Manhattan Area Technical College has been moved online which has provided a challenge for the hands on classes like welding. Manhattan Area Technical College president Jim Genandt says how they have adapted.
“With welding auto tech, things like that they’re doing as much as they can online and by demonstrate video demonstration using zoom, etc. And then when we can get back on campus, we’ll get those kids back into the labs to finish off so we can do the demo, you know, check off the competencies,”Genandt said.
Also the nursing program has been going through similar hurdles. “Healthcare has been our big concern, especially with nursing our CNAs and our EMTs. The EMT are unable to chug along,being a little different there. There’s some restrictions,” said Genandt”.
This means that while some students will be able to completely finish their classes online. Other students will have to wait for facilities to reopen to do so. However these students will be able to complete the lecture portions of their classes online.
MATC will also be operating on an online only only basis during the summer. The classes that are available in the summer are mostly general education and business classes.
Furthermore MATC is receiving help from the Greater Manhattan Community Foundation to renovate their Wamego complex. The Goldstein fund started a 150,000$ challenge grant. Currently $50,000 of the $150,000 goal has been raised.
