PTC hosts "Family Fun Night"

Hey all you Pine Tech community members, check out some family fun photos from our Oct. 25 fall family fun night.
PTC students, staff, faculty and their families came to the campus to celebrate fall, some dressed in costume, with games, food, laughs, and more!
Don't miss out on our next family fun night - PTC's Holiday Party, sponsored by Student Senate. The festivities will be on Friday, Dec. 20 from 5 to 8 p.m., and will include the ever popular photo booth, good food, and goody bags for kids! Look for reminders as we get closer to the event!

PTC set to host Thirteenth Annual Donor Recognition Event

Pine Technical College will host the Thirteenth Annual Donor Recognition Event Friday, Nov. 22, with social hour beginning at 5 p.m., at the North West Company Fur Post in Pine City. The event honors those who have given financial contributions to the college in support of PTC’s various scholarship programs, as well as the college’s many scholarship recipients.

“This is a very special event that means a lot for our students and for our donors,” said Sandi Carlisle, Executive Assistant to the President and PTC Foundation Coordinator. “This event provides a perfect opportunity for scholarship recipients to meet and thank Foundation donors, and it’s also a more elegant, upscale evening that we intentionally create for honoring the achievements of our students while enjoying the best hors d’oeuvres, wine, and entertainment our community has to offer,” Carlisle added.

The event will open with a social hour and wine tasting while attendees enjoy musical entertainment by Mary Ovick, accompanied by PTC’s very own Connie Odendahl. Manufacturing student David Grosshauser and nursing student Sandra Oachs (both scholarship recipients) will be attending as speakers. Chancellor Steven Rosenstone will also be in attendance as a guest speaker. This fall, the PTC Foundation has awarded $54,500 to 51 students.

The event is open to the public, and guests will have the opportunity to participate in a raffle with prizes that include an IPad Mini and 29” Vizio LED HD TV. Contributors for the prizes have come from PTC College Foundation, Pine City Walmart, Voyaguer Bottle Shop, and Janet Musgrove. Raffle tickets are available for $5 at Voyageur Bottle Shop or PTC’s President’s Office. Winners do not need to be present to win.  

Tickets for the event will be sold at the door, or at PTC  for $10, and all proceeds will go to the Bridging the Dream Scholarship fund. The event’s refreshments will be provided by Chris’ Food Center, Chubby’s Restaurant, Grand Casino – Hinckley, Miley’s Catering, Tesora Restaurant, and Wings North, with wine provided by Voyageur Bottle Shop.

Honoring our Veterans!

Pine Technical College proudly honors our U.S. Military Veterans in this display that showcases items from our students, staff, faculty and/or their relatives. 

These items range from the Korean Conflict, WWII, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Kuwait. More items are on display in our Prototyping Hall.

The hanging flags in this display were gratefully donated by the Pine City VFW.

Nominate an Outstanding Educator; Deadline Nov. 18

Pine Technical College students, faculty and staff members, administrators, alumni and Pine community members are invited to nominate a PTC faculty member for the prestigious Minnesota State College and Universities Board of Trustees Educator of the Year Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Nominations are open from Monday, Nov. 4 through Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. A list of eligible faculty and a nomination form can be found on the school’s website.  The form must be completed in its entirety to be considered.  Nominations may either be submitted by a paper copy or an email copy to Joan Bloemendaal-Gruett, Chief Academic Officer at bloemendaalgruettj@pinetech.edu.

Once nominations are in, and reviewed by the nomination committee and scoring criteria, that faculty member will be selected in December and represent Pine Technical College by submitting a portfolio to be considered for the Educator of the Year: Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Teaching.

This award recognizes superior training throughout MnSCU’s colleges and universities, and each year campus community members are welcomed to nominate and select among eligible faculty members to receive such an honor.

Since 2007, the Board of Trustees has recognized 208 Outstanding Educators and honors 27 faculty as Educators of the Year, rewarding exceptional individual professional accomplishment, and ongoing excellence in teaching.

This year, PTC will be participating in the program for their fourth year.