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Congratulations Fall 2019 Student Community Impact Award Winners!

fall 2019 community impact awards
fall 2019 community impact awards

Moraine Park Technical College is committed to community engagement and student success.  The College supports these commitments through the opportunity for students to participate in student community impact and apply their classroom knowledge to an applicable, real world environment. 

In 2018, MPTC started a community impact awards program where students can track their service hours, submit their reflections, and earn a Bronze Award for 25 hours, Silver Award for 50 hours, Gold Award for 100 hours, or Presidents Award for 200 hours of service learning or volunteering. In the 2019 fall semester, 17 students earned awards and logged over 800 hours of service!

Congratulations to the fall 2019 award winners!

fall 2019 community impact awards

Back Row left to right: MA students – Amy Kaminski, Heather Pieper, Olivia Sharp, Sarah Lemmenes, Ashley Despres, Brielle Aylesworth, Stephanie Dobek, Rhonda Roehl, Alysha Kurz.
Front Row left to right: MA students – Brittany Enderle, Rebecca Wenninger, Kayla Wagner, Haley Ilkenhans, Erika Kaatz, Kylie Cody, Merinda Chamberlin, and Student Community Impact Coordinator Anne Lemke.




fall 2019 community impact awards
From Left to Right, Student Development Manager Kim Schwamn, Award Winner Meghan Griswold, Student Community Impact Coordinator Anne Lemke, MPTC President Bonnie Baerwald
fall 2019 community impact awards
From Left to Right, Student Development Manager Kim Schwamn, Award Winner Tania Torres, Business Technology Instructor Stephanie Murre-Wolf, Student Community Impact Coordinator Anne Lemke

Bronze Award Winners

Completing 25-49 hours of service learning.

  • Brielle Aylesworth, Medical Assistant
  • Merinda Chamberlin, Medical Assistant
  • Kylie Cody, Medical Assistant
  • Ashley Despres, Medical Assistant
  • Stephanie Dobek, Medical Assistant
  • Brittany Enderle, Medical Office
  • Erika Kaatz, Medical Assistant
  • Amy Kaminski, Medical Assistant
  • Sarah Lemmenes, Medical Assistant
  • Heather Pieper, Medical Assistant
  • Rhonda Roehl, Medical Assistant
  • Olivia Sharp, Medical Assistant
  • Kayla Wagner, Medical Assistant
  • Rebecca Wenninger, Medical Assistant
  • Haley Ilkenhans, Medical Assistant
  • Tania Torres, Graphic Communications
  • Meghan Griswold, Marketing and Social Media     
December 10, 2019by Anne Lemke
General Education

Out of My Comfort Zone and Into a Career

General ed student

“If it wasn’t for the General Education courses offered at MPTC, I wouldn’t have gotten out of my bubble or figured out the career path I wanted to take.”
Alyssa Towne, Human Resources Student

“Attending Moraine Park immediately after high school, I chose to only communicate with people that I could relate to at the time.  As I enter my last semester at MPTC, I now have confidence to communicate with not only my classmates and professors, but also key individuals in the workforce, too.  I owe everything to this college when it comes to my selected professional career and gaining confidence in myself.

GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE
General Education courses at MPTC allowed me to step out of my comfort zone by working on projects with individuals in the various courses.  I learned the importance of collaborating with others, and I developed crucial personal and life skills that I need in the workplace. Classes that have been extremely beneficial include Oral and Interpersonal Communication with Bree Hodgen and English Composition with Rob Heyrman. These classes taught me to be comfortable with those around me and created assignments that made me think critically and collaborate with others. I eventually started to like working and communicating with people so much that I changed my major to Human Resources so I can work with others. If it wasn’t for the General Education courses offered at MPTC, I wouldn’t have gotten out of my bubble or figured out the career path I wanted to take.

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY
In addition, I was able to obtain an internship in my third semester at Moraine Park in the Human Resources Department at Agnesian HealthCare. My General Education courses along with my core classes provided me with the resources to communicate efficiently with others and apply these skills to real-life situations. I am now in my last semester at Moraine Park and am working as a full-time Recruitment Coordinator with Agnesian HealthCare.

THANK YOU FOR THIS EXPERIENCE
If I have one thing to say to my professors and classmates, it would be ‘thank you’.  I’m so glad I was pushed outside of my comfort zone and that I developed important life skills that I can take with me for the rest of my life. This college prepared me for the workforce based on the education I received.  I know I will be successful in many endeavors that I pursue!”

Written by:  Alyssa Towne
Human Resources Program student at MPTC

For more information on what Moraine Park has to offer, visit www.morainepark.edu 

December 10, 2019by Rebecca Leichtfuss

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