President's Welcome
Dr. Robert Musgrove, President
Pine Technical College welcomed Dr. Robert Musgrove in 1998. Since coming to Pine Technical College, President Musgrove has led the College through a period of growth and increasing prestige. Today, with about 1,000 students, the College’s guiding principle continues to be its focus on students and mission of serving the Pine County region with excellent educational programs and services.
Message from the President
Forget everything you've ever heard about technical education. Forget particularly what your mom and dad said it was like in years' past - we are not your parents ‘vo-tech.' Immerse yourself in this web site - and then come to campus, if you haven't already been.
What you will find is a dynamic, relevant and advanced technology college equipped for the 21st Century. What you will see is a creative balance of the best of the old with the best of the new. What you will experience is, in some ways, the same as students of previous generations, and in other ways, far different from anything they ever experienced.
Pine Technical College is smaller and friendlier - but we offer technology programs unique to Minnesota and the nation. We are true to our promise of personal service to our students - but, our campus is more ‘wired' and electronic than most universities. We feature high technology alongside traditional trades. You can design a virtual reality simulation or you can build a custom rifle. You can connect a network to fiber optics or you can repair a vehicle's transmission. You can learn from home online or experience our more intimate, smaller classes. We are located in a smaller, warm and welcoming community - but we are a partner in the Internet 2 and are equipped with better telecommunications than the local telephone company.
Look us over with clear and open eyes, and visit our campus. We'll welcome you in that old-fashioned, rural Minnesota way. And then we'll knock your socks off.
Robert L. Musgrove, Ph.D.
President, Pine Technical College
