Category Archives: Brooklyn Center Campus

What is a Socratic Seminar? Through Collaboration, Students Find Out

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Being able to collaborate with others is a skill that is important in school, the workplace and life in general.  To assist students in learning how to collaborate more effectively, faculty at the Minnesota School of Business-Brooklyn Center campus are … Continue reading

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Stepping Out of Our Usual Roles: Working with Elementary Students

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On Friday, May 17, all schools in the Minnesota School of Business (MSB) network participated in the 7th annual Community Service Day.  Each school works with charitable organizations on volunteer projects and/or provides educational workshops for community members.  For the … Continue reading

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Thinking Outside the Box: 5 Job Interview Tips

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Most people who have interviewed for a job can give the typical “what to do and what not to do” pointers to help someone prepare for an interview.  Unfortunately, though, every interview is different, and no single list will fully … Continue reading

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Campus Director Takes on New Role as Stay-At-Home Mom

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On Friday, May 3, the Minnesota School of Business-Brooklyn Center campus witnessed the end of an era as Jana Gymer-Koch, campus director, locked up her office for the last time.   Gymer-Koch began her tenure with the Minnesota School of … Continue reading

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How to Prepare Medical Assistants for Jobs

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Staff and faculty at the Minnesota School of Business-Brooklyn Center campus do their best to ensure that every graduate is fully prepared for the real world prior to graduation.  Alicia Larson, medical assistant program chair, wanted to give her students … Continue reading

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Student of the Quarter Enjoys Hands-On Learning

A few weeks ago, we featured Robyn Januszewski as our first student of the quarter.  Read about Januszewski and the award that she received from Minnesota Campus Compact here.  Our second student of the quarter is Jamie St. Hilaire.  St. … Continue reading

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Going for Woman of the Year – How You Can Help

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Minnesota School of Business-Brooklyn Center campus thoroughly enjoys finding fun and entertaining ways to give back to the community, and this past Saturday’s event showed the community exactly what our staff and faculty are willing to do. Every year, the … Continue reading

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Earth Day Celebration: ‘Where Did All the Ice Go?’

EarthFest, Earth Day

On Saturday, April 20, 2013, the Minnesota School of Business-Brooklyn Center campus had the opportunity to participate in the fourth annual EarthFest celebration at Brooklyn Center High School.  This is the second year that the campus has had the privilege … Continue reading

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Gyros and The Who: Staffers Reveal Their Favorites

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With a new quarter comes a new opportunity to share with our readers information about two of our wonderful staff members at Minnesota School of Business-Brooklyn Center campus.  It is our pleasure to introduce you to Aldina Korman, administrative assistant, … Continue reading

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‘It Changed Me for the Better’: Community Service Fosters Service-Learning

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Global Citizenship is a required general education course that most students take during their first or second quarter at Minnesota School of Business.  Throughout the duration of the course, students learn more about themselves and their community—both local and global—through … Continue reading

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