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Selfless Surveying
MATC student Gerard Guerra helped build a water distribution pipeline that now brings clean water to residents of Quejchip, Guatemala. A civil engineering technology student, Guerra ventured to Central America with Engineers Without Borders.
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MATC Uses Innovative Approach for
Digital Life Drawing Class
MATC's Digital Life Drawing course is believed to be the first of its kind in the nation. Students work on Wacom Cintaq monitors rather than traditional sketchbooks and the technology has resulted in rapid improvement throughout the semester. The course was the creation of instructors Tim Decker and Brian Mennenoh.
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Dorothy Walker Takes Non-Traditional Path
to Success
MATC associate dean Dorothy Walker has lived a life of "firsts". MATC helped open the door to a successful welding career, then teaching non-traditional occupations to women, and eventually an administrative position. Today, Walker is committed to ensuring MATC students receive the best education possible.
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FORWARD Management Propels Grads
Ahead in the Workplace
For 20 years, MATC's FORWARD Management program has assisted working adults prepare for careers in management. As this fall semester's class began meeting, former students shared with the group how MATC helped them advance in their respective careers.
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Culinary Apprentice Graduate Enjoys
Her Turn in 'Hell's Kitchen'
Suzanne Schlicht's experience in MATC's Culinary Arts program not only prepared her for a career in the rigorous world of fine dining kitchens, but it also primed her for the experience of a network reality show.
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FSET/PACE Programs Train Participants
in Business and Finance
Through a collaborative relationship between MATC's Partners Advancing Careers & Employment (PACE) program and the FoodShare Employment and Training (FSET) program, 12 Milwaukee-area food share recipients graduated from an intensive 114-hour training course in "General Banking and Finance Skills" this past August.
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Opening Doors with China:
History Made at MATC
March 22, 2009, was a historic day at MATC, as more than 20 students visited via videoconference with students from Shanghai Dian Ji University. The videoconference was the result of an MATC Innovation Grant that opened new doors for MATC.
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TEP Graduate Wilkinson Dreams of
Helping High School Dropouts
Vernon Wilkinson used MATC's Teacher Education Program (TEP) as a springboard to help him fulfill his goal of assisting high school dropouts who wish to earn their GED or enroll in an adult high school program.
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"Lights! Camera! Action!"
MATC Students Participate in
RDI Stages Grand Opening
Entertainment industry moguls, government leaders, and MATC students and faculty helped RDI Stages in Bay View open the first sound stage and movie production facility in Wisconsin in January 2009.
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MATC Library Hosts Poetry Contest as part of
National Library Week Festivities
To commemorate National Library Week, the MATC Library hosted a poetry contest open to all students. Marijo Giblin was the grand prize winner for her entry, "Meal for One." Marijo's poem was published in The Phoenix, MATC's student literary magazine, and she won a $50 MATC Bookstore gift certificate to be used for textbooks, a lunch ticket, a parking pass, an MATC Library flash drive and a journal.
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MATC Center for Engaged and Service Learning Receives Awards for Environmental Survival Challenge
Milwaukee Area Technical College's Center for Engaged and Service Learning Foundation, Inc., received several accolades for a pilot project they coordinated during the summer of 2008 called the Environmental Survival Challenge (ESC). The three-week project brought together urban, rural and suburban middle school students to learn about the environment and the sustainability of Greater Milwaukee ecosystems.
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George Stone Enlists Students in Fight
to Save the Planet
Not only is Natural Sciences instructor George Stone passionate about nature and preserving the earth's resources, he strives to make his students as passionate about these issues as well. That may be a tall order to fill, since Stone is recognized nationally and internationally for his expertise in the area of climate change.
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Wisconsin First Lady Jessica Doyle Visits MATC
to Promote Wisconsin Covenant
Wisconsin First Lady Jessica Doyle visited Milwaukee Area Technical College's Downtown Milwaukee campus April 23, 2009, as a part of Wisconsin Covenant Days activities. First Lady Doyle met with 150 local eighth graders from Mitchell Street, Thoreau, Hopkins and Holmes schools and shared the importance of establishing a solid educational foundation.
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Ozaukee Realtors' Association
Recognizes MATC Student
Milwaukee Area Technical College student Kimberly Corriveau was recognized by the Ozaukee Realtors Association Thursday, May 14, 2009 for her design of the new ORA logo.
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Wisconsin's Technical Colleges are
'educational bright spot' in workforce report
The State of Working Wisconsin 2008 report documents economic growth in Wisconsin as "soft" resulting from job losses, higher unemployment and declining median incomes, but credits Wisconsin's Technical Colleges for impacting the state's workforce.
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MATC Culinary Arts Student Stella Bernard
Earns Opportunity of a Lifetime
Louisiana-born and Milwaukee-bred MATC graduate Stella Bernard was recently accepted as an apprentice at L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon in Paris. Robuchon is widely recognized as one of the world's premier chefs and restaurateurs.
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MATC Arboriculture Students Enjoy Success
at 2008 Tree Care Industry EXPO
Students from MATC's arboriculture programs turned in outstanding performances at the Tree Care Industry (TCI) EXPO held in Milwaukee in November 2008. Ten MATC students participated in the Career Days skills and knowledge competitions, which drew 98 entrants.
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Jim Benedum Teaches Students to Help Others
MATC accounting instructor Jim Benedum teaches his students about much more than balancing books and working with numbers. By setting a positive example through his own actions and offering quotations from wise sages, he inspires students to live life fully and help other people. He has practiced what he teaches for a quarter century as a volunteer income tax preparer.
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Karen Bell Takes California Cuisine to Madrid
In the center of Madrid, Spain, residents and tourists feast on culinary creations by Whitefish Bay's Karen Bell. The 1998 MATC graduate in Culinary Arts opened the small restaurant called "Memento" in January 2006. The secret of its customer appeal lies in an ever-changing menu, using seasonal produce painstakingly selected on a daily basis by Bell herself.
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Student Nurses Practice on Simulated Human
Lying in a hospital bed, hooked up to a monitor and an IV, Earl Jensen moaned, coughed and complained loudly. His breathing labored, he exhibited the signs and symptoms of pneumonia. MATC registered nursing students checked his vital signs, adjusted his intravenous line and fitted him with an oxygen tube.
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Police Ride-Along Kindled Chief's Career
Riding along in a Waukesha County Sheriff's squad car one night changed Ann Wellens' life forever. The high school senior had her mind set on becoming an accountant or a veterinarian. An assignment to investigate any career that did not interest her turned those notions inside out.
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Reggie Finlayson Spins Hypnotic Stories
Hundreds of Milwaukee-area children have sat at Reggie Finlayson's feet over the years, watching the man in the colorful flowing robes use words, gestures, facial expressions and African musical instruments to convey African history. Finlayson is a modern-day "griot" -- practitioner of an oral storytelling tradition dating back to 13th-century West Africa.
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Christine Brunner Finds Fulfillment
in Funeral Service
When a close friend's brother committed suicide, Christine Brunner felt helpless. She desperately wanted to do something to help the family cope with its terrible loss. "Being there for them just wasn' enough for me," Brunner says. A couple of years later, she was flipping through employment ads and saw openings for funeral directors. "Suddenly, it hit me that I wanted to do that."
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Susan Heitman an Inspiration for Students
Health Occupations Instructor Susan Heitman is a bundle of energy known for her great big smile. A familiar face at the Downtown Milwaukee Campus of Milwaukee Area Technical College, she teaches a full schedule while also serving on several faculty committees and continuing to work one Saturday a month as an occupational therapist. What keeps her going is a burning passion for helping others learn.
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