First Day of the Fall Semester

Monday was the first day of classes for the fall semester at Moraine Park Technical College. My Monday night class is Graphics for the Web. We’ll be using Photoshop CS5 to optimize images so they will download quickly and correctly on a web page.

The computers we use in this classroom are Macs, but they can run both Mac OS and Windows 7 operating system. I’ve had classes in this room last year, but before that I wasn’t aware a computer was able to handle two operating systems. Windows 7 is new to me, but I’ve heard it’s much simpler to use than previous Windows versions.

I’m actually looking forward to our final project for this class. We will be creating a logo for a company that will be selling a product in a foreign country. We get to choose the country and research what colors and symbols mean. Many countries have completely different meanings for colors and symbols than the United States. This is a very important fact to know.

After class, I walked to the bulletin boards to see what kind of events are coming up on campus. On my way to the board, I noticed they have installed new bathrooms next to the cafeteria. I’m pretty certain they were not there last semester. Anyways, there are a couple of events to go to this week. There will be a performance by Mission IMPROVable on Wednesday and free pizza on Thursday. I’ve got a class on Thursday night, so I will probably partake in that since I will be here anyways. Next week Thursday there is a Student Senate meeting. I’m thinking about checking it out.

For those of you who are new to MPTC, welcome and good luck on your first semester! And for those of you who aren’t new, welcome back and here’s to a great semester! Cheers!

First Week of Classes: Mission IMPROVable at the Welcome Lunch

I am very excited to see that Mission IMPROVable http://missionimprovable.com/ will be at all three Moraine Park Technical College campuses during the first week of the fall semester. They are a traveling group of performers who do improv skits similar to the ones seen on the TV show, Whose Line is it Anyway?

I had seen them perform a few years ago. My friends and I still quote some of the ridiculous lines from their show on a regular basis. They took suggestions from the audience and invited them on stage to perform with them. For one skit, the audience wrote down movie quotes and put them in a hat. They acted out a scene and had to use whatever quote they pulled out of the hat.

There is a free lunch for students from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. and the show is from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. If you’re free and looking for some fun, definitely come to see the show! You’ll be talking about it all semester long!

Fond du Lac campus: Monday, August 22

Beaver Dam campus: Tuesday, August 23

West Bend Campus: Wednesday, August 24

To see more upcoming events, click on the “Events” tab on my blog site.