From classroom to career: MCTC students excel in workforce

Published on Apr 14, 2025

By Rachel Adkins

Throughout April, May, and June, Maysville Community and Technical College will feature 12 students graduating in May 2025 who have committed to high-demand careers. 

This is a Going Pro initiative, which strives to bring awareness to the possibilities unlocked as a traditional-age college student with little to no experience in the workforce. 

With many different programs offered at MCTC, prospective students can enter the workforce right after finishing their credentials. 

Maranda Swartz, 27, is a student enrolled in the Information Technology (IT) program on the Rowan campus. She began her journey toward an Associate in Arts and an Associate in Applied Science degree in 2021. 

Swartz completed her Associate in Applied Science in December 2024 and has few courses left to take to complete her Associate in Arts. 

Spending several months as a work-study in the IT department on the Rowan campus, Swartz is transitioning to the IT department at UK St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead. Her employer, Michael Williams, director of Network Operations at UK St. Claire, noted Swartz had completed a six-month internship with the organization prior to applying for this position. 

“One of the biggest things about hiring a new person is the uncertainty of what kind of employee they’ll be,” Williams remarked. “Where she’s worked with us before, the group was aware of her skill set and that she did a good job so we were excited when she applied.”

He discussed the organization’s relationship with MCTC.

“It’s been very good, especially as far as typical training. The candidates that we’re getting from there have been fantastic. They’ve been prepared, often moreso than we find elsewhere,” Williams explained. 

According to Williams, the organization has offered positions to students at MCTC before and will continue to do so. He affirmed that MCTC has done an “excellent” job in preparing students for the workforce.

MCTC is proud to recognize the achievements of students who are entering the workforce or entering a new role soon after graduation.