Sep 30 2010
Congratulations to Laura Polancich, Career Advisor for our Brookfield campus. I am thrilled to announce that the recent graduating class just achieved 100% placement. Every graduate from the class is now working in the IT Industry! What an awesome accomplishment!
Sep 17 2010
Check out this great video on our Constitution. Today is the observe of Constitution Day! How blessed we are to be living in a country that cares and protects our freedoms!
For more information about Constitution day check out this link…. http://www.constitutionday.com/
Sep 14 2010
Check out this great article about the 11 hot jobs skills for 2011. Help Desk/Tech Support and Networking are #3 and 4! Excellent news for all our active students!
Sep 06 2010
Congratulations to all my recently employed graduates!!! This day is to celebrate you and your success!!! Here’s to many more!
Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.
More than 100 years after the first Labor Day observance, there is still some doubt as to who first proposed the holiday for workers.
Some records show that Peter J. McGuire, general secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and a co-founder of the American Federation of Labor, was first in suggesting a day to honor those “who from rude nature have delved and carved all the grandeur we behold.”
But Peter McGuire’s place in Labor Day history has not gone unchallenged. Many believe that Matthew Maguire, a machinist, not Peter McGuire, founded the holiday. Recent research seems to support the contention that Matthew Maguire, later the secretary of Local 344 of the International Association of Machinists in Paterson, N.J., proposed the holiday in 1882 while serving as secretary of the Central Labor Union in New York. What is clear is that the Central Labor Union adopted a Labor Day proposal and appointed a committee to plan a demonstration and picnic.
The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. The Central Labor Union held its second Labor Day holiday just a year later, on September 5, 1883.
In 1884 the first Monday in September was selected as the holiday, as originally proposed, and the Central Labor Union urged similar organizations in other cities to follow the example of New York and celebrate a “workingmen’s holiday” on that date. The idea spread with the growth of labor organizations, and in 1885 Labor Day was celebrated in many industrial centers of the country.
Sep 03 2010
I have always felt that when students enroll at PC ProSchools they are becoming part of our family. But it doesn’t stop with the students. We keep in touch with their families too. I can’t tell you how many calls and emails I get from parents, wives, husbands, grown children and grandparents regarding the progress of their loved one! Here’s a response I got today after I sent him an update on the progress on his son!
I am happy to hear that the school is so successful at providing companies with qualified students. Myself and several other experienced IT people I know don’t even get phone calls so I am glad to see activity in the industry.
Laura is experiencing the same situation we sometimes so with S. He is a smart dedicated individual, but lacks in his timing of providing information, which is why I am consulting with you one his progress. He always makes good decisions and does them for the right reasons but needs to communicate better. I am working with him on this and he is beginning to mature in this area.
He did have an exceptional softball year. It sounds like just a game, but he plays at a level that requires commitment. He traveled throughout the year, and as actually in Minnesota now and goes to Florida next weekend. If he were to progress to the next level he would get paid to play, which is unusual for some his age. He has also been on mandatory overtime for a year and a half where he works, so between school, work and softball he has been a busy person.
I would like to thank you and your staff for the dedication you provided S.and latitude that allowed him to try to balance the three areas of his life. He and I recently talked and he is eager to pursue his new career.
I would definitely recommend that parties to take a look at your program if they are interested in a career in IT.
Best success,