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PRESS RELEASE
Visit the UW-Madison
site at http://www.provost.wisc.edu/connections
for more information.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 1, 2002
CONTACT: Noel Radomski, UW-Madison,
(608) 263-0238;
Teri Venker, UW Colleges, (608) 263-5061;
Terrance S. Webb, MATC, (608) 246-6270
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UW-MADISON DUAL ADMISSION
PROGRAM TO INCLUDE MATC MADISON
UW-Madison Connections,
a pilot program that offers students dual admission to UW-Madison and
a UW Colleges campus, will expand next fall to include Madison Area Technical
College.
Students admitted into UW-Madison Connections are guaranteed an opportunity
to finish their undergraduate degrees at UW-Madison after successfully
completing two years at a participating college. The program currently
includes UW Colleges campuses, which are the 13 campuses of the UW System
that specialize in freshman/sophomore teaching.
UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley says the program is being extended to
MATC in fall 2003 to better serve the large number of UW-Madison applicants
from Dane County.
“Dane County residents interested in this program had to move closer
to a UW Colleges campus or endure a very long commute,” Wiley says.
“This allows these students to take advantage of the fine liberal
arts education available at MATC before coming to UW-Madison.”
To be eligible to attend MATC as part of the program, applicants must
be Dane County residents or graduates of a high school within Dane County.
They must attend either MATC’s Downtown Education Center or Truax
facility — both of which are located in Madison — and enroll
in MATC’s Liberal Studies Transfer Program, which is offered through
the college’s Arts and Sciences Division.
There are no residency requirements for students who choose to attend
a UW Colleges campus.
“This partnership greatly benefits the students served by both institutions
by providing them access to a solid liberal arts education at MATC for
two years, along with the security of admission as a junior to UW-Madison
to complete their baccalaureate degree,” MATC President Dr. Beverly
S. Simone says. “It also helps MATC and UW-Madison serve students
who may otherwise have decided to leave Dane County to attend college.”
UW-Madison Connections began prior to the fall 2001 semester to provide
an alternative for the growing number of academically strong students
that UW-Madison is unable to accommodate. The UW-Madison Office of Admissions
received applications from 21,000 students seeking one of approximately
5,700 available spots in the fall 2002 freshman class.
A select number of UW-Madison applicants who have the qualifications to
succeed at UW-Madison, but were not offered a spot in the freshman class,
are offered admission into UW-Madison Connections. About 85 students enrolled
during the first two years of the program.
While attending classes at one of the UW Colleges or MATC, students are
granted many of the privileges afforded new freshmen enrolled on the Madison
campus, including access to UW-Madison’s libraries, recreational
facilities and student unions, and the opportunity to purchase tickets
for athletic events at student rates.
Those students who choose to enroll at MATC, however, must pay student
fees to UW-Madison each semester that cover University Health Services,
Memorial Union and recreational sports because they are the most likely
to use these services.
UW Colleges Chancellor Bill Messner welcomes the addition of MATC, and
says the new partner will add another dimension to the already successful
pilot program.
“The UW-Madison Connections program combines the best of both worlds
for students,” Messner says. “They’ve been able to get
their ‘best start’ on one of our small campuses with access
to high quality UW professors, and then complete their education in a
Big Ten college environment. Ultimately, they get their bachelor’s
degree from a world-class major research university.”
UW Colleges campuses include: UW-Baraboo/Sauk Co., UW-Barron Co. in Rice
Lake, UW-Fond du Lac, UW-Fox Valley in Menasha, UW-Manitowoc, UW-Marathon
Co. in Wausau, UW-Marinette, UW-Marshfield, UW-Richland, UW-Rock Co. in
Janesville, UW-Sheboygan, UW-Washington Co. in West Bend and UW-Waukesha.
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