Did you ever say to yourself, “Wow what a small world it is!”? Did you ever wonder what the power of partnerships and collaboration could do? That was never more evident than with this very special thank you note and beautiful photos all the way from Kathmandu, Nepal to Fond du Lac, WI that arrived just after Christmas Break.
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Students at Moraine Park had the opportunity to participate in the Ideal Tool Competition earlier this semester. The competition showcases individuals who can use tools in the electricity field the quickest. This competition is held in various cities across the country with professional and student categories.
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After placing 1st during State Skills USA Competitions earlier in the year, Moraine Park students had the opportunity to compete in the National Skills USA competition held in Kentucky in June. Zach Heberer competed in Industrial Motor Control and Paul Langenecker competed in Residential Wiring.
Both of Moraine Park’s students did extremely well during the National Skills USA Competition. Zach Heberer placed 6th out of 21 students in the Industrial Motor Control competition and Paul Langenecker placed 17th out of 29 in the Residential Wiring competition.
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Did you know Moraine Park is a Fair Trade College? Actually we are the first Fair Trade technical college in the U.S. Go MPTC! In May, 2017 we celebrated 2 years as a fair trade college!
October is Fair Trade month! On October 9 from 11:30-12:30 p.m. in all three MPTC cafeterias, stop at the Fair Trade display table to learn more and have a delicious sample of Fair Trade chocolate and sign up to win a Fair Trade raffle prize!
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Would you like to impact your community?
Do you need service hours to fulfill a requirement?
How about improving your resume?
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 service learning and apply their classroom knowledge to an applicable, real world environment.
The Service Learning Award is an Moraine Park recognition program designed to acknowledge students who are committed to serving their community.
Students who complete 50 to 100 hours of service learning during their time at Moraine Park will receive this award. All students who log their hours and share a reflection will receive an Moraine Park Service Learning Silver Award for 50 hours of service or a Gold Award for 100 hours of service.
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0 degree, 45 degree, 90 degree, 180 degree. What are these??? These are the different elevations students will learn for basic haircutting. The first 8 weeks the students learn all the basics, after that they build on their beginning skills and learn more advanced cutting techniques. Click here to find out more about starting your Cosmetology career.
To celebrate the beginning of a new academic year, Moraine Park hosted its annual Welcome Week.
Each campus provided a variety of activities each day from free breakfast, live entertainment and make and take events. While each campus enjoyed different activities all of the students enjoyed being welcomed to campus for the new semester.
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The West Bend Student Nurses Association raised $326 as a memorial for their beloved teacher, Deb Schmitz, and donated it to the Ozaukee Humane Society as she had requested.
Deb was born November 7, 1959 in Port Washington and passed away in May 2017. For the last 17 years of her life, Deb was a dedicated Clinical Nursing Instructor at Moraine Park Technical College and impacted many students.
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The Moraine Park Technical College Donut Club was started in the Fall 2016 semester after a presentation from Lisa Manuell, who is one of our College’s awesome student life specialists. Lisa told our Composition 1 class that students could start just about any club on campus as long as they met certain criteria.
She told us she had even heard of a school in Minnesota that had a Donut Club! And just like that, the Moraine Park Donut Club was born!
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