On October 13, the Moorhead High School Career Academy hosted the Health & Human Potential and Information Technology & Design Thinking Career Fair. It was the first career fair hosted by the Career Academy for the 2023-24 school year.
Tailored to the school’s academies of the same name, the fair welcomed sixteen area employers who offer careers in the fields of Health & Human Potential and IT & Design Thinking.
“Being able to offer specialized career fairs is a benefit to both our students and the community partners who attend, because the students know that the employers are relevant to their interests and the partners know that the students who they talk to are interested in that field,” explained Career Academy Community Outreach Coordinator Tom Dryburgh.
Throughout the day, hundreds of MHS students came through the fair and spoke with the community partners about potential future careers.
Moorhead Area Public Schools and the Career Academy would like to thank the following community partners for participating in this career fair:
Border States Electric
Carpenters & Millwrights Local 1176
CNH International
Dynamic Homes
Eventide
Fargo Jet Center
Farmstead Living
Forks Lath & Plaster, Inc.
Marvin Windows
Minnesota State Community and Technical College
Minnesota State Community and Technical College Construction Management
NECA Dakotas Chapter
Precision Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Dirtworks
Sanford Ambulance
Sanford Health
Wanzek Construction

“We had a solid turnout for this career fair,” added Dryburgh, “and these events will continue to grow and improve in conjunction with our academies.”
The next career fair—scheduled for Thursday, December 14—at the MHS Career Academy will feature the Farm to Table and Entrepreneurship & Business academies. Stay tuned to the MHS website and district social media channels for information on this event, including sign-up information for community partners.