Celebrating 50 Years at MTI

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September 18, 2018

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By The Daily Republic t’s a celebration five decades in the making.

Mitchell Technical Institute, which opened its doors on Sept. 8, 1968, is celebrating its 50th anniversary during a public event from 5 to 8 p.m. today on its campus in Mitchell.

Starting with fewer than 200 students, MTI has grown to an annual enrollment of more than 1,200. The college touts its 82 percent retention rate, 69 percent graduation rate and 99 percent job placement within six months of graduating, with 77 percent of those grads working in South Dakota.

In May, Mitchell Tech was recognized nationally by the Aspen Institute.

The organization recognizes the top community and technical colleges in the country. MTI was honored on its top-10 colleges list for 2019. The original pool included nearly 1,000 public community colleges nationwide, and the top prize earns a $1 million payday to be awarded in April.

But today, MTI enjoys its 50th birthday party.

A celebration event includes a short program featuring South Dakota Lt. Gov. Matt Michels and several local dignitaries at 5:30 p.m. Musical entertainment will be provided by the Kickin’ Brass Big Band of Sioux Falls. Food prepared by the renowned Culinary Academy of South Dakota will be served.

The open-house style event requires

no tickets or RSVPs. Alumni, former employees and supporters of the school are encouraged to attend.

Here are some other facts about MTI: ► The entire campus is new, built since 2003. ► MTI offers 31 on-campus academic programs and five online programs within six academic divisions. ► More than 89 percent of MTI students receive financial aid. ► More than 18,000 people have graduated since 1968. ► MTI is a military-friendly school and works with veterans’ and National Guard agencies to make sure that eligible students get the financial assistance they need.

Celebrating MTI............ 2 Pivotal Choice................3 Match Made at MTI........4 Unintentional Career.... 6 Jandreau Reflects........ 10 Sibling Scholars........... 14 Design & Layout by Jen Phillips / Republic

► Programs offered are regionally unique: Culinary, power line technology, progressive welding, substation, natural gas, radiologic technology, radiation therapy and telecommunications. ► MTI has an NIRA-sanctioned collegiate rodeo team and has sent several competitors to the National College Finals Rodeo including one in 2018. ► MTI has a national SkillsUSA champion after a graduate of the power sports and marine technology program won the marine service contest in June 2018. ► Two apartment buildings are located adjacent to campus.

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A pivotal choice led to decades of success

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By Julie Brookbank Mitchell Technical Institute

Nearly 30 years ago, my husband and I made a choice to return to Mitchell in pursuit of employment.

Brookbank I did not have a plan, but circumstances led me to take a part-time teaching position at Mitchell Technical Institute. One class and then one job led to another, and I am proud to say that I made a life-changing decision that day. My 28 years at this wonderful institution has brought me some of the best memories of my professional life and has

impacted me in meaningful ways.

Choice is an interesting dynamic. You might be reading this wondering why she is writing about choices as MTI embarks on its 50th anniversary celebration.

I believe it is because the collective power of many choices has impacted countless lives in more ways than we can ever enumerate.

A choice was made to designate Mitchell as one of four communities to locate a new technical school. Prescient leaders like directors Albert Vander Linde and Roy Ziegler selected programs to offer to students which supported the regional workforce.

Many highly qualified faculty members chose to

leave jobs in their skill areas and embark upon teaching careers. Joining along the way were visionary presidents like Chris Paustian who could see what a new campus could mean to Mitchell, and Greg Von Wald who accepted the challenge to grow the school far beyond any size seen before. Today MTI is a $37 million economic engine employing more than 120 people and providing hundreds of millions in return on investment to the state.

Businesses in our region chose to support the school in countless ways: donating supplies, materials and equipment. Providing guidance and expertise as programs moved

from inception through design, approval and delivery. Serving as long-time, valued advisory committee members, coming to campus several times a year to provide input on program progress. Making monetary contributions to departments and scholarship funds that impact instruction every day. And, most importantly, putting their full faith and trust into our product — the graduates — who complete their education and training here, hiring them, providing them with a livelihood and an opportunity for advancement.

Finally, the most personal choice has been that of the more than 18,000 students who chose to obtain their education at MTI. College choice has a profound impact on most young people: it is where they spend their first time away from home; the place

where they meet those who will be lifelong friends and mentors; and, in some cases, where they will meet their future spouse or partner and make a life which includes children, a home, a career and a community.

Current president Mark Wilson often reminds us that everything we do at MTI we should do with one thing in mind: What is best for the student? It is with great hope and the combined effect of the time and talent we share, that we believe we are helping those students make good choices.

A pivotal choice was made more than 50 years ago: to open a school that would provide skills for success. Mitchell Technical Institute is indeed fortunate to be located at the nexus of all those subsequent choices.

And that dynamic of making sound choices will continue to guide us into our next 50 years.

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Mitchell Technical Institute historical timeline 1968: Mitchell Area Vocational Technical School opens in September; Building dedicated Oct. 6; Albert Vander Linde, Director.

1969: First class of 44 students graduates.

1970: First classes of agriculture, architectural design and building construction, culinary academy, electrical construction and maintenance and electronic communications graduate.

1971: Drafting & Building combined into one program.

1972: First-ever spring formal held.

Wrights, of Ravinia, ‘very fortunate’ to get jobs near hometowns

By Anna Jauhola For The Daily Republic

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tmosphere, convenience and close proximity to family prompted Wade and Molly Wright to both attend Mitchell Technical Institute after graduating from high school.

Molly Andersh and Wade Wright met in their senior years of high school – Molly from Wagner and Wade from Armour. They dated throughout college, married in 2012 and agree they have a better life because of their educations through MTI. “We were both very fortunate to get jobs close to where we grew up,” Molly said.

Wade graduated with an associate degree in electrical construction and maintenance, and went on to graduate from the Power Line Construction and Maintenance program in 2013. He is an apprentice lineman for Charles Mix Electric.

“I was pretty much comfortable when I took my

first job,” Wade said, adding the hands-on practice at MTI prepared him well for his position. “You do learn new tricks to the trade on your first job, but I had the basics we needed to know.”

Molly graduated with an associate degree as a medical lab technician. She works at Douglas County Memorial Hospital in Armour and said she learned a lot from the practical work she performed as a student at MTI. Although the convenience of MTI being so close to home secured Wade’s decision to attend, Molly originally enrolled at Dakota Wesleyan University in the nursing program. When she realized nursing was not the profession for her, she visited MTI with a friend where she learned more about the medical lab technician program and fell in love with the atmosphere.

“It was just so warm and inviting,” Molly said.

“And I instantly fell in love with the subject. I wouldn’t change it for anything. I’m thankful for it and I love my job.”

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1973: “Free our POWs” posters seen on campus in response to Vietnam.

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their educations at MTI than they would have had conditioning business for a time until he and they attended a four-year institution. They live in Georgia bought Kevin’s family farm. Although he Ravinia, have jobs in nearby communities and live no longer works in the trade, the skills have helped close to family, which provides the opportunity him maintain various mechanical devices on their for their two girls to grow up near cousins, aunts, farm, Georgia said. uncles and grandparents.

Georgia received two certificates in steno Wade and Molly are also veterans. Wade is a secretarial, or shorthand, and steno accounting. specialist with the South Dakota National Guard The skills she gained from her training led to a 155th Engineer Battalion in Wagner. Molly retired solid career starting in 1983 at Lake Andes Rural in 2017 after serving nine years Water District, where she still works as a cook with the 153rd Engineer today.

Battalion in Parkston. Wade was Georgia said their ability to deployed to Kuwait from 2015 to immediately earn good incomes 2016, and Molly was exempt from after graduation enabled them to deploying with her unit in 2017 purchase Kevin’s family farm where because Wade had only returned they raised their children. home shortly before.

Both Wade and Molly knew While he was deployed, Wade was they didn’t want to live in largely assigned to construction, plumbing populated areas like Sioux Falls or and electrical duties, for which his Rapid City. They enjoyed the quiet MTI training and career prepared country life and feel blessed to have him. jobs close to home in careers they A fun dynamic to this couple’s love. story is that Molly’s parents, “There’s a brotherhood that comes Georgia and Kevin Andersh, also along with this line work,” Wade attended MTI when it was the said. “We get more training on top Mitchell Vocational School. Georgia of what we do, so I’ve gotten to be said she and Kevin met through a friends with all sorts of linemen.” mutual friend at Rest Haven Dance “It was just perfect timing for Hall when she visited the Wagner both our jobs,” Molly added. “Our area. kids are able to be around family.

Kevin received a degree in what We get to grow along with our is now Heating, Ventilation and Air families and watch them grow. And Conditioning or HVAC. He worked Wade & Molly Wright at his father’s refrigeration and air we really enjoy what we do.” 

Mitchell Technical Institute historical timeline 1974: Roy Ziegler hired as second director of MTI.

1975: West wing of Capital Street campus built; Power Line and Plumbing programs added.

1976: Mitchell Vocational Technical School students form first Veterans Club.

1977: Meat Cutting program added.

1978: Office careers programs change to keep up with technology.

1979: First application for accreditation by North Central Assoc.

1980: Student appointed to National voc-ed task force.

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Mitchell Technical Institute historical timeline 1981: Recruiting theme for the year: “This could be the start of something great—your future!”

1982: Food occupations offer four program choices.

1983: North Building opens to house HVAC and Welding.

1984: Tuition (per quarter) hits $300 for the first time.

1985: Chris Paustian hired as third director/president.

1986: LPN discontinued; Child Development program added.

1987: Most programs integrate computers into instruction.

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MTI accounting grad works 35 years in industry he stumbled into

By Ellen Bardash The Daily Republic

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ugene McCord has worked for telecommunications companies for the past 35 years, but he said making a career in the industry was not exactly something he did on purpose.

In 1983, White Lake native McCord, who grew up on a farm, graduated from Mitchell Technical Institute with an accounting degree.

He searched for jobs in the Mitchell area and was hired

by Martin & Associates in Mitchell as a cost separations analyst that same year, making $5.25 an hour. He said that at the time, he knew nothing about the phone

business other than how to dial.

“That launched me into a career in telecom that I was completely unassuming about, and I’ve been in that industry ever since,” McCord said. “Not necessarily by desire; more by accident.”

McCord wanted to get into the job market as quickly as possible, which was the main reason he decided to attend MTI, rather than a four-year university. He had taken accounting classes for three years while in high school and already knew it was something he enjoyed. In order to start his career as soon as he could, with the hope of becoming a CPA by age 21, he wanted to focus on accounting at a school where he could take “a

more decisive approach early on,” rather than spending two years on general studies.

“In some cases, students are not prepared for that or ready for that. And there’s nothing wrong with that; it’s just that in my case, I felt that I was,” McCord said. “I don’t think the additional two years would have made two years’ worth of difference in the job market.”

After just under a year and a half at Martin & Associates, McCord left for a position at a Missouri-based telecommunications company.

From there, he worked his way up in the industry he hadn’t originally planned to even get into and gradually became more and more involved in the operations side of things at a series of eight additional

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Tuesday, September 18, 2018 companies — some of which he helped to start — in South Dakota, Missouri and California. He stayed at each company for a few years, on average, with the exception of the company where he currently works.

In 2007, he took a job with Houston-based CHR Solutions, the company which took over Martin & Associates, where McCord had started his career 24 years earlier. His six-figure starting salary was a far cry from his initial $5.25 an hour.

He has been with CHR Solutions ever since and is now the senior vice president of sales operations.

McCord said that he doesn’t regret his decision to attend MTI and that having a degree from a vocational school hasn’t worked against him or made him less prepared for his career path than people who did choose to attend a four-year school.

“It still takes hard work and

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS AT MTI 7 perseverance, no matter what you do,” he said.

For the past 15 years, much of McCord’s work has been done remotely, allowing him to live where he wants and work from home much of the time. For instance, he said

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that while he was working at PrairieWave Communications, Inc., a Sioux Falls-based company for which he was one of the founding shareholders, he lived in California because he liked the weather better than that of South Dakota.

After living in seven places throughout the course of his career, McCord now lives in Las Vegas.

“I’m starting to slow down.

I’m getting older. I don’t have any desire to necessarily move,” he said. “At the same time, I thankfully am fortunate enough to have enough seniority in the industry that where I live is less critical than what you know.”

McCord said that he would recommend moving around to anyone trying to figure out their career path.

“There’s a big world out there,” he said. “Go out and meet it, greet it, see where you want to be.” 

Mitchell Technical Institute historical timeline 1988: Satellite Communications program added.

1989: North Central Assoc. approval granted for associate of applied science degrees; first general ed classes offered.

1990: McCardle (SatCom) wing of main building dedicated.

1991: Child Development Center built.

1992: Name changed to Mitchell Technical Institute (MTI); course offerings changed from quarters to semesters.

1993: 25th anniversary observed; smoking banned; Oak Room remodeled.

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Mitchell Technical Institute historical timeline 1994: Mural painted in north hall; SatCom student dies in US Air plane crash.

1995: Springfield Prison program discontinued; Rural development telecommunications network debuts.

1996: Four programs cut by Gov. Janklow; Mayor’s Telecom Task Force.

1997: 10,000th graduate; MTI launches first ever website.

1998: Vision 2020 task force results in plan for new Tech Campus on I-90.

1999: First SCADA class graduates; Rad Tech added; design begins for Tech Center.

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Mitchell Technical Institute historical timeline 2000: MTI Foundation chartered; enrollment tops 900.

2001: MTI receives first 10-year NCA accreditation.

2002: Ag program begins farming at Land Lab (partnership with Davison County).

2003: Technology Center opens; several staff members, students deployed to Iraq; Alumni Assoc. organized.

2004: Name change studied; federal funds received for Tech Center; first allschool reunion.

2005: Regental transfer agreements approved; Red Shirt project; major fall ice storm mobilizes linemen.

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Jandreau reflects on Mitchell Tech education, credits career success

By Sam Fosness The Daily Republic

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ay Jandreau knows the opportunities that an education from Mitchell Technical Institute can provide both professionally and personally.

From walking the halls as an MTI student in the late ’80s to now holding down the operations manager position at Fay Jandreau one of South Dakota’s largest telecommunication companies, Jandreau has climbed his way to success with the help of a two-year degree he holds close to his heart.

“When I went to MTI, there was a shift in gears in my life. I got serious about life, and MTI was serious about preparing young people,” Jandreau said. “It was a real-world experience that woke me up to be a responsible individual.”

In honor of MTI’s 50th year of educating students, Jandreau is a success story that attests to the commitment and value of education coming out of the growing technical institute.

After graduating from Lyman High School,

Jandreau was unsure of which direction he wanted to steer his life toward. Like many high school graduates, Jandreau bounced around a couple of state universities, but said he always knew he wanted something more.

“I was always interested in electronics, and after I saw MTI offered telecommunications and basic electronics together, I felt the calling to go for it,” Jandreau said. “Although I was finding myself, I had the desire to want more.”

There is no doubt MTI was that something more Jandreau was looking for in life.

Jandreau said he felt a connection with MTI upon walking through the doors for his first day of class in 1988. While Jandreau credits all of the teachers he studied under during his time at MTI, nearly three decades later, a few names still strongly resonate with him.

“Dave Versteeg and Rich Stedman prepared me to succeed in an industry that is always evolving, so I hold Stedman’s words of ‘never stop learning’ very close to me,” Jandreau said.

While Versteeg and Stedman were two instructors who taught Jandreau the core of his technical skills, he champions Shirley Peterson, a retired MTI special services coordinator and instructor, for making the difference in transitioning to adulthood.

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Jandreau said Peterson was instrumental in guiding him to be a part of the MTI college rodeo team, which stands strong today.

“She was always there for me when I needed her, and she helped me get involved with the school,” he added.

After Jandreau received his associate degree in telecommunications in 1990, he used the foundation of the skills he learned under the instructors at MTI to springboard into his first career.

“The education you receive at MTI extends far beyond the technical skills that they deliver to a student. The maturity that is acquired through their program makes you become a better version of yourself,” he said.

In fact, Jandreau calls it “the MTI impact,” which he used to solidify his first career post college at a startup telecommunication company.

Jandreau wasted no time to begin his ladder climb in the field of telecommunications, as he transitioned from the small startup organization to a leadership position at Brookings Municipal Telephone two years into his professional career.

While Jandreau was enjoying a successful career in Brookings, South Dakota, he was presented with a unique opportunity. Jandreau received a call from the place where it all started: MTI. “I got a call from an old MTI telecom instructor, Chet Graber, asking me to come back and be an instructor in the telecom program,” he said.

Despite growing to love the community of Brookings, Jandreau couldn’t refuse the offer. In 1996, Jandreau and his wife made the move back

to Mitchell. Back to school it was for Jandreau, only this time he was instructing at the school that helped build his success.

“As a faculty member, I was blessed with the same strong support group that I had as a student,” Jandreau said. “It was a memorable four years while teaching at MTI, and I’m proud to have had the opportunity to do so.”

In 2000, Jandreau felt he wasn’t finished with his career in the industry of telecom and joined Midstate Communications in Kimball as an operations manager. He worked his way up to becoming the assistant general manager during his nearly two-decade tenure with the telecom company, which lasted until 2017.

Just over a year ago, Jandreau accepted the operations manager position at Venture Communications, which is a large telecom company that connects South Dakotans through providing high speed internet, cable television and phone services. With its headquarters in Highmore, it is a company Jandreau is very proud of and currently works for.

“I am very proud to connect rural South Dakotans with the rest of the world,” he said. “We bring the world to their homes and businesses every day.”

Jandreau’s legacy of success that was founded and rooted at MTI helped his daughter make her college decision, as she recently graduated from the same school her father used to build a proud career and family.

“It’s a special place, and I’m so proud to call myself an MTI alumni,” Jandreau said. 

Mitchell Technical Institute historical timeline 2006: Legislative governance battle waged; Radiology lab opens; UT field donations received.

2007: Tech institutes work with legislature to address looking workforce shortage.

2008: Chris Paustian retires; Greg Von Wald hired as fourth president; ground broken for new utilities training center; Tech Center expansion; 40th anniversary celebrated; Power Sports program begins.

2009: Wind program approved; MTI receives first $2 million Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College Career Training grant; first campus apartment complex built; enrollment exceeds 1,000 for the first time ever.

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2010: Speech-Language Pathology Assistant program begins; SDN funds Telecom lab expansion; construction begins on Campus Center.

2011: Enrollment exceeds 1,100 for the first time; Crow Lake wind turbine purchase completed; receives 10-year Campus Center opens in July; MTI named to Aspen list for the first time.

2012: Farm Power, Welding programs begin; online programs offered for the first time; Trades Center construction begins; 15,000th student graduates; first mission trip to Haiti.

2013: Enrollment record set (1,227); second apartment building approved; Trades Center opens in Sept.; Foundation launches first-ever capital campaign.

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Mitchell Technical Institute historical timeline 2014: Human Services program begins; bike/walking path opens; new enrollment record set (1,259); Earl Nordby donates $1 million; Nordby Trades Center named; capital campaign exceeds goal ($5.4 million).

2015: Greg Von Wald retires; Mark Wilson hired as fifth president; Build Dakota program funded; Enrollment record set (1,287); Mitchell named to ICF Top 7; MTI wins ACT national award; SDLA program begins; Enrollment record (1,274).

2016: GPS/GIS Mapping program begins; CDL program adds computer simulators; receives NSF grant; 100th home built and sold; 10 consecutive years of enrollment growth marked; Amendment R passes (tech school governance).

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Mitchell Technical Institute historical timeline 2017: Board of Tech Ed appointed; LPN program begins; Dick & Darlene Muth/Muth Electric pledge $1.1 million.

2018: 50th class graduates; MTI named to Aspen Top 10 for the first time ever; celebration planned for Sept. in honor of 50th year.

Sibling scholars: MTI becomes family affair for three students

By Jake Shama For The Daily Republic

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hen Caleb B u l l i n g t o n decided to attend Mitchell Technical Institute five years ago, he didn’t know the school would make such a large impact on his family.

Bullington, 23, of Brookings, is the third oldest of five children in his family. In the fall of 2013, he started studying agricultural technologies at MTI. The Bullington family didn’t have any connections to the school, but Caleb chose it because of its proximity to his uncle’s farm in the WinnerColome area.

“It was kind of a nice little middle ground between home and going there because on

weekends, it was only an hour trip from Mitchell to the farm and an hour and a half from Mitchell to Brookings,” Caleb said.

But after graduating, the family grew even closer to the technical school as two of his siblings followed in his path: his older sister, Larissa Ripp, and his youngest brother, Heath Bullington.

“It made real sense for a lot of our kids,” said Scott Bullington, father of Larissa, Caleb and Heath.

Scott said the family nearly had a fourth MTI grad; The oldest child in the family, Coby Bullington, was the first to show interest in attending MTI before choosing to play football in North Dakota.

Still, the family’s interest in tech schools continued to grow.

“We think MTI is great,” Scott said. “I really think in this day and age, with the cost of schools and everything, any of the tech schools are a great choice if you can find one that’s a good fit. But Mitchell seemed to be pretty good for us.”

Caleb cited knowledgeable instructors and small class sizes as some of his favorite features, and he expects interest in technical schools to grow.

“There seems to be a big push right now to draw kids back into the technical schools and hands-on type of jobs and degrees,” Caleb said.

And he said the lessons he learned in class often applied to his day-to-day work on the farm, especially his studies in agronomy, business and equipment repair.

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a lot of general studies like a four-year college,” Caleb said. “It’s really important, when you go to learn, to be able to apply everything you learn into what you want to do for your future.”

About a month ago, Caleb started a new job working in agronomy at Sexauer Seed Service in Brookings, where he cleans seed and blends and mixes cover crops. But without his ag degree, Caleb said he probably wouldn’t have earned his place at the company.

and the couple found a new home in Parkston.

And thanks to her comprehensive education, Ripp is able to help out at the hospital in many different ways.

“I definitely ended up being able to perform more than one modality at the hospital, so I can bounce around and help out everywhere,” Ripp said.

“I don’t like to stick to one thing.”

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At 25 years old, Larissa Ripp is older than her brother Caleb, but she became the second Bullington to attend MTI in August 2016.

Ripp’s journey looked a bit different than Caleb’s. First off, she enrolled in the school’s advanced medical imaging program. And second, she took all her classes online while living in Brookings.

Before enrolling at MTI, Ripp graduated from Mount Marty College in Yankton with a degree in radiologic technology. She then decided to expand her knowledge with a certification in computed tomography and discovered that Mitchell Tech was one of about five options in the state.

“Definitely, if you have more certifications than just your radiography, it kind of gives you a head start into being accepted as an applicant for different jobs,” Ripp said.

That certification paid off. When she started the program in 2016, Ripp was engaged to her now-husband, who lived in the Dimock area.

After graduating in May 2017, Ripp was offered a job at Avera Queen of Peace Hospital in Mitchell,

This year, Heath Bullington became the third member of his family to join the MTI student body.

Following in Caleb’s agriculture footsteps, Heath signed up for the Pictured, from left to right, are Larissa, Caleb, Heath Bullington. precision agriculture program. And (Courtesy photo) after three weeks of classes, he couldn’t be happier.

Caleb is excited to see Heath learn from the “I love it. I’m having a lot of fun,” Heath said.

“I’m liking that they give a lot of information same instructors he did.

And while Heath may be the youngest child and structure. … It’s a lot of hands on, and I like in this family, the MTI tradition may continue that a lot.”

Being third in line gave Heath confidence in his in the future. Caleb and his wife have a twochoice after hearing both Caleb and Larissa talk month old daughter, and when the time comes, about their time in school. he would be happy to see her keep the tradition “They had a good experience, so that obviously alive. helps make the decision as well,” Heath said.

“In the future, if there’s the right path with Heath also travels west on the weekends to what she wants to do, I would definitely push help out on his uncle’s farm, and he plans on her (to choose MTI),” Caleb said. “I’ve seen for taking over one day to keep the operation and me plus three of my siblings who have all gone pheasant-hunting spot in the family.

“If I ever have kids, grandkids someday, they’ll through technical schools and where we’re at — have the same experience I did,” Heath said.

I just see the benefit of it.” 

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CELEBRATING 50 YEARS AT MTI

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Congratulations on 50 years of successful education!

Muth Electric, Inc. is proud to have a strong relationship for the entire 50 years of MTI beginning with Dick Muth as a part of the first Electrical Construction and Maintenance class. Since that time there have been hundreds of Mitchell Technical Institute students and graduates that have been employed with Muth Electric. All of them have been instrumental in the successful growth of the company.