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Graduate and Local Business Owner
Robin Roberts Receives Statewide Distinguished Alumni Award
The Wisconsin
Technical College District Boards Association presented its Distinguished
Alumni Award for 2004 to DeForest resident Robin Roberts, owner of Roberts
Construction Associates in Madison. Roberts was selected for this statewide
honor from nominations of notable alumni submitted by each of Wisconsin’s
16 technical colleges.
This award recognizes
Roberts for his significant role in leading the development and funding
the upgrade of MATC’s baseball field and for his membership in and
service to the MATC Foundation Board.
Roberts, who graduated from Madison Area Technical College’s (MATC)
Architectural Technician Program in 1975, founded Roberts Construction
Associates in 1981. His company has completed more than 400 building projects,
winning five Associated Builders and Contractors “Project of Distinction
Awards.”
While at MATC,
Roberts was an outstanding student who worked his way through college.
He also was an outstanding pitcher for the MATC baseball team and still
ranks in the top ten for most batters struck out and for the lowest Earned
Run Average among MATC pitchers.
Roberts remains
involved with MATC as a charter member and president of the MATC On Deck
Club, which supports MATC baseball. He led the upgrade of MATC’s
baseball facility, named Robin Roberts Field in 2000, to recognize his
role in planning, fund raising and construction management for the project.
Roberts Field is used by several community groups in addition to the MATC
WolfPack.
Roberts also serves
as a board member and secretary of the MATC Foundation. In nominating
Roberts for the award, Bob Dinndorf, executive director of the MATC Foundation,
said, “I believe Robin represents the ideal technical college alumnus:
someone who combines technical knowledge with broad vision and then works
hard to develop a distinguished career using that powerful combination.”
The Wisconsin
Technical College District Boards Association: Represents the
144 governing board members serving Wisconsin’s 16 technical college
districts. The Association promotes excellence in trusteeship through
member education programs, public policy advocacy, and cooperative efforts
between the colleges.
The Distinguished
Alumni Award: Is made annually to one exemplary graduate of a
Wisconsin Technical College based on: The role a technical college education
has played in his or her personal and professional life; the nominee’s
professional accomplishments; and, his or her service and commitment to
the home college and to the larger community. Nominations are made by
local college boards and the selection is made by a statewide member panel.
According to the
Association’s executive director, Paul Gabriel, “Our members
are volunteer community trustees who really value and honor extraordinary
service to the larger community.”
MATC is one of
the largest of the Wisconsin Technical College System’s 16 colleges
and serves about 50,000 individuals each year. It provides a comprehensive
curriculum of technical, liberal arts and science, adult basic education
and life enrichment studies and activities, as well as customized employee
training. MATC provides training in more than 100 career programs. It
awards associate degrees, vocational diplomas and certificates, and offers
non-degree courses. The college offers instruction through five campuses
and various other locations throughout the district.
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April 28, 2004
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