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MILWAUKEE (Nov. 4, 2010) – Milwaukee Area Technical College President Dr. Michael L. Burke was named to the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) Steering Committee at the 2010 ACUPCC Climate Leadership Summit in Denver on Oct. 13.

Dr. Burke is one of 16 new Steering Committee members who represent a diverse cross-section of two- and four-year colleges and universities, public and private institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Hispanic-serving institutions.

“I am pleased and honored to be joining such an esteemed group of college and university leaders on the ACUPCC Steering Committee,” said Dr. Burke. “I look forward to sharing our work with my colleagues and learning from them how MATC can continue on the path toward climate neutrality. Being named to the Steering Committee is recognition of the college's leadership in the area of sustainability.”

Launched in early 2007, the ACUPCC is a network of 675 colleges and universities in all fifty states and the District of Columbia - representing nearly six million students, about one third of the US higher education student population. The program is led by a Steering Committee comprised of twenty-nine university and college presidents and is staffed and supported by Second Nature, a Boston-based national nonprofit organization.