MCTC, SCH partner for College to Career Showcase

January 12, 2024
by Megan Smedley

Just before the fall 2023 semester concluded, several Maysville Community and Technical College (MCTC) students took advantage of an unprecedented recruitment event as part of the partnership between MCTC and St. Claire HealthCare (SCH).

The College to Career Showcase, which was open to MCTC students, as well as SCH employees, community members, and area high school students, allowed those in attendance to meet with various MCTC and SCH departments to discuss career and education opportunities.

“This is really what it is all about,” said Jessica Kern, title. “It’s about having programs at our institution that seamlessly transition our students into a career.”

Attendees had the opportunity to visit nearly 30 tables, a mix of both MCTC programs and SCH departments, where they could speak to representatives from both organizations. While MCTC’s healthcare programs were well represented at the event, guests could also mingle with faculty from MCTC programs such as culinary arts, computer information technology, construction technology, air conditioning technology, and more.

Personalized tours of St. Claire Regional Medical Center were also provided by St. Claire staff, allowing attendees to see what it would be like to be a part of the team at SCH in their chosen career path.

“When I attended the showcase at St. Claire, everyone was very friendly,” said Maranda Swartz, a student at MCTC. “I came as a current MCTC student and employee to see what their IT positions were like for when I graduate and was not disappointed. They talked to us about things we could do to help us get a job, as well as gave us a tour of their offices and departments within IT.  It was a very eye-opening experience and an all-around great time.”

Last month’s College to Career Showcase was just the latest example of ways that MCTC has partnered with SCH to educate the region’s future workforce.

In August, MCTC and SCH announced the St. Claire Academic-Practice Scholarship Program, aimed to remove economic barriers to education, by providing students with access to scholarship dollars that will help close the gap between their cost of attendance and other forms of financial aid.

The partnership also provides a continuous stream of specialized employees to meet the workforce needs of St. Claire HealthCare in both clinical and non-clinical areas.

“MCTC is really special,” said Donald H. Lloyd II, President/CEO of SCH. “It fills a mission that is critically important, not only to St. Claire, not only to healthcare, but to the region as a whole.”