Around weeks four or five, new college students are getting set in their semester “groove”. Courses are set, relationships with instructors are established (hopefully), friendships with classmates are formed, and the class papers/projects are set in motion.
Is the motion different than you expected? Did your college throw you an unexpected curveball? Do you just “have that feeling” it isn’t the right match?
It happens.
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Emily Hayes of Fond du Lac has been a full-time instructor for only two years at Moraine Park but has already made a huge impact on the students she teaches. In fact, she recently won the Outstanding New Instructor award from the Wisconsin Association for Career and Technical Education.
“So many of our students at MPTC are struggling to overcome obstacles in order to better their own lives and the lives of those they love and care for,” Emily said. “I really enjoy forming relationships with those students and encouraging their confidence and growth over the course of the semester, or more if I’m lucky and they take more than one class with me! Being a positive part of their stories and successes is definitely the best part of my job.”
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Moraine Park manufacturing students attended the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) in Chicago, IL on Sept. 12th. IMTS is America’s largest manufacturing show, featuring more than 2,000 exhibiting companies.
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Many of our staff participated in the TalentWatch employee engagement survey by taking the survey and/or participating in the follow-up discussion and action planning. For those who took part, you may recall that one of the items that we rated in the TalentWatch survey was:
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With summer just wrapping up, it is important to reflect upon the great memories made. One such memory for my family and I was our first trip to the Slinger Super Speedway this past August.
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Are you looking to restart your college career after some time off or thinking about transferring to Moraine Park Technical College from your current college?? If so, don’t forget to bring along your college transcript. MPTC now provides an Initial Transcript Review process that allows potential students to have their transcripts reviewed free of charge.
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