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Best Welder in Washington County

Slinger high school welder Rachel Hau

Moraine Park held a welding competition at our Jackson Campus, Friday, Dec. 2 for high school students.  The event, hosted by our Welding Program, had participants from West Bend and Slinger high schools locate and cut a hole, put the parts together to match a print, then weld them per print.  The students could pick either GMAW, SMAW, or both.

GMAW is gas metal arc welding, and SMAW is Shielded metal arc welding.

So who won the event? Check out below to find out: Continue reading

December 7, 2016by Larry Clark
Business, EWD

Soft Skills are more important than you think!

Moraine Park EWD area business employment engagement conference

Written by: Beau Gellings

As a business representative, I spend most of my day speaking with employers.  Through several conversations I see some commonalities surrounding key workforce gaps.  Items such as technology, different generations, and evolving business plans have impacted how a business’s workforce interacts with each other and how their business is done.   Continue reading

December 7, 2016by Samantha Story
Auto & Transportation, Throwbacks

THROWBACK: Automotive diagnostics, then and now!

Throwback Moraine Park photo from auto lab

The size of diagnostic equipment has changed a lot over the years as new technologies have been introduced into the automotive field.

But as the old adage goes, “size doesn’t matter.” Continue reading

December 7, 2016by Timothy Moy
Graphics and Design

Moraine Park students help with “Humans of Oshkosh” book

Moraine Park female students creating page for "Humans of Oshkosh" book

Our students recently used a collaborative project to help showcase local first responders, as well as share stories of a wide-ranging spectrum of area citizens – young, old, unemployed, business owners, and far more.

This opportunity came through Moraine Park’s “Design Production Planning: Workflow” class. Students in this class worked with a Quest III class from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, with the two groups collaborating to create a “Humans of Oshkosh” book. Continue reading

December 7, 2016by Andrew Pantzlaff

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