Breaking Ground
The plaza re-building project, which started last week, will be completed in spring 2009 and comprises of two phases.
May 1 2009 | Posted in News | Read More »
El Mundo Through The Eyes of a Professional Foreigner
April 7 2009, writer, journalist and poet Eduardo Garcia Aguilar spoke to aspiring young journalists and held an excerpt reading of his latest publication The Triumphant Voyage even as MCTC’s journalism classes face death by a thousand budget cuts. In addition to his journalism pedigree he has published five books, all of them based a little on real life events, places and things with his own interpretations and elaborations.
May 1 2009 | Posted in News | Read More »
MCTC’s Prized Asset
This past month, MCTC president Phil Davis delivered an address on the state’s staggering budget deficit, and the effects that deficit will have at MCTC. The announced reductions were devastating. “The significant loss in state funds will produce a fundamental shift in the range of programs and services,” Davis said.
May 1 2009 | Posted in News | Read More »
Awards Keep Piling Up For Men’s Basketball
The Minneapolis Community and Technical College men’s basketball program received two honors in March: star sophomore Cortez Wallace was named a First Team All-American and head coach Jay Pivec was named NJCAA Division III Coach of the Year. Wallace, a 6’6″ forward from Minneapolis, started all but two games this season for the Mavericks.
Job Fair At MCTC
On April 9, MCTC hosted a spring job fair on the second floor of the T Building with the objective of uniting students with employers. Job fairs are prevalent this time of year; companies at the fair described it as “peak season” for the job market. It is also a great time for students to find work due to its proximity to graduation and the end of the school year.
MCTC Students Looking For Home
Mary Ann Prado has seen about 300 students experiencing homelessness and hunger since she started working as the Director of Resource and Referral Services at MCTC in May 2008. It’s her job to connect with students who are experiencing hunger and homelessness to find services so that they can find or stay in housing and stay fed and clothed.
May 1 2009 | Posted in Features | Read More »
MCTC’s Sustainability Fair
The MCTC Sustainability Fair is an annual event hosted by two MCTC student groups: Three-Legged Frog, and Sisters for Social Justice. “It’s all about raising awareness and encouraging conversations among like-minded people,” said Jessica Braun, a 25-year-old MCTC math major and president of Three-Legged Frog.
“Guitar and Violin”
Steve Haskin grabbed his guitar and Karen Thomas sat alongside with her violin to fill the skyway level of the T building with their soothing sounds of classical music. They played from 11 to 1pm on the four days of April 15, 16, 23 and 24. Steve and Karen have a five track disc titled “Guitar and Violin.
May 1 2009 | Posted in Arts & Entertainment | Read More »
Will Work For Food
“Will Work for Food” is a feature-length documentary by MCTC video alumnus Tom Maertz that will be showing May 9 at 7 p.m. at the Oak Street Cinema in Minneapolis. The film, which is about sign flyers in the Twin Cities, is a series of interviews and glimpses into the lives of the sign flyers.
May 1 2009 | Posted in Arts & Entertainment | Read More »
The Quick And The Dead
The new exhibition at the Walker Art Center will appeal to philosophers, scientists, artists, and any person that has ever contemplated the ideas of time and death. Over 50 pieces of “art” were gathered by curator Patrick Eleey specifically for how they were created as oppose to the end product.
May 1 2009 | Posted in Arts & Entertainment | Read More »
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