career exploration for high school students

Biotechnology Youth Apprenticeship Program

In partnership with the Dane County School Consortium, the BTC Institute manages the Dane County Youth Apprenticeship Program in Biotechnology, as launched through the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development in 1993. Students may elect to complete a two-year apprenticeship or a one-year senior internship.

The program includes paid training in an industry or UW-Madison research lab. Students receive high school credit for their work experience (450 hours required per year) and for participation in a specialized biotechnology course taught weekly during the Academic Year on the Promega Corporation campus. Course instructors include BTC Institute staff and Promega scientists.  Currently, all aspects of students’ worksite placements are also being managed by BTC Institute staff.

For more information, please view the following links:
– 2024 – 2025 YAP Biotechnology Level 1 Flyer
– 2024 – 2025 YAP Biotechnology Level 2 Flyer
– www.dcsc.org/yap

Youth Apprentices

The 2024 – 2025 cohort is composed of 4 juniors and 21 seniors from the following schools:

DeForest High School – 2
Lake Mills High School – 1
McFarland High School – 8
Middleton High School – 5
Mount Horeb High School – 2
Sun Prairie West High School – 2
Verona Area High School – 3
Waunakee Community High School – 2

worksites

Thank you to our 2024 – 2025 Youth Apprentice employers/mentors:

BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute
Eurofins
JangoBio
Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District
Morgridge Institute for Research
USDA
University of Wisconsin – Madison‘s Departments of:
Animal and Dairy Sciences
Biochemistry
Botany
Entomology
Human Oncology
Oncology
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences
Plant Pathology
Soil and Forage

And, a special thank you to Promega Corporation for funding student positions in UW Labs!

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