With election season in full swing, this week’s “Throwback” goes back to the year the voting age in the United States was officially lowered to 18 years old.

The year was 1971, and here’s a look at Nursing Assistant students who graduated from Moraine Park Technical College that year.

Wonder what else their world was like back then?  
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Shown here is a scene from a barber’s clinic held at Moraine Park Technical College in 1971. Apprentices, journeymen and master barbers were initiated into the world of hair styling and razor cutting to meet the demands of long hair, which was increasingly favored by men of fashion.

Fast-forward now some 35 years later to today.
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It’s that time of year again! With registration now open for the 2016 fall semester, many current and prospective students are diving into our course and program offerings and signing-up for classes.

With that in mind, we thought it would be fun to take a look back at a couple of our favorite Moraine Park catalogs from yesteryear. 
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Here at Moraine Park Technical College, we’ve recently unveiled a brand new logo. In honor of this exciting new look, we thought it would be fun to revisit some of our old logos from throughout the years. 
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Shown in this undated photo is one of our Moraine Park accounting classes from a bygone era.

In contrast, also shown here are photos of our modern-day accounting students from this past tax season. They offered free tax preparation as part of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program for individuals who met IRS guidelines.  
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In this newspaper clipping from 1971, law enforcement officers “made their moves” during a one-day firearms school at Eldorado Marsh shooting range. The class was sponsored by Moraine Park Technical College and the Fond du Lac County Traffic Police Department. Around 40 law enforcement officers from around the state were in attendance.
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It’s safe to assume you’re reading this on some sort of modern computer, or tablet or phone. Something that can probably do everything short of buttering your toast in the morning (but maybe there’s an app for that, too?!). Alas, the device you’re currently staring at can send Tweets and emails. It surfs the ever-rolling waves of the worldwide web. It can play Candy Crush. You know, important stuff.
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With Moraine Park Technical College debuting a major redesign of its website this week, for old time’s sake we thought it would be fun to reflect on previous iterations of our online home, morainepark.edu. Take a look at these homepage screenshots through the years! It’s amazing to see how much things have evolved in just a decade’s time, isn’t it?
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Shown in this undated photo, Fond du Lac Vocational School students help unload a Giddings and Lewis truck.

The College has maintained partnerships with many business and industry entities today. In fact, Giddings and Lewis (now known as Five Giddings & Lewis) is still supporting our mission, and was among 18 businesses and organizations recognized this month by the Moraine Park Foundation for supporting its Forming Alliances to Cultivate Talent (FACT) program.
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