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Community Engagement, Student Life

Beaver Dam Student Senate ends year making a difference

Even amidst year-end projects, assignments and final exams, students found time to volunteer for three community service projects.

Over the course of three days, more than 35 students participated in Student Senate’s sponsored Habitat for Humanity build days. On May 2, members of the Electrical Power Distribution Club worked on silt fencing and stone veneering for an almost-finished house in Juneau. On May 10, different members of the same club painted a shed and backyard fences for a home in Beaver Dam.  And the day before, May 9, members from the Student Nurses Association, Donut Club, Beaver Dam Student Senate, and Welding club painted fences for a home in Beaver Dam.
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May 24, 2017by Lisa Manuell
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Business, IT & Web

Could you conquer the data monster?

More and more companies nationally and locally are trying to deal with data, and sometimes lots of it coined “big data.”

Demand is high for people who can manage and collect all this data or information; analyze it to spot patterns or gaps; draw conclusions and insights; and then be able to translate it so management and users can understand it to make better strategic or operational decisions.
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May 24, 2017by Fred Rice
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Health Careers & Wellness

Straight from the future?

Virtual healthcare, telemedicine, or E-care: It is an innovative way people can now receive personalized healthcare. On the last day of clinical, first semester nursing students got to learn how technology can help maintain a patient’s independence and health as they age.
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May 24, 2017by Kerry DeGroot
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Achievement, EWD

Students Celebrate Learning for Independence

We all have goals of living independently and being self-sufficient but often obstacles and challenges get in our way.  On May 11, nine students were able to celebrate successful completion of a 2-year Learning for Independence (LFI) Program, moving them one step closer to meeting their goal of independence.  Surrounded by family, friends, instructors and school staff, the students shared their LFI program portfolios and final comments of the program.
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May 24, 2017by Samantha Story
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Student Life

Students Take Time to De-Stress

There’s no doubt the end of the school year is an exciting time for students, but it’s also a time of high stress and anxiety.

Knowing the need for stress-relief, Student Government set out to plan activities that would help alleviate some of the pressure that students face as they complete year-end projects and study for final exams. Each campus Student Senate offered opportunities for students to take time out for themselves and relax.
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May 24, 2017by Lisa Manuell
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Health Careers & Wellness

End of semester laughter breaks stress levels

Moraine Park paramedic students standing with dinosaur costume

Moraine Park faculty, long known for their excellence in education, also know the stress of getting to excellence for both students and staff. Nursing instructor Heather Evenson has used the power of laughter throughout her classes to relax students on final examination days and this year she “T-laxed” the E building.

May 19 was a demanding day for nursing classes as they took cumulative exams, the EMT program was in final preparation for national practical testing and the faculty and staff were in survival mode to finish all of their “to-do’s”.

Enter T- laughasaurus.
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May 24, 2017by Heather Evenson
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