Moraine Park Technical College

WB: Free Grab & Go Breakfast
2019-09-04 07:30 - 09:00 (America/Chicago)
For your morning on the run, stop by the West Bend Commons area and grab a free donut, bagel, yogurt, coffee, etc.
Free for students with an ID. $1 for staff with ID.
Served while quantities last.

BD: Bingo 'n Lunch
2019-09-04 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Beaver Dam Campus, Room K-104, 700 Gould Street, Beaver Dam , 53916
Play Bingo to win! Lots of prizes and a FREE lunch for participants. Must pre-register by Tuesday, 9/3 – contact Lisa in Student Life (K-323), lmanuell@morainepark.edu, 920-887-4462, TTY/VP: Use Relay/VRS or sign up on the bulletin board in the BD commons area.
Sponsored by the Beaver Dam Student Senate.

BD: Free Donuts
2019-09-04 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Beaver Dam Campus, Commons Area
Welcome in Spring semester with free donuts! Evening students, stop by the commons area between 6 – 7 p.m. (served on a first-come, first-served basis).
Courtesy of the Beaver Dam Student Senate.

BD: Student Senate Meeting
2019-09-05 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Beaver Dam Campus, Room K-104, 700 Gould Street, Beaver Dam , 53916
You are invited to Student Senate! Membership requirements are minimal but meaningful. Besides enhancing their employability skills and resumes, members receive a ton of perks!
FREE lunch for members and prospective members.
Join us. Why?

To enhance your resume
To develop employability skills
To meet new people and make friends
To get involved
To network – on campus, in the community and throughout the state
To plan and promote entertaining and educational activities and events
To give a voice to Moraine Park’s student body and make decisions that affect them
To attend leadership and programming conferences and workshops, legislative seminars, and state-wide student government meetings
To experience college life and learning beyond the classroom
To influence change at Moraine Park
To grow as a leader, team-player and communicator
To learn balance, multi-tasking and prioritization
To make a difference in the community by supporting, sponsoring and leading community service projects
To have fun!

All students are welcome.
For more information, contact Lisa (K-323), lmanuell@morainepark.edu, 920-887-4462.

Waupun Volksfest German Festival
2019-09-06 - 2019-09-07
Waupun welcome’s you to the 26th Annual German Ethnic Festival! Volksfest is “a festival for all people” featuring traditional German food & beverages, live music and dancing, Wild Goose Chase run, and fun for the whole family! FREE parking and admission!
Details here: https://www.travelwisconsin.com/events/fairs-festivals/volksfest-german-ethnic-festival-41192

Forklift Safety
2019-09-07 07:45 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Fond du Lac Campus, Room B-109, 235 N. National Avenue, Fond du Lac, WI, 54935, United States
Explore the fundamentals of forklift operation in the workplace. Students receive hands-on application by practicing with a forklift. Participants examine factors affecting safe operation for the operator, the load, the forklift and the physical environment. Certification is available upon completion for propane, electric and pallet jack forklifts (types I, IV, V). Class is compliant with OSHA standard 1910.178 for powered trucks. Forklift books are included in the cost and will be distributed by the instructor the day of the class.

BD: Casino 'n Lunch
2019-09-09 11:30 - 13:00 UTC | Beaver Dam Campus, Commons Area
Play Blackjack, Roulette, and Poker to win prizes! FREE lunch for student and staff participants. Come and go as your schedule allows. No experience necessary; all games are fun, fast and easy to learn. No pre-registration required.
Sponsored by the Beaver Dam Student Senate.

QuickBooks Desktop Basics
2019-09-09 17:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Fond du Lac Campus, Room O-107, 235 N National Ave, Fond du Lac , 54935
This is a brief introductory course that covers the basic concepts of QuickBooks. It also reviews fundamental accounting concepts. The key lesion features you will learn are managing QuickBook files, working with customer and vendor transactions, banking with QuickBooks, planning and creating a new company, and opening of balances and balance sheet reports.
This class meets Mondays, September 9, 16, 23 and 30, 2019

Soup with Sandy: Meet the new Student Involvement Specialist
2019-09-10 11:30 - 12:30 (America/Chicago)
Stop by the Commons Area to meet Sandy and learn about all the Student Life opportunities that will enrich your college experience and help you reach your full potential.
Free for students; $1 for staff.
Served while quanities last.

FDL: 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony
2019-09-11 11:30 - 12:30 (America/Chicago) | Fond du Lac Campus, Commons Area, 235 N. National Avenue, Fond du Lac, WI, 54935
Moraine Park’s Student Veterans Association will conduct a short remembrance ceremony to honor those who lost their lives during the September 11th attacks and dedicate two reflection benches constructed by a local Boy Scout, Jacob Liethen. This event is open to the public.

BD: Softball 'n Dinner
2019-09-11 17:30 - 20:30 UTC | Beaver Dam Campus, Room H104, 700 Gould Street, Beaver Dam, WI, 53916
Let’s play softball! Game begins at 5:30 p.m. and is followed by a free dinner (optional). All students are welcome; no experience necessary. This is a great way to meet people, relax, have fun and even win door prize money! Must pre-register by Monday, 9/9 with Lisa (K-323), lmanuell@morainepark.edu, 920-887-4462, TTY/VP: Use Relay/VRS.
Players should meet at 5:30 p.m. in the Commons Area of the Beaver Dam campus.
Sponsored by the Beaver Dam Student Senate.

MPTC German Exchange Student Program
2019-09-12 - 2019-09-15
Have you ever thought about hosting a foreign exchange student?
If you or somebody you know are interested in hosting a college German exchange student in your home from September 12-25, 2019 please contact Anne Lemke, Student Community Impact Coordinator at 920-924-3329 or alemke2@morainepark.edu.

FDL: Student Senate Meeting
2019-09-12 11:30 - 12:30 UTC | Fond du Lac Campus, Room A-112, 235 N. National Avenue, Fond du Lac, WI, 54935
Do you want to meet new people, plan activities, make important decisions, and enhance your resume? If yes, then you should consider joining Student Senate!
All students are welcome! Free lunch for those that attend.

WB: Student Senate Meeting
2019-09-12 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
You are invited to Student Senate! Membership requirements are minimal but meaningful. Besides enhancing their employability skills and resumes, members receive a ton of perks!
FREE lunch for members and prospective members.
Join us. Why?

To enhance your resume
To develop employability skills
To meet new people and make friends
To get involved
To network – on campus, in the community and throughout the state
To plan and promote entertaining and educational activities and events
To give a voice to Moraine Park’s student body and make decisions that affect them
To attend leadership and programming conferences and workshops, legislative seminars, and state-wide student government meetings
To experience college life and learning beyond the classroom
To influence change at Moraine Park
To grow as a leader, team-player and communicator
To learn balance, multi-tasking and prioritization
To make a difference in the community by supporting, sponsoring and leading community service projects
To have fun!

All students are welcome.

Grant Writing 101
2019-09-12 15:30 - 18:30 (America/Chicago) | West Bend Campus, Room T-120, 2151 North Main Street, West Bend , 53090
Know the basics about grant writing form the preplanning steps to identifying and selecting opportunities. Understand the process, format, content, and submission guidelines you need to be aware of. This foundation grant writing course will get you started in the grant writing world!

Microsoft Excel Level 2 Professional Series
2019-09-12 17:30 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Fond du Lac Campus, Room O-107, 235 N National Ave, Fond du Lac , 54935
This course covers more complex skills than those presented in Level 1 course, but with the same proven instructional design.
Topics introduced include large worksheets and workbooks; tables; outlines; inserting clip art, pictures and SmartArt; templates; digital signatures; and more. After completing this course, students can successfully face the challenges presented in Microsoft Excel 2013: Level 3.
This class meets September 12 and 19.

Supervision 101
2019-09-13 08:00 - 16:30 (America/Chicago) | Beaver Dam Campus, Room K-202, 700 Gould Street, Beaver Dam, WI, 53916, United States
You’ve moved into a new role – Supervisor. Now you have so many questions about topics you have never even had to consider before. Communication, goal setting, delegation, coaching, legal issues – it’s just the beginning. This session will give you the tools you need to easily make the transition into your new role and help your team succeed. Over three days, you will learn the basic elements necessary to all new supervisors and have the opportunity to get answers to you most important questions. This interactive session will leave you with the “tools in your toolbox” to get started.

The role of the supervisor
Effective communications
Planning function
Performance and supervision
Effective discipline
Conflict management
Implementing change
Legal issues important to supervisors

This class meets on Fridays, September 13, 20 and 27.

Automotive Circuits and Testing
2019-09-13 09:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago) | Fond du Lac Campus, Room B-129, 235 N National Ave, Fond du Lac, WI, 54935, United States
Build circuits and utilize basic electrical test equipment to understand electrical fundamentals. Apply Ohm’s law to series, parallel, and series-parallel circuits. Classroom education is combined with hands-on application. Course prepares student for completion of A6 ASE electrical exam.

Reiki for Health Care Professionals
2019-09-14 08:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | West Bend Campus, Room T-104, 2151 North Main Street , West Bend , 53090
Hands-on healing that is effective for emotional, mental and physical health issues is currently being practiced at 800 hospitals and clinics throughout the United States. While focusing on the use of Reiki in the Health Care profession, this Japanese form of stress reduction and deep relaxation helps strengthen the immune system and promote healing for just about anyone. Join us to learn Level I Reiki so you are able to give a Reiki session to a patient and perform self-healing. A book is provided. Students will earn a certificate of completion.

Hispanic Heritage Month
2019-09-15 - 2019-10-15

MPTC District Board Meeting
2019-09-18 17:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
Click here to view the agenda

Fond du Lac Black Experience Moving Screening
2019-09-18 18:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago)
Learn about the untold story of African American entrepreneurship, where skill, industriousness, ingenuity and sheer courage in the face of overwhelming odds provide the backbone of this nation’s economic and social growth.
Free outside film screening with refreshments available to purchase.
This event is sponsored by Wisconsin Public Television, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Fit Oshkosh, Inc., Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts and the Regional People of Color Business Association.
View details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/706395533133781/

Problem Solving
2019-09-19 08:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | Fond du Lac Campus, Room O-104, 235 N National Ave. , Fond du Lac , 54935
Participants learn to complete tasks with incomplete information and/or unavailable resources, analyze processes by breaking them down into manageable tasks or steps, and identify root causes of problems. Participants use quality tools to arrive at possible solutions to problems and apply reasoned criteria to select the best potential solutions.

WB: Bingo & Lunch
2019-09-19 11:30 - 12:30 (America/Chicago)
Play BINGO to win lots of PRIZES! Free pizza and chicken fingers!
Students must show ID; $1 for staff.
Must pre-register by Wednesday, September 18 to sbotham@morainepark.edu or sign up at the bulletin board near L-160.2.

BD: Student Senate Meeting
2019-09-19 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Beaver Dam Campus, Room K-104, 700 Gould Street, Beaver Dam , 53916
You are invited to Student Senate! Membership requirements are minimal but meaningful. Besides enhancing their employability skills and resumes, members receive a ton of perks!
FREE lunch for members and prospective members.
Join us. Why?

To enhance your resume
To develop employability skills
To meet new people and make friends
To get involved
To network – on campus, in the community and throughout the state
To plan and promote entertaining and educational activities and events
To give a voice to Moraine Park’s student body and make decisions that affect them
To attend leadership and programming conferences and workshops, legislative seminars, and state-wide student government meetings
To experience college life and learning beyond the classroom
To influence change at Moraine Park
To grow as a leader, team-player and communicator
To learn balance, multi-tasking and prioritization
To make a difference in the community by supporting, sponsoring and leading community service projects
To have fun!

All students are welcome.
For more information, contact Lisa (K-323), lmanuell@morainepark.edu, 920-887-4462 , TTY/VP: Use Relay/VRS.

BD: Habitat for Humanity Volunteer Build Day
2019-09-20 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago)
Helping others helps yourself. Volunteer. Your resume will thank you for it. Employers seek civic-minded applicants, so don’t waste this opportunity to build along-side fellow Moraine Park students! The work load is flexible and not physically demanding past what you are capable of; no experience necessary.
Sign-up with Lisa in Student Life (K-323), lmanuell@morainepark.edu no later than Wednesday, September 18. Volunteer spots are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Sponsored by the Beaver Dam Student Senate.

Thresheree & Harvest Festival
2019-09-21 09:00 - 2019-09-22 17:00 (America/Chicago)
Richfield Nature / Historical Park
1896 State Highway 164, Richfield
Admission Fee: $6; Children 12 & Under, Free
Enjoy wholesome fun for the whole family with a trip down memory lane. Field demonstrations including steam engine threshing, log sawing, plowing, draft horses, sawmill, antique engines and tractors, Gehl machinery exhibit, tours of Grist Mill, Mill House, Lillicrapp Welcome Center, Pioneer Homestead, Sugar Shack and Blacksmith Shop.
Sing along with live music, enjoy children’s activities. Free Wagon Rides, Sweets ‘n Stuff, Silent Auction. WTKM live broadcast, Saturday. Pastries & coffee for sale 9 – 10, Lunch menu starting at 10, Pie Contest enter by 10 – judging 10:30, Old Tractor Parade 11:30. Tasty Kettle Korn, Ice Cream Sundaes, & Maple Cotton Candy.
richfieldhistoricalsociety.org

Influential Leadership
2019-09-23 08:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | Fond du Lac Campus, Room O-102, 235 N National Ave, Fond du Lac, WI, 54935, United States
People deliver results, it’s just that simple. But often interpersonal conflicts and communication breakdowns get in the way of truly great performance. In this series, participants focus on building competence in the areas of: leadership credibility, accountability, interpersonal communication, collaboration, integrity and navigating change.
Target Audience: Individual contributors as well as leaders who seek to develop strong teams and drive outstanding results will benefit from this series.
Outcomes:

Apply basic leadership principles to build trust and promote collaboration in the workplace.
Understand and appreciate diverse communication and thinking styles.
Listen to the information needed to achieve results while maintaining constructive relationships.
Manage emotions and overcome conflict in the workplace.
Take positive action to make change successful, both individually and with others.
Develop an action plan focused on application of skills to the workplace.

This class meets Mondays, September 23, 30, October 7, 14 and 21, 2019

BD: Flag Football 'n Dinner
2019-09-23 17:30 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
Ready to have a blast? Play flag football, eat a free dinner afterwards (optional) and enter your name into a drawing for door prizes! No experience necessary, all students are welcome to play. Must pre-register by Thursday, 9/19. Contact Lisa in Student Life (K-323), lmanuell@morainepark.edu or 920-887-4462, TTY/VP: Use Relay/VRS.
Sponsored by the Beaver Dam Student Senate.

Contractor CE - Personality Matters: Better Communication
2019-09-23 17:30 - 21:30 (America/Chicago) | Fond du Lac Campus, Room B-109, 235 N. National Avenue, Fond du Lac, WI, 54935, United States
Expert communication between construction professionals and others on the job site is essential for successful project completion. Contractors tradespeople may interact with on-site supervisors and project managers as well as, expeditors, bookkeepers, and designers to name a few. Successfully communicating with others requires clear and efficient communication tailored to the needs of all those involved. Learn how personality impacts the construction process.
