(Fond du Lac) Moraine Park Technical College is joining with St. Mary’s Springs Academy in Fond du Lac to offer a student partnership program. It will allow students of St. Mary’s Springs Academy to get college credit courses at MPTC during an accelerated winter term, also referred to as J-Term.
In 2022, the College and St. Mary’s Springs began having conversations around increasing dual credit opportunities for students, and enhancing the partnership between the two educational institutions. The partnership is the first of its kind between a technical college and a parochial school.
Moraine Park’s President Bonnie Baerwald says this partnership has been a work-in-progress for a long time and they are excited to see it finally come to fruition. To prepare for the partnership, St. Mary’s Springs surveyed students to gauge course interest, and the results were used to create five different course offerings.
The 2024 J-Term MPTC courses offered were nursing assistant, manufacturing processes, CAD 3D SolidWorks, welding, and automotive fundamentals. In total, 44 SMSA students traveled to campus for nearly two weeks of learning.
