Hello and welcome back to The Scribbler! This week has been busy for us Moraine Park Technical College students!
On Tuesday we had our Last Blast on the Beaver Dam campus! Adam Ace came to Moraine Park for a wonderful game show. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bndQNl4vY0E. To see a game from his past, click on the link.
We had many students come and enjoy the free pizza and the show, and dozens of students participated in the game! With the many participants, we also had many winners! They won anything from a rubber snake to Chamber of Commerce vouchers. Very cool! Congratulations to Marilyn Nohr, Jessica Backhuber and Anna Bille who won the Chamber vouchers! Way to go!!
As I wrote on Monday, I was a game show hostess. I chickened out on my plan though. I was going to go to Goodwill and buy a prom dress for my “Vanna White” job. Instead, I wore my regular clothes. As it was, I should have done the prom dress; the humor would have been recognized.
On Wednesday the Business Meeting and Event Planning class had an assignment to run a successful brat and burger fry to support the local food pantry! YUMMMMM! That class worked very hard selling brats, burgers, punch and pastries and raised over $330 for the cause!! Awesome!
Dawn Dobbratz was also there supporting PAVE. http://www.pavingtheway.net/
Students and staff were to wear jeans and donate a dollar. They would then get to wear a sticker to show they supported PAVE and to promote the drive Dawn was head of. She raised a bit over $40! Good for you, Dawn!
On Friday the Student Senate is having an awards dinner in Lomira. Semi-formal dinner to recognize excellence and time volunteered. I cannot wait; it should be a blast!
Make it a great one,
Kirsten
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
Last Blast!
Hello again and welcome back to The Scribbler! How was your holiday weekend? My weekend was very nice, and the sunny weather on Sunday helped that along just fine!
So guess what? This Tuesday, yes that means tomorrow, Moraine Park Technical College’s Beaver Dam campus is having their LAST BLAST year end celebration!! WOO HOO!
The events start at 11:30 a.m. and run to 1:00 p.m. There is a chance to win money during the game show, Biz Quiz Comedy Game Show with Adam Ace...COOL! Adam Ace is awesome! He has performed over 350 campuses throughout the nation.
Check it out----- http://showbizquizgameshow.com/
Laughing, eating and winning all in one afternoon? Cannot beat that, except I can…add an extra hoot to me since I will be the game show hostess…me, Mrs. Fallsdownalots! Cross your fingers that I stay on two feet for the entirety of the show!
Hope to see you there!
Make it a great one,
Kirsten
So guess what? This Tuesday, yes that means tomorrow, Moraine Park Technical College’s Beaver Dam campus is having their LAST BLAST year end celebration!! WOO HOO!
The events start at 11:30 a.m. and run to 1:00 p.m. There is a chance to win money during the game show, Biz Quiz Comedy Game Show with Adam Ace...COOL! Adam Ace is awesome! He has performed over 350 campuses throughout the nation.
Check it out----- http://showbizquizgameshow.com/
Laughing, eating and winning all in one afternoon? Cannot beat that, except I can…add an extra hoot to me since I will be the game show hostess…me, Mrs. Fallsdownalots! Cross your fingers that I stay on two feet for the entirety of the show!
Hope to see you there!
Make it a great one,
Kirsten
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Spoiler Alert/Easter Bunny
Hello and welcome back to The Scribbler! This is a short week here at Moraine Park Technical College because of the holiday coming up. I don’t have school on Fridays anyway so this week is the same for me as it always is.
When it comes to holidays, Easter is my least favorite. I love the fact that it is usually the first holiday of spring and I love that my family gets together but…what’s the deal with the Easter Bunny? According to Wikipedia, the legendary bunny brings baskets filled with colored eggs, candy and sometimes toys to the children of Christmas as they both bring gifts to children on the night before the respective holiday. Now, I could go on and on about Germany, the Holy Roman Empire, Alsace and Upper Rhineland from the 1500’s are all to do with the origination of the hopping dude with baskets or you could search it out yourself. As for the US, the Bunny dude hopped about in the 18th century and was considered one of childhood’s greatest pleasures.
Help me out here…colored eggs that children dye and only eat the white part, get side walk chalk that gets crushed in the driveway or melts away from the rain by June, bubbles that are fun for a few hours until they spill all over the kids’ dollar store flip flops they also got from the hare….I never know what to get!
At what age should a child “know” about the infamous rabbit? I would love to shout it from the roof tops and spoil it for all so I don’t have to buy anymore cruddy baskets or grass that the cat won’t leave alone. What perspective can you give me to learn to like that four legged creature and the things it brings?
Nevertheless, I love holiday gatherings, and as for this MPTC student, I should look at this holiday as a sign that the semester is almost done!
Make it a great one,
Kirsten
When it comes to holidays, Easter is my least favorite. I love the fact that it is usually the first holiday of spring and I love that my family gets together but…what’s the deal with the Easter Bunny? According to Wikipedia, the legendary bunny brings baskets filled with colored eggs, candy and sometimes toys to the children of Christmas as they both bring gifts to children on the night before the respective holiday. Now, I could go on and on about Germany, the Holy Roman Empire, Alsace and Upper Rhineland from the 1500’s are all to do with the origination of the hopping dude with baskets or you could search it out yourself. As for the US, the Bunny dude hopped about in the 18th century and was considered one of childhood’s greatest pleasures.
Help me out here…colored eggs that children dye and only eat the white part, get side walk chalk that gets crushed in the driveway or melts away from the rain by June, bubbles that are fun for a few hours until they spill all over the kids’ dollar store flip flops they also got from the hare….I never know what to get!
At what age should a child “know” about the infamous rabbit? I would love to shout it from the roof tops and spoil it for all so I don’t have to buy anymore cruddy baskets or grass that the cat won’t leave alone. What perspective can you give me to learn to like that four legged creature and the things it brings?
Nevertheless, I love holiday gatherings, and as for this MPTC student, I should look at this holiday as a sign that the semester is almost done!
Make it a great one,
Kirsten
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Learning the hard stuff.
Hello and welcome again to The Scribbler! I am proud to introduce myself as Moraine Park Technical College’s fun filled blogger Kirsten Lynch. I have been around a bit now but if this is your first stop, please feel free to archive the blogs and catch up mustard.
I will now introduce to you…my math brain…da da da a done!!! YES, I am cracking up a bit because I have been doing Pre-Algebra homework. AAAAAA! I started to take this Pre-Algebra class this semester to ready myself for the classes that count toward my program. I am learning A LOT of things I did not know before. When I was in high school all we needed to take was a general math class or two. I did that and was good to go after my sophomore year…I never looked at learning math again! Most people in the world, or the world as I know it, because I don’t know everyone in the world, either love-love –love math or they haaatttteeee math! Not me: I respected math. Math and I had a deal. As long as I could get by all would be well. Well, since math is not really “a someone” but “a something,” the deal was broken. Pre-algebra won its way in to my life. I allow it because I want to accomplish my goals and darn varmint if that means I have to take a math class or two so be it!
It has been interesting so far. I have felt like a baby trying to tie shoes… (Cannot happen) I have felt like the smartest women in the world figuring out things and learning things I did not know even in January! I have to ask for help a lot. My teacher gives me a “hard time” but really, he is wonderful. He helps me a lot, answers my questions and takes extra time for me when I ask him. Maybe I got lucky with a teacher who cares and maybe we are all lucky at MPTC. Maybe all the math teachers love their jobs and love math. I know my teacher does. If I try my best and put forth the effort, my work reflects that. My teacher sees that I am working hard; I see that I am working hard and because of that, I am learning. I still don’t love-love-love math, but I don’t haaaaattteee math either. It takes work and trying…two to tango even if the tango is a variable.
Make it a great one!
Kirsten
I will now introduce to you…my math brain…da da da a done!!! YES, I am cracking up a bit because I have been doing Pre-Algebra homework. AAAAAA! I started to take this Pre-Algebra class this semester to ready myself for the classes that count toward my program. I am learning A LOT of things I did not know before. When I was in high school all we needed to take was a general math class or two. I did that and was good to go after my sophomore year…I never looked at learning math again! Most people in the world, or the world as I know it, because I don’t know everyone in the world, either love-love –love math or they haaatttteeee math! Not me: I respected math. Math and I had a deal. As long as I could get by all would be well. Well, since math is not really “a someone” but “a something,” the deal was broken. Pre-algebra won its way in to my life. I allow it because I want to accomplish my goals and darn varmint if that means I have to take a math class or two so be it!
It has been interesting so far. I have felt like a baby trying to tie shoes… (Cannot happen) I have felt like the smartest women in the world figuring out things and learning things I did not know even in January! I have to ask for help a lot. My teacher gives me a “hard time” but really, he is wonderful. He helps me a lot, answers my questions and takes extra time for me when I ask him. Maybe I got lucky with a teacher who cares and maybe we are all lucky at MPTC. Maybe all the math teachers love their jobs and love math. I know my teacher does. If I try my best and put forth the effort, my work reflects that. My teacher sees that I am working hard; I see that I am working hard and because of that, I am learning. I still don’t love-love-love math, but I don’t haaaaattteee math either. It takes work and trying…two to tango even if the tango is a variable.
Make it a great one!
Kirsten
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Wisconsin Student Government
Hello again and welcome back to Moraine Park Technical College’s, the Scribbler! It sure is nice to see the number of my readers growing. I hope you spread the word that I am here. This weekend I went to Wausau for the Wisconsin Student Government (WSG) conference. It was awesome! It all started on Friday morning with a motivational speaker named Matt Booth (www.mattbooth.com). If you ever have the chance to go listen to him, GO! He was easy to listen to, he made a lot of sense and the time spent listening was quite uplifting. After the speaker and lunch we started the proceedings.
Another speaker was Conor Smyth a WTCS Policy Advisor. (http://www.wsgtech.org/seminars/State-Legislative-Update-for-WSG-Jan-2011-Conor-Smyth.pdf) He was extremely informative and I encourage you to go to the link above and learn more and see what it is you can do as a citizen and as a technical college student.
There were sixteen different technical colleges attending. It is all very structured and organized. There was a small presentation for the logo winner, Tami Anderson and her daughter. They won an ipad! WOW! After minutes, budgets, elections and such we adjourned to check into the hotel. We stayed at the Stoney Creek Inn…very nice! I was able to bring my family along since my mother-in-law lives just moments from North Central Technical College where we had the WSG meeting. They were able to visit family and go swimming at the hotel.
On Saturday the meeting gathered again for only a few hours and established next year’s dates and locations and finished up other business. My family picked me up and we went to my mother-in-law’s for lunch. Brats and burgers on the grill…YUM! After lunch we all went to the river and enjoyed the cool weather and running water then went right up to Rib Mountain. Even though Beaver Dam has started spring, Wausau is a few steps behind us. There was still quite a bit of snow and the rocks were slick. Too early for Rib Mountain. Even so, I got some great pictures from the weekend and I learned a lot about WSG!
Make it a great one, Kirsten
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Student Support Services
Yesterday I stopped in to see Bradley Mitchell who is an Academic Support Specialist for the Student Support Services (or SSS program). He is on the Beaver Dam MPTC campus twice a week. The program is through TRiO who provides resources and support for first generation, low income and/or students with disabilities. The program is there to help those students establish and accomplish their academic and personal goals. They have so many different resources for those who qualify. (I totally pulled that information off of their website!)
For me I am taking advantage of the Financial Aid Assistance they provide, the Learning Communities which is designed to network with peers, and I am working with some Disability Accommodations. At the Moraine Park Technical College campus I am also working with Wendy Christianson, a learning Specialist and Debbie Falk. There are nine specialists throughout all three campuses…WOW!
Anyway, I stopped in to fill out some paperwork for the program. Last week I worked with Wendy and she helped me with the registration for summer and fall classes. I am going to be a busy student this year but with the help of my current instructors, the supportive students and the TRiO program, I will be just fine! If you want more information about the program go to:
http://www.morainepark.edu/gateways/trio-sss/
Make it a great one,
Kirsten
For me I am taking advantage of the Financial Aid Assistance they provide, the Learning Communities which is designed to network with peers, and I am working with some Disability Accommodations. At the Moraine Park Technical College campus I am also working with Wendy Christianson, a learning Specialist and Debbie Falk. There are nine specialists throughout all three campuses…WOW!
Anyway, I stopped in to fill out some paperwork for the program. Last week I worked with Wendy and she helped me with the registration for summer and fall classes. I am going to be a busy student this year but with the help of my current instructors, the supportive students and the TRiO program, I will be just fine! If you want more information about the program go to:
http://www.morainepark.edu/gateways/trio-sss/
Make it a great one,
Kirsten
Student Senate 2
So, this weekend I will be going to Wausau for the Wisconsin Student Government meeting (WSG). This will be my first WSG meeting and first meeting outside of the regular Student Senate meetings I go to at Moraine Park Technical College. The regular Student Senate meetings in Beaver Dam are pretty neat. There is so much information addressed in each meeting however it is well organized therefore goes fast and is fun. Not only that, but most of the time there is a free lunch to boot.
At the Wisconsin Student Meeting in Wausau we will be working hard and having fun there too. The WSG brings reps from all of Wisconsin’s Technical Colleges together to one place. There we will discuss issues that affect students throughout the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS). A student Governor and Lt Governor are elected each year to officially represent MPTC’s interests. Other members of the student government are encouraged to participate as well.
I wanted to go to this meeting to be a part of and learn the ins and outs of being a student at Moraine Park, but I also wanted to go for family reasons. My mother-in-law lives in Wausau so my husband will be able to spend time with her and our kids while I am busy with meetings. I am looking forward to a couple of days of adult interaction and a mostly kid free weekend. I am also looking forward to some hiking. I am sure my family and I will be visiting Rib Mountain while we are there. It is so beautiful there! The picture in this blog is from a trip we took there in the past. To learn more about Wisconsin Student Government or Student Senate, visit
http://www.morainepark.edu/services/student-life/student-government/#student-life
Make it a great one,
Kirsten
At the Wisconsin Student Meeting in Wausau we will be working hard and having fun there too. The WSG brings reps from all of Wisconsin’s Technical Colleges together to one place. There we will discuss issues that affect students throughout the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS). A student Governor and Lt Governor are elected each year to officially represent MPTC’s interests. Other members of the student government are encouraged to participate as well.
I wanted to go to this meeting to be a part of and learn the ins and outs of being a student at Moraine Park, but I also wanted to go for family reasons. My mother-in-law lives in Wausau so my husband will be able to spend time with her and our kids while I am busy with meetings. I am looking forward to a couple of days of adult interaction and a mostly kid free weekend. I am also looking forward to some hiking. I am sure my family and I will be visiting Rib Mountain while we are there. It is so beautiful there! The picture in this blog is from a trip we took there in the past. To learn more about Wisconsin Student Government or Student Senate, visit
http://www.morainepark.edu/services/student-life/student-government/#student-life
Make it a great one,
Kirsten
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