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Always a new challenge …

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“You’ll never be bored if you choose a career in Industrial Maintenance – there’s always a new challenge. Being in Industrial Maintenance means being a problem solver, knowing how to prioritize, and having a massive knowledge base since multiple things will break at the same time, for different reasons, on different kinds of equipment, throughout the whole plant; Even if you’ve never seen any of if break before, you have to know what to fix first, figure out how to fix it best, and prevent further equipment failures in the future.” said Gerry Vanderloop, Industrial Maintenance Boot Camp Instructor.

For Vanderloop the field of Industrial Maintenance never stops providing a learning environment, so when MPTC offered Vanderloop the opportunity to teach Industrial Maintenance boot camps this spring, and another starting August 10, he gave up some of his retirement days to get back in the classroom. Continue reading

August 1, 2016by Samantha Story
Financial Aid

My fall tuition and fees bill is due soon – How does that work with Financial Aid?

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You may be able to use your financial aid to postpone your tuition and fees payment!

Postponing payment until your financial aid is processed is permitted if: Continue reading

August 1, 2016by Julie Waldvogel-Leitner

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