Moore Norman Technology Center

by Anna Trowbridge, APR

(NORMAN, Okla.) May 3, 2012 – High school and adult students enrolled in Moore Norman Technology Center’s Entrepreneurship class recently competed in the 2012 DECA State Leadership Conference.

Six students who place at state had the chance to compete in the International Career Development Conference April 28-May 1 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Norman High School senior Phillip Snow was one of the six who qualified for national competition.

by Anna Trowbridge, APR

(NORMAN, Okla.) May 7, 2012 -- Moore Norman Technology Center’s Bridgette Cannon earned the South Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce Technology Schools Teacher of the Year Award, as honors in multiple categories were presented at SOKCC’s annual Excellence in Education award banquet.

Cannon has taught the full-time Dental Lab Technology class at MNTC for 14 years. She is active with Health Occupations Students of America and helping with fund raisers and competitive student events.

by Anna Trowbridge, APR

(NORMAN, Okla.) May 2, 2012 – Six students enrolled in Moore Norman Technology Center’s Entrepreneurship class were recently notified that they scored in the top 20 percent of students nationwide on an exam through the National Financial Capability Challenge through the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

by Anna Trowbridge, APR

(NORMAN, Okla.) April 30, 2012 – High school and adult students enrolled in Moore Norman Technology Center’s Business and Information Technology classes recently competed in the 2012 Business Professional Students of America National and State Leadership Conferences, with great results.

by Anna Trowbridge, APR

(NORMAN, Okla.) April 30, 2012 – High school and adult students enrolled in Moore Norman Technology Center’s Health classes recently competed in the Health Occupations Students of America state event, with first through third winners earning the right to move on to the national stage.

HOSA National Leadership Conference, including performance competitions, will be June 20-23 in Orlando, Fl.

by Anna Trowbridge, APR

(NORMAN, Okla.) April 30, 2012 – Joan Barker was recently awarded the the Nancy Chess Community Service Award through the Norman Sooner Rotary Club for her service to the Norman community. Sooner Rotary presents this annual award to someone who best exemplifies the volunteer and community spirit of the late Nancy Chess. She succumbed to cancer in 2002 after a lifetime of service and dedication to her community and to social issues.

by Anna Trowbridge, APR

(NORMAN, Okla.) April 26, 2012 – Mark Masters, CEO of Chloeta Fire, LLC., was recently named the Small Business Association National Young Entrepreneur of the Year. His company launched in 2009 and specializes in wild and fire management and wild and fire suppression.

by Anna Trowbridge, APR

(NORMAN, Okla.) April 24, 2012 -- The Norman Kiwanis Club recognized one adult and one high school student today as April Students of the Month. Selected students are enrolled at Moore Norman Technology Center and represent full-time career courses in the Health and Information Technology learning areas.

by Anna Trowbridge, APR

(NORMAN, Okla.) April 23, 2012  --  Moore Norman Technology Center Pre-Engineering students had the opportunity to visit with Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb today at the State Capitol and give him a demonstration of the robot that they designed, and used for competition, during the 2012 FIRST Robotics Oklahoma Regional Competition in March.

by Anna Trowbridge, APR

Fourteen Moore Norman Technology Center students who competed this week at the state level Oklahoma SkillsUSA Leadership Conference and Skill Championships in Tulsa have earned the right to compete in the 48th National SkillsUSA Leadership and Skills Conference June 23-27 in Kansas City, Mo.

by Anna Trowbridge, APR

Members of Moore Norman Technology Center’s marketing office earned multiple publication and communications awards during the annual Oklahoma School Public Relations Association spring conference this week.

by Anna Trowbridge, APR

Two clients of Moore Norman Technology Center’s Business Development Center were honored April 5 as The Journal Record held its annual Innovator of the Year awards ceremony at the Renaissance Tulsa Hotel and Convention Center.

by Anna Trowbridge, APR

by Anna Trowbridge, APR

The Norman Kiwanis Club recognized one adult and one high school student today as March Students of the Month. Selected students are enrolled at Moore Norman Technology Center and represent full-time career courses in the Engineering and Technical and Business and Information Technology learning areas.

by Anna Trowbridge, APR

High school students in Moore Norman Technology Center’s Career Exploration Education class did what more than 85 million YouTube viewers did in the past few weeks:  They watched the KONY 2012 educational video distributed by The Invisible Children, Inc. about Ugandan guerrilla warlord Joseph Kony, and wanted to get involved.

by Anna Trowbridge, APR

Moore Norman Technology Center’s Digital Video Production and Graphic Design classes will host the 4th annual Red Carpet Film Festival at 7 p.m. April 7 at the Sam Noble Museum in Norman. Tickets are $5.

Moore Norman Technology Center administration and board members announced March 15 that the system has saved more than $137,000 in the first 8 months of its energy conservation and management program. The successful cost-saving program is implemented through a partnership with Energy Education, a leading behavioral and people-focused energy conservation company whose Transformational Energy Management® process has saved more than $2 billion for educational and complex organizations.

by Anna Trowbridge, APR

Three Moore Norman Technology Center Automotive Service Technology students have earned scholarships; two through the MNTC Business and Education Council and one through the Michael Walls Scholarship.

Daniel Flores earned a $1,000 scholarship and Caleb Smith earned a $500 scholarship and they were presented with the honors this week. The scholarships may be used to purchase automotive industry tools or for continuing education.