Pictured from Left to Right, MPTC Criminal Justice Instructor Jeff Gruss, IT Student Ana Chavez, Criminal Justice Students Shay Jaffke and Cheyanne Dipaola , Criminal Justice Instructor Joan Barfield, and Rotarian Kelly Norton.
Oliver Buechse is the co-Founder and Executive Director of Advancing AI Wisconsin. In this role he has championed a community-based effort to increase awareness of digital disruption in Wisconsin and build educational programming for business audiences.
We increasingly read about today’s newest technologies (Artificial intelligence, blockchain, machine learning, virtual reality, autonomous vehicles). But living in Wisconsin, we often ask the following questions:
• What are these technologies?
• Isn’t this technology 5 years away?
• Aren’t the companies and industries using this technology just in New York, Chicago, or Silicon Valley?
• How can I get skills in Northeast Wisconsin to be involved with these technologies?
Oliver Buechse, co-Founder and Executive Director of Advancing AI Wisconsin, will present at Moraine Park Technical College on Tuesday, April 30th at 4:00pm.
Campus Location: 235 N National Avenue, Fond du Lac, WI. The event will be held in room A109 (Cafeteria). Get Campus and Visitor Information here.
Register for this free event at the NEW IT Alliance Events page. Refreshments will be provided.
The TechTalk series hopes to reach colleges and universities across Northeast Wisconsin allowing both students and community members to learn about technologies, careers, and educational opportunities.
Good Luck to Moraine Park Students participating in The Pitch entrepreneurship competition this Thursday, April 11 in Green Bay.
The Pitch was created by the Fox Connection, a collaboration of the premier colleges and universities in northeast Wisconsin to enhance entrepreneurial education and opportunity for area students.
Students Shae Stangl, Kristen Westlake, and Patrick Rupprecht will be presenting their ‘pitch’ under team name Emergent Technologies.
(Kelly Shafaie AD-Nursing, Heddy Pahnke Admin Assistant-Nursing, Melissa Rodriguez, Grace Rommelfanger, Kristen Finnel Dean-Health, Mary Scheuermann, Cathy Bosch, Patrick McCain, Casey Truse, Karrie Bruegman-May, April Herrera, Kerry DeGroot)
Moraine Park’s Nursing program will be implementing a new computerized testing program titled ExamSoft this Fall 2018 semester. All Nursing theory and skills courses will be utilizing this software for all tests/exams throughout the program.
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!
On May 1, 2018, Fond du Lac Boys and Girls Club kids in grades 5-11 were excited to meet and learn with Moraine Park IT Network Specialist student Phil Conley!
Phil was excited to showcase desktop computer building for Club kids. He said, “it’s really fun to see the kids excited about building computers and how all the wires and cables work. Hopefully I helped them learn and explore what a great career field IT can be!”
Fond du Lac Boys and Girls Club Director of Teen Services Dillon Wiese said, “Our teens had the fun opportunity to take apart and rebuild 2 computers with Mr. Phil from Moraine Park. What a fun, interactive learning experience for all those who participated! Thank you Moraine Park for this great stretch of Dream Big presentations! They were enjoyed by all and I can’t say thank you enough for the opportunities you’ve provided our teens with. I’m hoping this is something we can attempt every school year! Your clubs were all tremendous and thank you again to the students and instructors for taking time out of their schedules to help educate our youth.”
The idea for “Dream Big and Have Fun” began with the Moraine Park Technical College District Student Government President/IT Club Vice President, Phil Conley. Phil was passionate about helping kids after volunteering with the IT Club internet safety project at Boys and Girls Club last year. He had an awesome brainstorm to reach out to all the Moraine Park Clubs through Student Senate and make a plan for each one to visit the Boys & Girls Club to share some learning and fun from their programs/careers. Clubs will be featured all throughout the months of March and April. This is a great opportunity for Moraine Park students to earn service learning hours and for Fond du Lac Boys and Girls Club members to get excited about future career choices!
For more information on Moraine Park, visit morainepark.edu.
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.
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 St. from 4 to 6 p.m. in the cafeteria. For more information, contact Joe Sibilski at (262) 335-5772.
Ladies, have you ever thought about a career in IT but don’t know a LAN from a WAN, a server from a switch, a router from a hub? Does the thought of taking apart a computer terrify you? You’re not alone! If you are interested in testing the waters to see if a career in IT is for you, we invite you to participate in our introductory course to help ease your fears and make that leap!
From left to right: Queenie Weesen, MPTC Nursing Student; Anne Lemke, MPTC Experiential Learning Coordinator; Jose Bustos, MPTC IT Student.
Wisconsin Campus Compact annually gives out awards to recognize those who have shown excellence in civic engagement. Winners of Wisconsin and national awards were honored at the annual WiCC Civic Engagement Institute, March 8-9, 2018 at UW-Whitewater.
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