亨内平科技的历史
对我们来说，没有什么比未来更重要. 亨内平技术学院's mission has always been focused on students and the transformation of our community and progress. 多年来, Hennepin Tech的课程设置和学位课程也在不断发展, 改编, 为了反映雇主和当今学生的需求而改变. Hennepin Tech将继续关注未来, 并将在未来的许多年里继续我们的创新历史.
Remember that we are just starting out and everything is cast in soft concrete and can always be changed. 如果这对学生更好，我们就这么做.
Dr. 理查德金刚砂
287区总监
亨内平技术学院创始人
1968
Legislation passes which enables the formation of a cooperative structure for vocational technical education among all of the independent school districts in suburban Hennepin County (Independent School District 287). This gives the suburban districts the ability to raise funds through taxes and levies.
开发isd287是一个挑战. There are more than a dozen participating districts and each contributes two school board members.
1970
在伊甸园草原和布鲁克林公园的校园开始建设. 该地区最初拥有第三块土地，但后来将其出售. 学校官员为学生午餐增加了一个学生自助餐厅，引起了争议. 这被认为成本过高, 但校方认为，这样做对即将入学的学生更好. 这个决定在学生中很受欢迎.
随着建筑接近完工，巨大的人员配置任务开始了. 组织者在地区办事处附近租了拖车进行工作面试. 搜索ing for new faculty, organizers asked for help from industries and labor groups. 计划是雇用500名教师.
1972
Suburban Hennepin County Area Vocational Technical Centers officially opens two campuses in the fall. 第一年就有1000多名学生参加了45个不同的项目.
1974
入学人数上升到近5000人.
1977
随着计算机在商业中变得越来越重要, 学校在两个校区都增加了数据处理职业课程. 同年，Sheet Metal也首次亮相, 以及农业业务的新部门, 银行职业, 和塑料技术.
1978
Suburban Hennepin County Area Vocational Technical Centers changes its name to Hennepin Technical Centers.
1981
文字处理加入了办公室职业培训项目.
1982
As an experiment, the home-building program builds a super-insulated home for the first time.
1983
An Apple II computer is added to Eden Prairie’s Child Development Center for toddlers.
Hennepin Tech launches job training programs designed to enhance employment opportunities for people 45 and over. 对于81岁的Hennepin Tech教练Mike Fadell来说，这不是问题, 谁在1973年报名上课. 他的座右铭是:“锻炼身体，不要生锈。.”
1984
Eden Prairie的零售管理专业的学生开了一家名为Impressions的礼品店, 为他们提供经营零售商店的实际操作培训. Hennepin Tech launches a mentor program for gifted and talented high school students and matches them with mentors in their fields.
一个新的工程技术项目，激光/光电，开始了.
1985-1986
新的Hennepin科技产品包括自动化包装技术, 电脑排版, 生物医学技术, 及电脑图形学. 其他新开设的课程包括祖父母育儿课程, 家庭儿童保育和扩大马匹护理和稳定运营计划.
The Hennepin Tech automotive training program receives an award from the National Motor Vehicles Association for its excellence in training and education. 介绍了汽车机械专业的AA程序.
1987
Hennepin技术中心更名为Hennepin技术学院.
1988
学校从学时制改为学分制. Over time, this change results in an increase in the average age of the students attending.
The Fire Protection Associate Program has its first graduate and sees enrollment increase 100%.
Food service students make the world’s largest anniversary cake for KQRS radio’s 20th anniversary. 木工专业的学生制作了架子来装这个1000磅重的蛋糕.
1989
亨内平技术学院更名为亨内平技术学院.
启动了一项新的妇女外展计划. Project Discover offers career and skills assessment for women in technical career training programs. 夜校学生可以得到托儿服务, 咨询, 以及为聋人和听力受损人士提供的翻译.
1990
The first formal graduation ceremony is held at Robbinsdale Armstrong High School on June 4.
1991
明尼苏达州立法机关授权技术学院合并, 社区学院和州立大学系统.
1993
A full-time diversity coordinator position is created at the Eden Prairie campus to respond to the needs of a more culturally diverse student population.
1995
Intermediate School District 287 and Hennepin Tech become two different organizations. 大学员工现在为明尼苏达州工作. 明尼苏达州的技术学院, community colleges and state universities join together and form the Minnesota State College and University System. 最终，该系统将被重新命名为“明尼苏达州”.”
1996
亨内平技术学院的新标志诞生了.
2003
亨内平技术学院为9000多名学生提供学分课程.
2010
Hennepin Tech partners with Metropolitan State University and builds a Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Education Center. This new state-of-the-art facility on the Brooklyn Park campus serves as a training center for licensed peace officers in the Twin Cities area and beyond.
2011
创建新logo.
2012
Hennepin Tech undergoes its largest building renovation projects to date as both campuses are simultaneously renovated.
2013
Hennepin Tech’s Diversity Committee broadened its scope as part of a Minnesota State system-wide goal to develop a campus diversity plan, 整合到学院的整体学生成功计划.
2014-2015
有超过9500名学生在亨内平理工学院注册，在超过45个研究领域. 报名人数最多的年龄组是25岁至34岁. 学院提供47个应用科学副学士学位(AAS), 3个理学副学士学位, 62个文凭课程和68个证书课程，现有员工近800人.
2016
The manufacturing industry develops new ways to address a decline in qualified workers. 公私伙伴关系, 学徒制, scholarships and equipment donations help to recruit new students into manufacturing programs.
2018
新的努力, 不可阻挡的女性, 鼓励女性进入非传统职业, 哪些被定义为女性在劳动力中代表性不足的职业. 在社交媒体和出版物上发布事件和简介, 该学院颂扬在信息技术等职业领域工作的女性, 制造业, 和运输.
2019
亨内平科技和罗宾斯代尔281学区进入了一个特殊的特许经营权. The partnership creates pathways for high school students to pursue career and technical education.
The college celebrates being ranked on GradReports Best Colleges list based on exceptional return on investment: high salaries and low student loan debt for graduates. Hennepin Tech的Ford ASSET在入学率方面排名全国第一.
On campus, the college unveils new, vibrant outdoor murals at the entrances of both campus locations. Students, faculty and staff provided input on the design and helped to paint the murals.
2020
2020年3月，COVID-19大流行导致全球停工. Hennepin Tech extended its spring break and quickly begins a monumental transition to a virtual environment because in-person learning is not allowed throughout Minnesota. 几乎所有的员工都在家工作.
隔离开始几个月后, the Minnesota Governor approves a plan to allow limited in-person learning at technical colleges. 在一般情况下, elected officials agree with college leaders that a student can’t learn to repair a vehicle or operate heavy machinery via Zoom only. 最后, Hennepin Tech re-opens after it works with local and state health officials on a safety plan that includes wearing face masks and social distancing. 大多数课程都是在线课程，但也有一些是混合课程. 在混合模型中, 课堂讲座在网上进行，而且是在线授课, 学生可以到学校亲自参加实验室或技能培训.
2021
As the second year of the pandemic begins, Hennepin Tech continues safety precautions. 学生的选择包括在线课程和混合课程. COVID疫苗现已上市, Hennepin Tech contributes to the national and state efforts to urge vaccination and is named a COVID Vaccine Champion by the White House and Department of Education. The college provides vaccination clinics on campus and Hennepin Tech student nurses volunteer in the community.
2022
随着疫苗接种数量的增加，世界正在更大程度上恢复正常. 遵循联邦和州卫生官员的指导方针, Hennepin Tech ends the requirement to wear masks on campus and many in-person services and events are held in-person. 两年没有亲自举行毕业典礼, 毕业典礼回到了明尼阿波利斯会议中心.
