Moraine Park Technical College will hold their spring 2019 New Student Welcome Day event on Wednesday, January 16 at all three of their campuses; Beaver Dam, Fond du Lac, and West Bend.

The event will be held open-house style at all three campuses from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. New students who are beginning program classes in spring 2019 are encouraged to attend. Participants will be offered personal guided tours to help locate classrooms, assistance in finding the most convenient parking lot, printed course schedules, ID photos, and the opportunity to purchase their textbooks. Registration is encouraged but not required.  

For more information, or to register, visit morainepark.edu/student-welcome-days.

Moraine Park Technical College will be hosting a site review February 5 -7, 2019 for its continuing accreditation for the Nursing Associates degree program by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN).

The public is invited to meet the site visit team and share their comments about the program. The open forum meeting will take place on Wednesday, February 6, 2019, from 4:00 to 4:30 p.m.at any of Moraine Park’s three main campuses, Beaver Dam, room K-201; Fond du Lac, room E-141; West Bend, room L-137.

Written comments are also welcome and should be received by January 31, 2019.

Dr. Marsal Stoll, Chief Executive Officer

Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing

3343 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 850

Atlanta, GA 30326

Email: mstoll@acenursing.org

For more information, visit morainepark.edu.

Check out some of the creative color projects the cosmetology students worked on.  Students take all they have learned about color over the past 16-weeks to come up with a finished manikin head.  There are many factors that go into the final grade.  Some scoring guides are that they have to use at least two different techniques (slicing, weaving, hand painting, fading of colors), creativity, incorporating methods for depositing and lightening hair and a finished style.  This is a fun project but also important because it is 25% of their final grade for their Highlighting and corrective color class!  

To find out how you can start your cosmetology career, click here https://www.morainepark.edu/programs/cosmetology/

On Wednesday, December 5, MPTC Welding Instructor Aide Dan Eldridge, Welding Bootcamp Student Amy Mann, and EWD Business Rep Beau Gellings, visited teens in grades 5-12 and staff from the Boys and Girls Club of the Tri-County Area for a fun two hour interactive Dream Big event.

“MPTC visited our Club to talk about different educational options and career opportunities  in welding and allowed us to get hands on experience with the virtual welding equipment! 15 teen Club members tried it out and asked lots of questions.  Members earned scores for their welding performance based on 5 different measurements that make a good weld. There was some serious competition!  It was a fun and educational evening that may have lit some sparks for our kids!  Thank you MPTC!” – Carrie Govek, Tri-County BGC Teen Futures Coordinator 

“I was wondering if the kids would understand what a great opportunity it would be to get introduced to a welding career by having fun on the virtual welder, just like a computer game!  It’s very exciting for me to give back after all I have received through MPTC and the boot camp!” – Amy Mann, Moraine Park welding intern

 “It was really great tonight for me to see our student become the teacher.  I saw her giving the kids the exact same instructions we gave her when she was a beginning welder just 3 months ago. We are so proud of her!” – Dan Eldridge, welding instructor aide

Dan also told us that Amy just got offered at job at MEC, where she was serving her internship. 

The Dream Big project started last year with Boys and Girls Club of Fond du Lac teens learning more about the over 100 careers available through MPTC.  This year, Dream Big is expanding throughout the MPTC district to include Boys and Girls Club of the Tri-County Area (Berlin, Green Lake County) and Boys and Girls Club of Washington County (West Bend).  This is a great community partnership opportunity for Moraine Park students to showcase their careers and practice service learning  and for Boys and Girls Club members to get excited about career choices!

For more information on Moraine Park, visit morainepark.edu.

Moraine Park held a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) course at Slinger High School this fall. This opportunity allowed for high school students to obtain both a certificate and college credit.

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Fight That Winter Frizz!

A tip from Eileen Bouchard, cosmetology instructor

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In November, Campus Compact brought together over 150 students from across the United States, including our own MPTC Newman Civic Fellow Queenie Weesen!  The Newman Civic Fellowship recognizes and supports the next generation of public problem solvers.  MPTC is SO proud to have our student earning this national recognition and participating in this important work!  Read Queenie’s award story here.

Campus Compact advances the public purpose of over 1,000 colleges and universities across the U.S., deepening their ability to improve community life and educate students for civic and social responsibility.  At the national conference, students gathered at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate.  Students participated in small group world cafe activities, changemaker conversations, Senate immersion modules, and Organizing for Positive Change workshops.  Queenie returned excited and empowered to continue all her good work her at MPTC and in her home community.

“It was very inspiring to meet so many students motivated to change the world!”

For more information on Moraine Park, visit morainepark.edu.

Click here to vies more conference photos.

Moraine Park’s West Bend campus held their holiday event on Tuesday, December 4.

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