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Taking the Reins: MATC Graduates Prepared To Be Next Generation of Leaders

  • Mark Feldmann, feldmam1@matc.edu
  • 18 May 2025

Milwaukee Area Technical College celebrated Spring 2025 Commencement on Saturday, May 17, at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. Nearly 1,700 students...

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Stormers Ahead: High School Seniors Celebrate Choosing MATC

  • Mark Feldmann, feldmam1@matc.edu
  • 17 May 2025

More than 200 area high school students who gathered at Milwaukee Area Technical College's Downtown Milwaukee Campus on Thursday, May 15, to...

Students & Alumni Partnerships & Workforce Scholarship & Grants

Heating Up: Graduate Finds Success in MATC, Johnson Controls HVAC Partnership

  • Mark Feldmann, feldmam1@matc.edu
  • 16 May 2025

Kyree Nash-Guzman will receive a Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating Service Technician technical diploma from MATC and become the first...

Faculty & Staff Students & Alumni Academics Events

MATC To Graduate Nearly 1,700 Students At 2025 Spring Commencement

  • Darryll Fortune, fortundl@matc.edu
  • 15 May 2025

Milwaukee Area Technical College will host its 2025 Spring Commencement at noon on Saturday, May 17, at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. Nearly 1,700...

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All You Need Is Love: Outstanding Associate Degree Graduate Gets Support and Finds Success at MATC

  • Mark Feldmann, feldmam1@matc.edu
  • 14 May 2025

For his perseverance, his academic excellence and his community involvement, Yeng Tha Vue was selected as the college’s Outstanding Graduate...

Students & Alumni Scholarship & Grants Events

Full Participation: President’s Award Winner Finds Success Through Involvement and Helping Others

  • Mark Feldmann, feldmam1@matc.edu
  • 13 May 2025

To honor his academic achievements, his contributions to the college and his involvement in the community, Warren Murphy received the...

Faculty & Staff Students & Alumni Student Engagement and Community Impact

Inner Beauty: MATC Selects 16 Artists for Community Art Collection

  • Mark Feldmann, feldmam1@matc.edu
  • 09 May 2025

The inspiration and imagination of 16 community artists will grace the walls of Milwaukee Area Technical College this summer — the fifth year...

Scholarship & Grants Academics Students & Alumni

Figuring It All Out: Argentine Native Earning Her Accounting Degree

  • Mark Feldmann, feldmam1@matc.edu
  • 06 May 2025

While other children in Argentina aspired to be sports heroes, doctors, lawyers, chefs or firefighters when they grew up, Mariel Farina dreamed...

Students & Alumni Scholarship & Grants

Tool Time: Scholarships Help MATC Apprentices Get Equipment Needed To Succeed

  • Mark Feldmann, feldmam1@matc.edu
  • 02 May 2025

18 MATC construction and industrial trade apprentices received Tools of the Trade scholarships from the Ascendium Education Group to help buy...

Students & Alumni Academics

From Badge to Blackboard: MATC Criminal Justice Instructor Continues To Make an Impact

  • Mark Feldmann, feldmam1@matc.edu
  • 01 May 2025

Connie Prange has never stopped showing her determination: first by serving as a Milwaukee police officer and detective for 15 years, and then by...

Students & Alumni Academics Events

MATC Students Explore ‘Endless Possibilities’ of Artificial Intelligence

  • Mark Feldmann, feldmam1@matc.edu
  • 16 April 2025

For eight weeks this spring, seven MATC students explored various AI tools. They received AI training and spent two months using Gemini and other...

Academics Students & Alumni

Celebrating Women: Tragedy Put MATC Fire Technology Instructor on Career Path

  • Mark Feldmann, feldmam1@matc.edu
  • 08 April 2025

Natashia Kirch witnessed the fearsome, fatal power of fire at a young age and set her on her career path; a path that has included being the only...

Students & Alumni Events

Time To Celebrate: MATC Students, Faculty, Staff and Community Members Mark the End of Ramadan

  • Mark Feldmann, feldmam1@matc.edu
  • 04 April 2025

On Wednesday, April 2, students, faculty and staff, along with community members, gathered at Milwaukee Area Technical College to celebrate the end...

Students & Alumni Events

Buzzing at the Barbershop: Men of Color Share Stories of Resilience and Strength

  • Mark Feldmann, feldmam1@matc.edu
  • 04 April 2025

In a barbershop setting — a longtime locale of communication, conversation and community among Black and Brown men — men who could have...

Students & Alumni Events Partnerships & Workforce

Looking Good: Pride Clothing Swap for Potential Prom Goers Held at MATC

  • Mark Feldmann, feldmam1@matc.edu
  • 03 April 2025

Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin came to Milwaukee Area Technical College on Friday, March 28, for a pride clothing swap, where lesbian, gay,...

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For Women, Protective Services Careers Can Be Heavy-Duty

  • Mark Feldmann, feldmam1@matc.edu
  • 26 March 2025

On Tuesday, March 25, women in protective services careers gathered at Milwaukee Area Technical College to discuss how they got into their fields,...

Students & Alumni Academics Partnerships & Workforce Events

MPS Students Explore Career Options at MATC Event

  • Mark Feldmann, feldmam1@matc.edu
  • 25 March 2025

Nearly 1,500 sophomores from 20 Milwaukee Public School high schools got information about the careers and educational opportunities available at...

Events Students & Alumni

Celebrating Women: MATC Photography Alumna Documenting the World of Women at Work

  • Mark Feldmann, feldmam1@matc.edu
  • 24 March 2025

MATC Photography graduate Stephanie Bartz returned to her alma mater this month with an exhibit that honors Women’s History Month in the...

Academics Students & Alumni

Call of Duty: Saluting Women in MATC’s Protective Services

  • 21 March 2025

March is Women’s History Month and MATC salutes the women in the college’s Protective Services programs: Emergency Medical Services,...

Students & Alumni Academics

Getting Organized: Make Your Life Easier With Standard Operating Procedures

  • Mark Feldmann, feldmam1@matc.edu
  • 21 March 2025

Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are step-by-step guidelines that clarify processes, increase efficiency and preserve institutional knowledge....

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Celebrating Women: MATC Culinary Arts Graduate Remains a Cut Above

  • Mark Feldmann, feldmam1@matc.edu
  • 17 March 2025

Karen Bell, a graduate of Milwaukee Area Technical College’s Culinary Arts program and a classically trained butcher, returned to her alma...

Academics Students & Alumni

Whirlwind of Activity: New WTCS Student Ambassador Always on the Move

  • Mark Feldmann, feldmam1@matc.edu
  • 14 March 2025

This spring, MATC student Naomi Omoruyi seems to be all over the place. She’s taking 24 credits, learning Spanish, working as a math tutor,...

Students & Alumni Academics

Celebrating Women: Passion for Welding Sparks Educational and Professional Success

  • Mark Feldmann, feldmam1@matc.edu
  • 10 March 2025

Welding has forged success after success for Hallee Tretow. She spent her senior year of high school taking welding courses at Milwaukee Area...

Students & Alumni

Ready, Set, Game: MATC Launching Esports Program

  • Darryll Fortune, fortundl@matc.edu
  • 05 March 2025

Milwaukee Area Technical College is launching an esports program slated to compete against other state schools in the Wisconsin Esports Conference...

Students & Alumni

Kid-Friendly: Drop-In Child Care Center Filling Vital Need for MATC Students

  • Mark Feldmann, feldmam1@matc.edu
  • 04 March 2025

For the past six months, students at Milwaukee Area Technical College’s Downtown Milwaukee Campus have been able to drop off their children...