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Make Yourself at Home: Students Encouraged to Stay and Thrive in Milwaukee

Three MATC students participated in a workforce retention roundtable on Friday, October 10, hosted by Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson and...

Taking Charge: MATC Students Encouraged To Scale the Leadership Ladder

Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski and Milwaukee County Sheriff Denita R. Ball shared their career journeys at a Student Leadership Series program...

MATC Committed to Welcoming and Serving Hispanic Students

Despite shifting federal priorities and uncertain funding, Milwaukee Area Technical College will always be committed to welcoming and serving...

Fashion Statements: MATC Students Learn How To Dress for Success

MATC staff on Tuesday, Sept. 23 impressed upon students the importance of professionalism, polish and punctuality at a career fashion show called...

Special Occasion: MATC Celebrates Presidential Investiture

On Friday, September 19, Dr. Anthony Cruz reached a professional and personal pinnacle by being vested as the 11th president of Milwaukee Area...

Viva MATC! Hispanic Heritage Month Gets Off to Exuberant Start

MATC students, faculty and staff got National Hispanic Heritage Month off to a rousing start on Tuesday, Sept. 16, by dancing, eating, singing and...

Day of Remembrance: MATC Honors Lives Lost in 9/11 Attacks

On Thursday, September 11, 2025, MATC students, faculty and staff who gathered at the college’s Oak Creek Campus to remember that day 24...

‘I’m Reborn’: MATC Helped Student Recently Released From Prison Rebuild His Life

Thanks to Milwaukee Area Technical College’s Second Chance Pell grant program, Tanzel Norman earned an associate degree and a Microsoft Desk...

MATC Graduates Spotlighted in BizTimes

Four MATC graduates were among the 2025 Notable alumni featured by the BizTimes.

Acing It: MATC Opens New Testing Center at Downtown Milwaukee Campus

MATC has opened a new testing center at the Downtown Milwaukee Campus. The space, where thousands of students and community members take placement...

Opening Up: New MATC Healthcare Pathway Office Designed to Better Serve Students

MATC officials gathered on Monday, Aug. 18 to celebrate the opening of the new Healthcare Pathway offices at the Downtown Milwaukee Campus.

Envisioning His Future: Student With Deafblindness Attending MATC

Siddartha Miller, who is completely blind in his right eye, legally blind in his left eye and wears hearing aids in both ears, is studying graphic...

Discovering a New World: Albania Native Finds Her Passion and Purpose at MATC

Alda Malaveci arrived from Albania in 2011 uncertain and unsettled. While serving as a volunteer at a Walker's Point clinic, she discovered a...

On the Cutting Edge: MATC Cosmetology and Barber Students Showcase Talents

MATC Cosmetology and Barber students on July 29 showed off their imagination, creativity, individuality and expertise at the “Edge of...

MATC President Reflects on His First Year, Looks to Future

Milwaukee Area Technical College President Dr. Anthony Cruz recently looked back on his first year on the job with the Milwaukee BizTimes,...

Best in Class: MATC Instructor Named State’s Respiratory Therapist of the Year

MATC instructor Jessica George, who has taught at the college since August 2024, was recently named the Wisconsin Respiratory Therapist of the...

Read All About It: Spring 2025 Issue of Transformations Magazine Spotlights MATC

Read all about what makes Milwaukee Area Technical College one of the best educational options in the region in the spring 2025 issue of...

Midsummer Night’s Dream: MATC Graduate Performs at Summerfest

Jaquawn Gaston, a 2021 graduate of Milwaukee Area Technical College’s Audio Production program, realized a lifelong dream June 19 when he...

Logging On: Artificial Intelligence Tool Now Accessible to All at MATC

MATC is the first college in Wisconsin, and one of the few in the Midwest, to make AI accessible to all students, faculty and staff.

Double Vision: MATC Television Students Earn Pellegrini Scholarships

Two students in Milwaukee Area Technical College’s Television and Video Production program will share a scholarship founded last year in...

Guiding Light: MATC Nursing Graduate Wins State Leadership Award

MATC Registered Nursing graduate Elle Honerbaum received a Future Nursing Leader Award from the Wisconsin Nurses Association at the college's...

Happy Being Blue: Police Academy Graduate Overcomes Adversity To Earn Badge

For NiCoalle Zemanovic, wearing a badge and becoming a police officer realizes a dream nearly two decades in the making and completes an...

Joy and Pride: MATC GED/HSED Graduates Celebrate Finishing, Look to the Future

Nearly 300 Milwaukee Area Technical College students earned General Educational Development (GED) certificates, High School Equivalency Diplomas...

No Further Delays: Dream of High School Diploma Finally Comes True

After working for nearly 50 years without a high school diploma, 64-year-old Lisa Perry received her HSED at MATC’s GED/HSED completion...

Helping Hands: MATC Checota Scholar Prepared To Tackle Child Care Shortage

At 41, Levon Coger is doing something about the state's day care shortage. In the fall of 2024, she enrolled in the Child Care Services...