2016 Archives

December

MATC Surgical Technology Training Leads Lesha Knowles to Fulfilling, Exciting Career

Lesha Knowles was drawn to Milwaukee Area Technical College’s surgical technology associate degree program because she likes the intensity,...

November

Marine Corps Service in Afghanistan Inspires Nick Ratas to Pursue Career as Police Officer

Embedded in a small village in Afghanistan in 2010, Nick Ratas was one of a group of Marines who helped bring medical services and school supplies...

October

Mike Williams Follows Unusual Path to Success in CNC Machining Career

Mike Williams’ educational path at Milwaukee Area Technical College has been anything but typical. When most of his peers were attending high...

September

MATC Named Higher Education Climate Leaders Award Winner

WASHINGTON, DC—(Sept. 7, 2016)— Today, the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), in partnership with...

MATC Promise Assures Maya Hess an Opportunity to Attend College Full Time

Maya Hess has been working 65-70 hours a week since her early graduation from Port Washington High School in January, striving to earn money for...

August

Earning Medical Coding Diploma Helps MATC Graduate Anne Wineland Triumph Over Homelessness

At an age when most people are planning retirement, Anne Wineland was living in her car, “eating day-old bread and wilted lettuce,” and...

July

Omar Alvarez-Rodriguez Earns MATC Technical Diploma While Attending Tenor High School

Omar Alvarez-Rodriguez graduated from college three weeks before he graduated from high school. He received his technical diploma from Milwaukee...

June

MATC Chosen for U.S. Dept of Education Second Chance Pell

Nationally, 12,000 Incarcerated Students to Enroll in Postsecondary Educational and Training Programs

MATC Foundation Receives $100,000 Donation from Johnson Controls for MATC Promise

The Milwaukee Area Technical College Foundation has received a pledge of $100,000 over four years from the Johnson Controls Foundation to support...

Yucca Donahue Transforms Child Care Center with Ideas Learned in MATC Early Childhood Education Program

Yucca Donahue, a May graduate of Milwaukee Area Technical College’s early childhood education associate degree program, often raced home...

May

Kristin Gies Ignites Passion for the Earth in Mequon Nature Preserve Visitors

Kristin Thiel Gies credits Milwaukee Area Technical College's landscape horticulture associate degree program with "lighting the green...

April

Career-Ready Training Leads to Near-Instantaneous Job Offer for Web Developer Maggie Fernandes

Maggie Fernandes' participation in Milwaukee Area Technical College's Portfolio Night last year was more than an academic exercise - it...

March

Social Justice Activist Bryan Stevenson

Bryan Stevenson, author of The New York Times bestseller Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, and founder and executive director of the...

MATC Program Helps Students Follow Entrepreneurial Dreams

The term “entrepreneurship” conjures up images of the hit ABC reality show “Shark Tank.” Milwaukee Area Technical...

February

MATC Alumnus Gordie Gohr Builds Successful Career then Pursues Bachelor's Degree

It may be natural for some students to want to take a little time off between earning one degree and pursuing another. For MATC alumnus Gordie...

January

Skyn - The Spa at MATC Mequon

Milwaukee Area Technical College’s Skyn - The Spa at MATC Mequon, staffed by MATC instructors and students from the new aesthetician...

First Graduates of MATC's Right Path Program Earn Their Adult High School Diplomas

Steven Young, Jr., and Heather Fuller radiated pride and excitement as they received their diplomas from Milwaukee Area Technical College's...