Bring hands-on STEM learning to your students.

• Partner on classroom experiences and campus visits
• Explore enrichment opportunities aligned with curriculum
• Collaborate on workshops, experiments, and outreach initiatives

Help shape the next generation of STEM talent.

• Collaborate on real-world projects and experiential learning
• Support Cooperative Education opportunities
• Engage with students through mentorship and partnership

Discover how STEM at Lakeland goes beyond the classroom.

• Explore STEM academic programs
• Participate in hands-on experiments and campus events
• Build real-world experience through Cooperative Education and applied learning

Support your student’s next step with confidence.

• Learn how STEM programs prepare students for careers
• Understand how Cooperative Education builds experience before graduation
• Explore pathways that combine learning, doing, and discovery

Lakeland University's Biology program is a completely immersive journey towards knowledge of the roots of all matter and life. Our state-of-the-art laboratories, tools, and technology will prepare you with unlimited potential for a variety of careers.

Every other May, a group of 10-15 Lakeland students travels to Belize for an interactive Tropical Biology course that emphasizes investigative research in a tropical rainforest. Students live in a lowland forest and study coral reef ecology on the reefs of Belize for a nine days.

Lakeland University chemistry and biochemistry students are sought after within the chemical and biochemical industries in the region because at Lakeland you will be involved, engaged and invested. You won’t sit in a large auditorium robotically taking notes while a professor lectures through a microphone. Our faculty gets to know our students personally and help connect them to our industry leaders through our innovative Cooperative Education program.

Our program offers hands-on experiences with state-of-the-art equipment found in most chemistry departments. The difference is that you will learn to design, run, and troubleshoot your experiment, not a teaching assistant. Our facilities will prepare you to be a leader in your graduate program or your place of employment after you graduate

Learn to stay a step ahead of cyber criminals. Experiment with a 3D printer and robotics. Work with a Faraday Cage. Refurbish scrapped computers in our lab. Lakeland's Computer Science program is an all-encompassing foray into the ever-changing world of computers and how they work.

At Lakeland University, you won't focus on just programming, database, or system analysis. You'll learn it all with multiple classes that span all disciplines.

This program is highly sought-after by regional employers and will immerse students across the fields of technology, programming, statistics and data analysis, and visualization.

Data Science will prepare students to design, develop, implement, and operate complex processes and systems.

Choose From One Of Three Areas Of Emphases:

• Business Analysis
• Financial Analysis
• Operations Analysis

Lakeland’s engineering technology program uses a combination of on-the-job learning through Lakeland’s Cooperative Education program and theory learned in the traditional classroom to develop problem solvers, critical thinkers and effective communicators who will work with engineers, managers, technicians and other areas. There is an emphasis on the ability to make ethical decisions to support a more efficient and safer workplace.

This degree is ideal for students who have completed an approved Associate’s Degree through one of the technical colleges in the Wisconsin Technical College System.

Interested in a career such as physical therapy, occupational therapy, athletic training, chiropractic medicine, physician assistant, strength and conditioning, personal training, wellness, or dietetics? The Exercise Science major is ideal.

Our Exercise Science program – with its broad curriculum, numerous Cooperative Education and/or internship possibilities, and potential opportunities to conduct and present research at international and national conferences – will give you a competitive edge as you pursue your career goals!

Lakeland University graduates with degrees in Mathematics pursue a wide variety of professions. The Mathematics education program yields high school mathematics teacher certification. Graduate school is an option, as is becoming an actuary. Applied math, which involves the study and modeling of various system behaviors using mathematical concepts, is another common direction math majors take. Modeling within biology, chemistry, physics, computer science and social science is an exciting application of your math degree.

Paul Griffin brings decades of real-world leadership and community engagement to his role as STEM Coordinator and Strategic Project Lead at Lakeland University. With more than 25 years of experience in manufacturing — spanning plastics, consumer goods, food, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries — Paul has spent his career connecting education, workforce needs, and experiential learning to help communities thrive.

Paul’s work has focused on workforce and organizational development, including academic and community outreach, recruitment, leadership development, and partnership building. Before joining Lakeland, he served as Associate Manager of Training & Outreach at MilliporeSigma, where he expanded educational programming, increased civic engagement, and strengthened partnerships — including a Cooperative Education relationship with Lakeland University.

Having shaped learning approaches that are collaborative, people-centered, and rooted in hands-on experience, Paul deeply believes that discovery happens when learners are actively engaged in solving real challenges. His passion for STEM education is matched by his commitment to community — he’s been a trustee, volunteer, and coach in the Sheboygan area, contributing through organizations like the United Way and youth soccer programs.

“I strongly believe it is crucial for organizations to be physically active and continuously present within this handshake community to sustain business needs within a challenging economy and limited workforce.”