wisconsin Rapids, with seven students enrolled in Accounting and 13 in Secretarial Science, both one-year programs.

In 1962 the first full-time program, Electronic Servicing, was offered at the Stevens Point school.

The first two-year program, Marketing, was initiated in 1964, and additional one- and two-year programs were added as facilities were remodeled.

Approval to form an organized district was granted, and Area Vocational, Technical & Adult Education District 14 became a reality on July 1, 1967, with the former Marshfield and Wisconsin Rapids schools becoming part of the district.

Organization of Area Vocational, Technical & Adult Education District 14 was completed on July 1, 1970.

Marshfield received a modern campus building at 2600 West Fifth Street and the facility was officially dedicated on October 6, 1991.

At the November 18, 1996 Board meeting, Mid-State Technical College Board of Directors voted to move forward on an expansion for the Adams County Center.

In November 1999, Midstate was approved as a four-year institution and began offering a Bachelor of Business Administration degree; other bachelor's degrees have been added since.