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Spring 2020 Student Community Impact Awards

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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. 

MPTC encourages students to participate in our community impact awards program where students can track their service learning or volunteer 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!

In the 2020 spring semester, 24 students earned awards and logged over 1,000 hours of service!

Congratulations to our Spring, 2020 award winners!

Bronze Award Winners

Completing 25-49 hours of service learning or volunteering.

  • Ashley Ade, Medical Assistant
  • Breanna Alioto, Medical Assistant
  • Erica Boehnlein, Medical Assistant
  • Alexis Darkow, Medical Assistant
  • Kendra DeJager, Medical Assistant
  • Molly Donais, Medical Assistant
  • Taylor Erlauer, Medical Assistant
  • Kayleigh Gorman, Medical Assistant
  • Cortland Henning, Culinary Arts*
  • Ashlee Keller, Medical Assistant
  • Cheyenne Kohrt, Medical Assistant
  • Cathryn Kuslits, Medical Assistant*
  • Abby Muenchow, Medical Assistant
  • Megan Neu, Medical Assistant
  • Nora Nuhiji, Medical Assistant
  • Caitlin Pieper, Medical Assistant
  • Gina Roll, Medical Assistant
  • Samantha Schubring, Medical Assistant    
  • Jordan Sterns, Medical Assistant
  • Bethany Thome, Graphics*
  • Meghan Thompson, Medical Assistant
  • Emma Zimmerman, Medical Office 
From left to right smiling Bronze Award winners:
Cheyenne Kohrt, Cathryn Kuslits, and Emma Zimmerman. Congratulations!!

Silver Award Winners

Completing 50-99 hours of service learning or volunteering.

  • Meghan Griswold, Marketing & Social Media*
  • Cortland Henning, Culinary Arts*
  • Ashlee Keller, Medical Assistant
  • Jordan Sterns, Medical Assistant

Gold Award Winner

Completing 100-199 hours of service learning or volunteering.

  • Cortland Henning, Culinary Arts*
Our Spring, 2020 Gold Award Winner, Cortland Henning! Cortland is also our 2020-21 Newman Civic Fellow. Cortland volunteered over 100 hours since last summer for the FDL High School Color Guard.
“I helped the kids in the high school color guard with their work and drill, as well as helping with a sectional before practice. Helping the color guard is always my favorite pastime. I love helping them because I owe so much to the guard. I honestly had so much fun co-coaching these kids during the season. It has strengthened my leadership skills and it helped me bond a lot with the kids. I have also gained coaching skills that I can use in the future. Jo Ann Hall has really changed my life and made me a strong and responsible young man. I can’t thank her enough for helping me. I will continue to help them into the near future.”

President’s Award Winner

Completing 200+ hours of service learning or volunteering.

  • Brett Hebert, Criminal Justice*
Our amazing President’s Award winner, Brett Hebert! Brett volunteered over 200 hours during his 2 year associate degree at MPTC. Most of his hours were spent at FDL Boys and Girls Club and helping the Criminal Justice Club showcase careers in the Dream Big service project.
“The power of the human mind is truly breathtaking. The mind itself can adapt to any situation it is put in and can give the power to the rest of the body to survive. The most amazing thing about the mind is that with all the power it has, it still takes nearly 20 years to end growing. While it is growing your thoughts can completely change from one year to the next. Any troubled child can completely flip a switch in the matter of a year due to the power of the human mind and possibly a little help from others. This is what my goal is with volunteering at Boys and Girls Club in FDL. It has taught me that there is no such thing as a bad child, there are just children that take a little bit more time to mature. When I see children like this, that tells me they are vulnerable to all types of things, good or bad. So, I must be the one to guide them to the light of success. Volunteering at Boys & Girls Club is by far the best decision I have ever made. It has truly given me a new meaning to life. Those kids are my meaning of life. I would do anything to protect them from any dangers and I am 100% certain that I will do everything in my power to let them know there are dangers in this world, but also so much love all around them, and that is what matters most. I am so grateful that because of the Promise Program having these requirements I now live a different life because of it. A much happier life.”

“Congratulations Brett! Thank you for being an amazing mentor for our kiddos at the Boys & Girls Club, this is a well deserved award!!”
Karissa Schneider, Director of Operations
Boys & Girls Club of Fond du Lac

*Promise Scholar students

July 6, 2020by Anne Lemke
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Community Engagement, Graphics and Design

High School Art Contest

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Enter by June 1, 2020

High School artists are invited to submit digital images of their work in the following categories:

  1. Painting
  2. Drawing
  3. Photography (minimal photo editing allowed-adjustments of color or conversion to grayscale not altering content permitted.)
  4. Digital Photo Creation and Illustration (extensive editing and design allowed)
  5. Sculpture and Ceramics
  6. Publication Design (including newsletters, invitations, event posters, etc.)
  7. T-shirt Design
  8. Web Site Design (submit your URL)
  9. Video Creation (submit your URL)

To enter, complete the form below and email it, along with your digital submissions to artsubmission@morainepark.edu.

High-school-art-contest-entry-form-2020Download
  • All entries in categories 1 to 8 must be submitted in electronic format as JPEG files no more than 4×7 at 200 PPI with a file size not to exceed 5 megabytes.
  • All category 8 entries for web pages should be submitted by supplying the URL to the site with the entry.
  • All category 9 video entries should be uploaded to YouTube and a link to the posted video provided with the entry.
  • All entries must be submitted by JUNE 1st, 2020

Limit of two entries per person, per category. Entry form and permissions must accompany entries.

Winners will be selected by a panel of Art/Design professionals and the winning entries will be featured online. The top three winners will be awarded prizes.

For more information, please email artsubmission@morainepark.edu.

April 10, 2020by Kristina Haensgen
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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
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Community Engagement, Graphics and Design

High School Art Contest Winners!

Congrats to the participants and winners of the High School Art Contest, hosted by Moraine Park Technical College’s Graphics program.

Drawing

  • FIRST PLACE Riley Steckert- “In Thought”- Fond du Lac High School
 "In Thought"
“In Thought”
  • SECOND Haleh F- “Waiting”- Berlin High School
  • THIRD Olivia Holland- “Poor Sole”- Waupun High School
  • FOURTH Abbey Freimark- “Lacoste”- Berlin High School
  • FIFTHOlivia Holland- “Thoughtful Thinking”- Waupun High School
  • “Waiting”
  • “Poor Sole”
  • “Lacoste”
  • “Thoughtful Thinking”

Digital Photo

  • FIRST Haley Brenner- “Woolly Hair Day”- Campbellsport High School
Woolly Hair Day
“Woolly Hair Day”
  • SECONDNatalie Jens- “Graceful”- Beaver Dam High School
  • THIRDHailey Brenner- “Warmth in Winter”- Campbellsport High School
  • FOURTHBrianna Livingston- “Aura”- Beaver Dam High School
  • FIFTHAndrew Schoenwetter- “Finding Pattern”- Beaver Dam High School
  • butterfly
    “Graceful”
  • Find a pattern
    “Find a Pattern”
  • Aura
    “Aura”
  • WarmthInWinter
    “Warmth In Winter”

Digital Illustration Category

  • FIRST PLACE Andrea Langholff – “Starfish”- Fond du Lac High School
Starfish
“Starfish”
  • SECOND Andrea Langholff- “He’s Got A Gun”- Fond du Lac High School
  • THIRD Katie Rozmarynoski- “Space Granny”- Berlin High School
  • FOURTH Cassidy Schneider- “Happy Boy”- New Holstein High School
  • FIFTH Briana Stewart- “Book Fantastic”- Beaver Dam High School
  • "He's Got a Gun"
    “He’s Got a Gun”
  • Space Granny
    “Space Granny”
  • HappyBoy
    “Happy Boy”
  • Book Fantastic
    “Book Fantastic”

Painting Category

FIRST PLACE Abbey Freimark “Hidden Within Nature”- Berlin High School

“Hidden Within Nature”
  • SECOND Amie Rabadan- “Ripple”- Horace Mann High School
  • THIRD Willow Roseneau- “Everything Is Blue”- Fond du Lac High School
  • FOURTH Amie Rabadan- “Piggy”- Horace Mann High School
  • FIFTH (tie) Savannah Killian- “Jack”- Random Lake High School
  • FIFTH (tie) Olivia Holland- “Emotions”- Waupun High School
  • "Ripple"
    “Ripple”
  • "Everything Is Blue"
    “Everything Is Blue”
  • "Piggy"
    “Piggy”
  • "Jack"
    “Jack”
  • "Emotions"
    “Emotions”

Posters/Publications Category

  • FIRST PLACE Abbey Freeman- “Soccer Poster”- Berlin High School
"Soccer Poster"
“Soccer Poster”
  • SECOND John Gonzales- “Drip Poster”- Berlin High School
Drip poster
“Drip Poster”

Sculpture Category

  • FIRST PLACE Riley Steckert- “Bubbles”- Fond du Lac High School
“Bubbles”
  • SECOND Tara Lisowe- “Panic”- Fond du Lac High School
  • THIRD Corrin Ewald- “The Glistening Tree”- Berlin High School
  • FOURTH Hailey Brenner- “Purr-fect love”- Campbellsport High School
  • FIFTH Katie Rozmarynoski- “Seaside Salt and Pepper Shakers”- Berlin High School
  • Panic
    “Panic”
  • TheGlisteningTree
    “The Glistening Tree”
  • Purr-fectLove
    “Purr-fect Love”
  • SeasideSaltand Peppershakers
    “Seaside Salt and Pepper shakers”

Traditional Illustration Category

  • FIRST PLACE Katie Rozmarynoski-“Route 54”- Berlin High School   
Route 54
“Route 54”
  • SECOND Kylee Spanbauer- “Studies in Pen” Waupun High School
pen art
“Studies In Pen”

T-shirt Design Category

  • FIRST PLACE Abbey Freimark- “Mirrored Faces”- Berlin High School
“Mirrored Faces”
May 25, 2019by Kristina Haensgen
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Graphics and Design

MPTC Portfolio Night

portfolio night

Graduating students from Moraine Park Technical College’s Graphic Communications, Interactive Media Design, and Web Design programs will be showcasing their talents at the College’s Portfolio Showcase on Wednesday, May 15, at the Fond du Lac campus.

This annual event highlights the projects and work these graduating students have completed in their respective programs while at Moraine Park, and it allows them to share their projects with prospective employers, the local community and Moraine Park students and staff. Students from the Fond du Lac and West Bend campuses will have their work on display.

Portfolio Night is free and will be held at Moraine Park’s Fond du Lac campus at 235 N. National Ave. from 4 to 7 p.m. in the cafeteria. For more information, contact Joe Sibilski at (262) 335-5772.

To learn more about all of Moraine Park’s programs, visit morainepark.edu/programs.

  • Portfolio Night
  • Portfolio Night
  • Portfolio Night
  • Portfolio Night
  • Portfolio Night
April 18, 2019by Kristina Haensgen
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Community Engagement, Graphics and Design

Moraine Park’s High School Art Contest

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2019 HIGH SCHOOL ART CONTEST
Enter by April 20, 2019

High School artists are invited to submit digital images of their work in the following categories:

  1. Painting
  2. Drawing
  3. Digital Photography (minimal photo editing allowed-adjustments of color or conversion to grayscale that do not alter content are permitted.)
  4. Digital Photo Creation and Illustration
  5. Sculpture
  6. Illustration-traditional medium
  7. Publication Design (Including newsletters, invitations, and event posters)
  8. T-shirt Design

All art must be submitted in electronic format as JPEG files no more than 4×7 at 200 PPI with a file size not to exceed 5 megabytes. All art must be submitted by APRIL 20, 2019 via email to: artsubmission@morainepark.edu
The following information must be provided for your submission to be considered:

  • Student Name
  • Student Contact Information (email) Student Grade
  • High School Attending
  • Title of Art
  • Category

Limit of two entries per person, per category.

Prizes are:

  • 1st place: MPTC apparel and gift certificate ($50)
  • 2nd place: MPTC apparel and gift certificate ($25)
  • 3rd place: MPTC apparel

Winners will be selected by a panel of Art/Design professionals and the winning entries will be featured online and in a digital art show at the Moraine Park Portfolio Showcase on May 15, 2019.

For more information please contact artsubmission@morainepark.edu .

April 12, 2019by Kristina Haensgen
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Moraine Park Student Has Gone Viral!

John Strattman IMD

Moraine Park interactive media design (IMD) student, John Stratman, has hit some remarkable online milestones.

His 8-bit trailers have created quite a stir on the internet, and among many big names in Hollywood and the film industry. The term “viral” isn’t one of John’s favorites… but, I’m not sure how else to give credit to his work that has brought in hundreds of thousands (and even millions) of views.


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December 2, 2018by Kristina Haensgen
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Interactive Media/Graphics Club Students Show off their Work!

 

Higher Grounds Coffee Shop – Business testimonial

In honor of #SmallBusinessWeek, American Bank (formerly The American National Bank) will be introducing you to some of our local businesses this week. Today we are honored to feature Higher Grounds Coffee Shop in Beaver Dam. Take a few moments and watch the video below to learn more about Higher Grounds from the store's owner, @Cheryl Laatsch. At American Bank it's our pleasure to work with our locally owned, independent businesses.A huge thank you to the students from Moraine Park Technical College who put this video together for us!

Posted by American Bank on Monday, April 30, 2018

Moraine Park’s Interactive Media/Graphics Club in West Bend created a video for the American Bank in Beaver Dam.


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May 13, 2018by Kristina Haensgen
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Portfolio Showcase Coming to Fond du Lac

male student in checkered shirt showing portfiolo

Graduating students from Moraine Park Technical College’s Graphic Communications, Interactive Media Design, and Web Design programs will be showcasing their talents at the College’s Portfolio Showcase on Wednesday, May 16, at the Fond du Lac campus.

Moraine Park students showing off their portfolios to the public

This annual event highlights the projects and work these graduating students have completed in their respective programs while at Moraine Park, and it allows them to share their projects with prospective employers, the local community and Moraine Park students and staff. Students from the Fond du Lac and West Bend campuses will have their work on display.

Moraine Park students showing off portfolios to the public

Portfolio Night is free and will be held at Moraine Park’s Fond du Lac campus at 235 N. National St. from 4 to 6 p.m. in the cafeteria. For more information, contact Joe Sibilski at (262) 335-5772.

To learn more about all of Moraine Park’s programs, visit morainepark.edu/programs.

May 10, 2018by Kristina Haensgen
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