MATC TO DEDICATE NEW NURSING EQUIPMENT
Thanks to $25,000 Jenny Jones Donation
Former nationally syndicated talk show host Jenny Jones will be present, via a web conferencing feed, when Madison Area Technical College dedicates $25,000 in new nursing equipment.
The ribbon cutting ceremony will take place on Tuesday, May 20, at 4 p.m., in room 524 at MATC’s downtown campus, 211 N. Carroll Street.
This past February, Jones announced MATC was the first recipient of her “Jenny’s Heroes” campaign. She’s giving away $1 million in $25,000 increments to people who want to make a difference in their community.
Jones was contacted by MATC custodian Travis Wiersma, who told her it would be a “dream” if nursing students at the school could work with state-of-the-art equipment. Jones says of her 2,300 requests, Wiersma’s was her favorite.
A portion of Jones’ $25,000 donation was used to buy special software for MATC’s high-tech SimMan manikins. The software challenges and tests nursing students’ clinical and decision-making skills in realistic situations.
MATC provides "real world smart" education as one of 16 colleges in the Wisconsin Technical College System. It serves 12 south-central Wisconsin counties 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 through five campuses and numerous community locations.
