| May News
and Information May 19, 2006 (Media Advisory)
MATC Commencement Returns to Downtown Madison
With Two Ceremonies at Overture Hall May 21
Graduates to Parade up Dayton Street; Ceremonies to Feature
Entrepreneur Rebecca Ryan and Moving Graduate Stories
Madison Area Technical
College (MATC) will recognize 1,963 graduates at two commencement ceremonies
on Sunday, May 21,
2006, at the Overture Center for the Arts. This marks the college’s
first commencement ceremonies held in downtown Madison since the
1960’s, when ceremonies were held at the Orpheum Theater in
1966-67 and the Central High School Auditorium in 1962-65. see press
release
May 17, 2006
MATC’S SCOTT BEARD HONORED AS WISCONSIN’S
OUTSTANDING INDIAN EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR
Wisconsin Indian Education Association Also Chooses MATC’s
Jennifer White Eagle as Outstanding Vocational/Technical Student
Scott Beard, Director of Institutional Effectiveness at Madison Area
Technical
College, has been named “Outstanding Indian Educator of the Year” by
the Wisconsin Indian Education Association (WIEA). In addition, WIEA has chosen
MATC student Jennifer White Eagle as its Outstanding Vocational/Technical Student
of the Year. see
press release
May 15, 2006
MATC 2006 May Commencement Moves to Overture Center with Sunday Ceremonies,
Parade of Graduates, Entrepreneur Rebecca Ryan as Keynote Speaker
For Second Year, Live Streaming Video to be Provided on MATC Website
Madison
Area Technical College (MATC) will recognize 1,963 graduates during
two commencement ceremonies on Sunday, May 21, 2006, at the Overture
Center for the Arts, 201 State Street, Madison, Wis. The first ceremony
will be held at 10 a.m. to recognize the college’s art, arts and sciences, and health, human and protective services graduates; the second ceremony will begin at 1 p.m. to honor agriscience, apprenticeship, technical and industrial, and business and applied arts graduates. The graduating class includes students from MATC’s
Madison, Fort Atkinson, Portage, Reedsburg and Watertown campuses. see press release
May 5, 2006
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. see
press release
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May 19, 2006
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