Fall Classes Have Begun!

Hello and welcome back to The Scribbler! I am Kirsten, one of Moraine Park Technical College’s student bloggers.. Last week summer classes ended and this week fall classes have begun. WHOOT! (This week was also the week of my three-year wedding anniversary and the week my kids returned from summer with their dad in North Carolina. BIG WEEK!)

This fall (yes it is considered fall) I am taking three classes for my Instructional Assistant program. Once again I will state it is very important to choose a program. There are so many available right now and if you are not sure what you would be good at you can take some assessment tests with an MPTC counselor. I did and it was fun to learn how I think! This fall I am taking Techniques for Reading and Language Arts, Intro to Educational Practices and Techniques for Mathematics. I have the same instructor for all three classes so that will be very helpful not having to learn three different ways of learning and organizing. (Plus I heard good things about her AND she is my academic advisor.) These classes are all online.

On Tuesday, I went to our first MPTC event on the Beaver Dam campus. It was awesome! We had an improv group come and entertain us while eating a free lunch. LOTS OF LAUGHS! We also had a chance to suggest names for MPTC’s new Mascot, the Gray Wolf. I put my idea for its name in on Tuesday.

Students will have the chance to vote for the new mascot name. Online voting will go live on Tuesday, September 6th. To vote, log into myMPTC, click on the Student Life tab, go to Student Life News and click VOTE! Name MPTC’s Gray Wolf. The Mascot name will be revealed during the week of September 19th. For Beaver Dam the name will be revealed at 11:30AM during lunch with live music by Scratch Track. For West Bend, it will be on September 20th at 4:00 PM during free pizza and for Fond Du Lac on September 21st at 1:00PM during BINGO! The name will also be revealed online on myMPTC on September 22nd.

Next Thursday will be the first Student Senate gathering. We will see and hear all about plans for the upcoming semester. I have decided to join the Instructional Assistant Club, which means I’ll no longer be part of the Multi-cultural club. I know I will only have time for one club and the IA club is my program. I will miss my MC club members but I will see them around either way!

Well, off to do homework!

Make it a great one,

Kirsten