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July 2023

Michigan Career & Technical Institute Times


Career Assessment Services Redesign

To help alleviate serving our customers through Career Assessment Services, we will run three groups of CAS students during each term starting with the fall term.

  • Each group will consist of no more than 20 students (fewer to start as we get used to the format)
  • Each group will last for 3 weeks total
    • Week 1: Virtual intakes, pre-MCTI readiness groups, preparation for coming to CAS in person
    • Week 2: On Campus CAS – This will follow a format similar to what we have done for the one-week CAS sessions the last two times
    • Week 3: Virtual follow-up and trade determination, meetings with students, parents, and MRS counselors

The on-campus week will include a trade tour and hands-on experiences.

  • Students will be brought to the trades rather than instructors coming to present.
  • Hands-on experiences should be similar to those run during the current one-week CAS. Advanced students in the trades can assist as appropriate with instructor approval.

Fall Term: All sessions are currently full, please refer for Winter Term

July 10 – On Campus July 17 through July 21 (ends July 28)
July 3 – On Campus August 7 through August 11 (ends Aug. 18)
August 21 – On Campus August 28 through September 1 (ends Sept. 8)


2022-2023 School Calendar Summary

  • Fall Term: July 11, 2022 — September 15, 2022
  • Winter Term: October 10, 2022 — December 21, 2022
  • Spring Term: January 9, 2023 — March 16, 2023
  • Summer Term: April 10, 2023 — June 15, 2023

Meeting the demands of today’s industry and workforce, MCTI provides individualized career development, education, training and support services to individuals with disabilities preparing for and engaging in competitive integrated employment.

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We are open for Tours!

Our new tour format is self-guided. This allows interested students and their families to tour all of our programs, check out a dormitory room, walk the campus and explore what MCTI has to offer.

Our instructors are present to answer any questions and provide information about the trades.

Contact the front desk at (877) 901-7360 for a schedule of upcoming tour days and to sign up. 


Student Recognition Ceremony

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Students enrolled in the summer term were recognized for perfect attendance, high honors and outstanding performance in their trades on June 15, 2023.

Please mark your calendars for upcoming MCTI Graduation Ceremony on September 7, 2023.


MCTI Graduation Ceremony

MCTI holds two graduation ceremonies each year — one in the Fall Term and another in the Spring Term. Students who complete their programs in the summer and fall terms are celebrated each fall. Students who complete their programs and graduate in the winter and spring terms are celebrated each spring. All students are contacted by MCTI and are invited and encouraged to attend the event.

Are you a MRS Counselor interested in attending MCTI graduation? We welcome your attendance as well! Please join us as we celebrate student accomplishment September 7, 2023 at noon in the MCTI gymnasium.


Industrial Electronics National Credentials

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Manufacturing Skills Institute has partnered with MCTI Trades Instructor Dave VanHoose, who is offering training for the following three national credentials as part of his Industrial Electronics Program at MCTI. 

  • Manufacturing Technician 1 (MT1)
  • Manufacturing Specialist (MS)
  • Business Certification (BC)

Six students earned 10 national certifications Program Year 2022-2023. Nationally recognized credentials from MCTI offer MRS customers even greater opportunity for successful careers after graduation.


W.I.N. — What's Important Now

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Study Skills for the WIN! 

Each MCTI student has the opportunity to take advantage of study skills sessions outside the classroom. Every Monday and Wednesday from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in the Student Center, MCTI is offering designated time for students to catch up on missing assignments, complete class-work, learn skills to improve time management and effective studying, and receive coaching on how to stay up-to-date on classwork.


Student Government Gives Back to Community

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Student Government meets monthly to make decisions and discuss issues that impact student life on campus. Recently, student government elected to provide water bottles to students, encouraging the use of water bottle filling stations and helping reduce our carbon footprint.

They also voted and approved the purchase of gift cards for students without debit cards for laundry. Furthermore, they encourage all students to volunteer in the community and sponsors volunteer events.

This June students volunteered by cleaning up trash along the highway near campus.

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Infrastructure & Improvements

Have you noticed the recent changes around campus? These infrastructure improvements are made to update our buildings and grounds. Recent updates include:

  • Directional signs around campus
  • New Furnace/Air Conditioner at KC House
  • WIFI throughout the building
  • Polished concrete flooring in admin hallway
  • Fire alarm panel
  • Lights added to parking lot

Student Innovation & Design

Industrial Electronics students Nathan and Ethan

MCTI hallway clocks were being reset unintentionally due to exposed buttons being hit by the dusting poles. Eager to use their skills, Industrial Electronics students Nathan (pictured left) and Ethan (pictured right) invented and printed a device to attach to the clocks to help fix the issue.

Nathan and Ethan designed covers to attach over the clocks' buttons and used the 3D printer to create the product, protecting the clock buttons from being struck.


Congratulations & Welcome

RETIREMENTS:

  • Kim Chapman—Certified Nurse Assistant Instructor
  • Lori Rodarte—Department Analyst, Business Office
  • Barb Nelson—Executive Secretary, Administration
  • Nancy Tobias—Domestic Service Aid, Kitchen Staff
  • Kathie Arney— Department Technician, Financial Aid Office
  • Lee Hendrickson—Commercial Printing Instructor

NEW HIRES

  • Kyle Baker—Fire and Safety Officer
  • Nikki Flierman—Custodial Instructor
  • Bryan Whitmore—Culinary Arts Instructor
  • Jose Gamino Torres—Youth Specialist

OPENINGS

Did you know? When a civil service position is posted to the State of Michigan' NEO-GOV website, it is also posted on MiTalent.org and the LEO-E&T social media channels. Be sure to follow LEO-E&T on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter to see the most recent postings!


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