Even though funding is shaky, Minneapolis Community & Technical College is searching for a construction manager to oversee a proposed $9.75 million remodeling of five floors of its 31-year-old “T Building” (Technical Building) downtown, Finance & Commerce reports. The project would upgrade instructional space for workforce programs. The paper gives more detail: More specifically, the Read more →
Gregory Johnson via Flickr More eats Minneapolis Community and Technical College officials say student spending on food there is up 14 percent compared to last year’s level — even despite the bad economy, the student newspaper City College News reports. Looks like the number of sales are higher, as well as the size of each Read more →
PerfesserC via Wikimedia Commons Minneapolis Community and Technical College is apparently suffering from some technical glitches as it transfers over to a new email system for students — the Windows Live platform, City College News reports: “It sucks,” liberal arts student Haley Muellerliele said. She had so far been unable to activate her account, citing Read more →
Got this from Minneapolis Community and Technical College regarding an incident yesterday. At approximately 12:50 PM … a Minneapolis Community and Technical College (MCTC) student contacted the MCTC Public Safety Department to report that she witnessed someone drop what appeared to be a handgun from his clothing in the plaza of the T Building and Read more →
I usually hear about this stuff coming out of universities. But City College News reports that Minneapolis Community and Technical College astronomy professor Parke Kunkle has discovered (?) a new astrological sign — Ophiuchus (Nov. 29 – Dec. 17) and has caused a bit of a ruckus in the blogosphere. The paper explains the new Read more →
UPDATE: I’ve put in a call to MCTC and the Minneapolis police to get an update on this case. Police Sgt. William Palmer said his files show no record of it, and college spokeswoman Dawn Skelly said she’s looking into it further. I’m curious under what conditions the student was able to take online classes Read more →
Yesterday afternoon I wrote about an investigation into a failed nursing student who allegedly wrote a threatening letter to an official at Minneapolis Community & Technical College. Spokeswoman Dawn Skelly called this morning with a short update: I learned this morning that the student who sent the e-mails is currently enrolled in one MCTC online Read more →
Officials at Minneapolis Community & Technical College are investigating a threatening e-mail that a failed student has sent to a faculty member in the nursing department. College spokeswoman Dawn Skelly said that a student was unhappy over being asked to leave the program and sent a letter to the instructor, director of nursing, dean of Read more →
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