Moraine Park Technical College is accepting applications from Feb. 17 to March 3 for three positions on the Moraine Park District Board. Openings exist for the following positions: one elected official member and two additional members; each is a three-year term of office that expires June 30, 2020.

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Throughout history, mankind has stumbled on many important discoveries: electricity, gravity, penicillin, new continents, new galaxies, the ability to combine forks and spoons into one handy tool (all hail, the spork!), to name a few.

Admittedly, we may not be able to compare to some of those amazing discoveries, but we did host an awesome event this past week: one that centered around helping people discover what we offer, and how we can help people find successful, satisfying careers.  Continue reading

Six more weeks of winter?! Release the groans!

Or … not.

As Anton Chekhov, a Russian author in the 1800s, once penned: “People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.”

In that spirit, here’s a look at some of our students back in 1972 embracing the timeless joys of winter.  Continue reading

Demand for gas utility technicians is growing much faster in recent years than the supply of skilled workers, and Moraine Park Technical College – with generous help from Alliant Energy – is seeking to provide a state-of-the-art solution.

Moraine Park is developing a new Gas Utility Technician program at the College’s Beaver Dam campus, along with a cutting-edge, $2.3 million dollar Energy Education Center.

Alliant Energy has become a key contributor to this project, recently donating $80,000. Continue reading

Ever feel busy and daunted by what’s on your plate? Joan Rider can relate. She’s juggling hockey leagues, a business, a job, classes, raising a 10 year old, and more!

But, if there’s one defining quality about Joan, it’s that she’s driven to reach her goals–and not just the ones at the end of the ice rink! Let’s let her tell you how, in her own words: Continue reading

There’s repeats and “three-peats.”

But what do you call seven-in-a-row of something?

Show of hands? … Anyone?

Perhaps a “heptad” – a group or series of seven items (or how about other equally poetic suggestions – we’re looking at you “septet” and “hebdomad”)?

But for simplicity sake, how about we just call our recent seventh-in-a-row honor very special – because it is!? Continue reading

Cue the crickets softly chirping and tumbleweed blowing through our hallways!

It’s mid-January. Our new semester hasn’t started. Probably quiet around here, right?

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It was an emotional afternoon on Dec. 9 at Moraine Park Technical College, as we celebrated the accomplishments of our 23 Fall 2016 Manufacturing Skills Academies completers.

Need proof? Check a few photos from the event and try not to smile! These men and women reached a tremendous milestone in their lives, and we’re very proud of them! To read more about the ceremony, click here.

And for more details on how you can join a Manufactoring Skills Academy, visit morainepark.edu/bootcamp, or call Abby Pluim at 920-924-3338. Continue reading