Spring 2022 Student Community Impact Awards
Pictured above: President Bonnie Baerwald and Student Community Impact Coordinator Anne Lemke present Mina Vang-Xiong with her President’s Award.
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. We encourage 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, and President’s Award for 200 hours!
In the Spring, 2022 semester, 29 students earned awards and logged over 1,600 hours of service! Congratulations to our Spring, 2022 award winners!
Presidents Award
Two graduating students earned the President’s Award for over 200 hours of service each in their time at MPTC! The students are Alaska Burroughs – Marketing and Social Media; and Mina Vang-Xiong – IT Technical Support and Network Specialist. MPTC President Bonnie Baerwald celebrated with and congratulated each student, stating: “I’m extremely proud of the accomplishments of Mina and Alaska. Each has their own unique story and came to Moraine Park Technical College to explore and create new career opportunities. In addition to their work and college obligations, their volunteer efforts exemplify the college values of continuous improvement, collaboration, and impactful learning. I can’t wait to see what the future holds for them!”
Gold Award
Completing 100-199 hours of service-learning or volunteering.
Burroughs, Alaska – Marketing and Social Media
Dziuba, Austin – Marketing and Social Media
Vang-Xiong, Mina – IT Technical Support and Network Specialist
Silver Award
Completing 50-99 hours of service-learning or volunteering.
Burroughs, Alaska – Marketing and Social Media
Dziuba, Austin – Marketing and Social Media
Hackett, Richard – Leadership Development
Rogers, Dorothy – Paralegal
Smith, Brooke – Medical Assistant
Vang-Xiong, Mina – IT Technical Support and Network Specialist
Bronze Award
Completing 25-49 hours of service-learning or volunteering.
Bille, Ellen – Medical Assistant
Brantmeier, Samantha – Medical Assistant
Burroughs, Alaska – Marketing and Social Media
Carbajal, Yaneli – Medical Assistant
Corona, Ruby – Medical Assistant
Davis, Jada – Medical Assistant
Detert, Jozee – Medical Assistant
Devries, Kelly, Medical Assistant
Dziuba, Austin – Marketing and Social Media
Goldbach, Courtney – Medical Assistant
Hackett, Richard – Leadership Development
Jetzer, Jennifer – Medical Assistant
Krause, Michael – Leadership Development
Lear, Jamie – Medical Assistant
May, Chantel – Medical Assistant
Neitzel, Amanda – Medical Assistant
Nieman, Emily – Medical Assistant
Nieman, Olivia – Medical Assistant
Olson, Kara – Leadership Development
Peplinski, Samantha – Medical Assistant
Race, Miranda – Medical Assistant
Roecker, Kayla – Medical Assistant
Schick, Hailey – Medical Assistant
Smith, Brooke – Medical Assistant
Swedowski, Stephanie – Medical Assistant
Ward, Sydney – Medical Assistant
Wendt, Madelynn – Medical Assistant