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IT & Web

IT’s Coming to a Campus Near You

Interested in taking IT classes but Moraine Park Technical College’s Fond du Lac campus is too far away?  Then I have good news for you. The IT Tech Support Specialist program is expanding to the West Bend campus starting this fall.
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May 5, 2017by Joe Desiderio
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Trades

Student Spotlight: Jacob Stamm, Electricity

Moraine Park electrical student Jacob Stamm at Skills USA

If you’ve been looking for a rewarding career, perhaps you may want to consider a career in the electricity field. Here are a few good reasons why and here’s some insight into our program, straight from one of our students:
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March 3, 2017by Mark Wamsley
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Cosmetology

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

two female students at moraine park do manicures

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.
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February 20, 2017by Michelle Freund
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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.
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February 20, 2017by Joan Falter
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Business

It’s Never Too Late!

Mother and two sons

Written by Terri Gillian, Administrative Professional student

I remember the day like it was yesterday. It was a Saturday night and I had just finished a 13-hour work day and a 53-hour work week. I was tired and I felt like I hadn’t seen my kids in days. I was juggling two jobs while supporting two kids on my own and I was exhausted in every way imaginable.

It was time for a change.
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November 2, 2016by Amy Harmsen
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Manufacturing, Throwbacks

THROWBACK: Metal Fabrication, then and now!

Metal Fabrication is all about changes. It’s a transformative act. Taking machines and structures and using them to cut, assemble or bend metal for different purposes.

But what changes in metal fabrication itself have happened over the years?
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October 6, 2016by Andrew Pantzlaff
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