MATC PORTAGE CAMPUS HONORS STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY
AT FIRST PORTAGE SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS EVENT
Students at Madison Area Technical College (MATC) Portage have long been eligible for a variety of scholarships available to all MATC students, but this March the campus hosted its first scholarship breakfast event to honor Portage students and celebrate the campus ties to the community.
Five students received scholarships made possible through scholarship funds set up exclusively for Portage students and created by Portage community members and campus staff. The celebration is a part of the college's efforts to develop and strengthen ties between its five campuses and their surrounding communities.
"It is important for Portage students and the Portage community to have a scholarship program at their campus to bring donors together with campus employees and meet their individual scholarship recipients. Students who attend the Portage campus tend to stay and work in their community. Employers consider a scholarship as a good investment in a potential employee," says MATC Regional Development Officer Lynette Hertel.
Two students, Sandra Mergenthaler of Adams and Sharilyn Forbes of Westfield, received $500 Thomas Kemp Scholarships, from the foundation of retired dermatologist Thomas Kemp of Poynette. Merganthaler is a Human Resources major, and Forbes is in the Marketing Program at Portage.
Ryan M. Kraemer, a Prairie du Sac resident and student in the Automotive Technology Program, received the Keelan Ray Redfield Memorial Scholarship in memory of Redfield, a Montello resident who was enrolled in the program at Truax and whose mother has been an active Portage campus student.
John Roth of Lodi, in the Accounting Program, and Rex Oehlhof of Westfield, in Supervisory Management, both received scholarships from the Portage Fund, a fund set up by campus faculty, staff and community members for Portage students.
Area resident and community leader Dr. J. Robert Curtis received an Outstanding Community Service Award at the event to honor his many contributions to MATC and the community as a veterinarian, historian, county board member, MATC District Board member and past president, and MATC Foundation Board member.
MATC is one of the largest of the Wisconsin Technical College System’s 16 colleges. It provides “real world smart” education through 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 in southcentral Wisconsin and offers instruction through five campuses and numerous community locations throughout the district.
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