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Cosmetology “Highlights” – Weeks of February 6 & 13, 2017

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Another great week in the salon!!  If you are looking to get a color, highlights, haircut or facial waxing, please call Techniques Salon and Spa at 920-929-2106.  If you are interested in finding out how you can start your career in hair, click here. Continue reading

February 20, 2017by Michelle Freund
Financial Aid, Student Services & Support

Writing a winning scholarship essay

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Many scholarship applications will require an essay or a personal statement. Check out these tips to write an effective essay!
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February 20, 2017by Julie Waldvogel-Leitner
Business, Hired Before Graduation, Veterans

Hired Before Graduation: Displaced worker returns to retool

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Mary Polter knows the benefit of education and hard work.  In the late 1980s, she graduated from Moraine Park Technical College’s administrative assistant program while serving in the Army Reserves.  For 25 years she worked in accounts payable at two employers.  But when her department was outsourced overseas, she spent nine months searching for a new job.  She considered her options and accepted her former employer’s reeducation funding.

Mary took a step in a new direction with college that had helped her in the past.  She returned to Moraine Park to earn an associate degree in accounting. Continue reading

February 20, 2017by Joan Falter
Health Careers & Wellness

Opportunities await in MLT

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Currently, I have 7 students at clinical sites practicing to become Medical Laboratory Technicians (MLT). Working in the MLT field, body fluids – primarily blood – is tested to help the physicians with treatment plans and diagnosis for their patients. This is an exciting time for MLT students; now they see how their didactic studies at Moraine Park support the work that is done in a clinical lab.

It is exciting for me as well! Continue reading

February 20, 2017by Linda Bau
Student Services & Support

Here to There: Moraine Park hosting in-person, online transfer fairs

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Transferring Moraine Park Technical College credits to a four-year college or university has never been easier. Find information from over 20 four-year colleges and universities at Moraine Park’s Transfer Fair, held on Tuesday, Feb. 21, at the Beaver Dam campus; Wednesday, Feb. 22, at the Fond du Lac campus; and Thursday, Feb. 23, at the West Bend campus. The event will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the cafeteria at each location.  Continue reading

February 17, 2017by Andrew Pantzlaff
Alumni, Throwbacks

THROWBACK: Shakedown 1979, cool kids never have the time …

legs hanging out of car doors at moraine park in 1979

School can’t be all work and no play, right? Sure looked that way in 1979 here at Moraine Park. Take a look at some of the fun our students were having back then. Continue reading

February 16, 2017by Andrew Pantzlaff
Faculty and Staff, Health Careers & Wellness

Skills … Nursing Students Have Skills!

moraine park nursing students practicing drawing blood

The first- and third-semester Beaver Dam Nursing Basic and Advanced Skills Course students recently collaborated to test their nursing skills regarding patient care.

Various activities were performed in a simulated patient environment. Nursing students need to be able to demonstrate skills in order to complete the course and progress in the program. Continue reading

February 16, 2017by Heddy Pahnke
Business

Why Administrative Professional?

shannon sitting at desk in moraine park

Do you enjoy working with others, have good oral and written communication skills, possess strong organizational skills, and project a professional attitude and image?

If so, we have three great reasons to consider a career as an Administrative Professional: Continue reading

February 15, 2017by Amy Harmsen
Cosmetology, Student Life

Cosmetology “Highlights:” Creative Skill

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The definition of art is: the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.

Cosmetology students definitely express their art skills through design and creativity working on clients and other projects.  A project our current “Jr” class was given was to create something out of miscellaneous items.  They could create whatever they wanted.  Here are some photos that show them creating and what they came up with.  Continue reading

February 14, 2017by Michelle Freund
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