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MATC Students Win Top Honors in Skills USA Competition
Three Madison Area Technical College
students will advance to national competition after winning first
place medals at the SkillsUSA
Wisconsin Spring Conference. A total of 11 MATC students won
first, second or third place medals in the competition, held
at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison in April.
Eight hundred
middle school, high school and technical college students competed
in 65 events. In addition to showcasing their skills in technical
and health occupations, the SkillsUSA Conference provided students
with opportunities
to explore career education options and meet with potential employers
through exhibits, seminars, and one-on-one interaction with college,
business and military representatives.
SkillsUSA is a national nonprofit
organization serving teachers and high school and college students
who are preparing for careers
in trade, technical and skilled service occupations, including
health occupations. It was formerly known as VICA (Vocational Industrial
Clubs of America). MATC Diesel Program director Paul Morschauser serves as SkillsUSA’s state director.
The MATC state medal
winners, their hometowns and events in which they placed are:
FIRST
PLACE
Dan Louis, Spring Green, Automotive Service
Technology
Julia McConahay, La Crosse, Cosmetology
Jason Nicholson, Portage, Precision Machine
Tool
SECOND PLACE
Krystin Bidwell, Baraboo, Cosmetology
Corey Lenz, Kimberly, Job Interview
Johnna Lush, Madison, Prepared Speech
THIRD PLACE
The team of Martin Cola and Rocky Cola,
Fort Atkinson, and Ryan
Nelson, McFarland, Automated Manufacturing
Rob D’Alessandro, Madison, Automotive
Service Technology
Kati Corbett, Madison, Cosmetology
The first place winners will participate
in the national SkillsUSA competition next month in Kansas City,
Missouri. They will be
accompanied by their MATC faculty
advisors, Machine Tool instructor JR Colvin of Reedsburg, Barber/Cosmetology
instructor Melissa Brainerd of Delafield, and Agriscience instructor Craig
Lathrop of Madison.
MATC is one of the largest of the Wisconsin Technical
College System’s
16 colleges. 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 offers associate degrees, vocational
diplomas and certificates, and non-degree courses in more than 140 programs of
study. The college serves parts of 12 counties located in southcentral Wisconsin
and offers instruction through five campuses and numerous community locations
throughout the district.
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Last
Modified:
May 5, 2006
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