608 Magazine Jenna Moore 9.11.2020 In 2017, partnering with Aaron Perry, Patterson and Perry established the Men’s Health Education Center located in the shop. Making National News, this educational center offers hands-on experience for Edgewood College’s nursing students and is supported by Dane County Public Health. They CALL JP Him Jeff Patterson J eff Patterson, better known in the community as JP, was born in North Chicago in 1971.Learning the trade fromhis grandfather, JP knew he wanted to become a barber from early on in his life. “There were always clippers around and plenty of friends and family members to practice on growing up,” he says. After graduating from college in 1994, JP moved to the 608. Four years later, he opened JP Hair Design, a full-service barbershop, in May of 1998. An influential member of the 608 community for over 20 years, JP gives back in so many ways and is an exceptional example of what it means to be an instrumental member of the community. In addition to teaching classes at Madison College, Mr. Patterson has served on the state C osmetology Examining Board and has also been Chairman to the state Barbering Advisory Committee. Coaching community teams, offering free haircuts, mentoring apprentices in the shop, and creating the Back to School Event, which has been serving the community with back-to-school haircuts for over ten years. JP began teaching Barber and Cosmetology Apprenticeship Theory at Madison College in 2010- 2011. In 2016, he joined the Barber and Cosmetology ProgramatMadisonCollegewhere he currently teaches Men’s Haircutting, State Laws, Sales and Marketing, and Business Management.
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