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COUNSELORS AND
TEACHERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE EXPLORE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AT MATC
Forty-three dedicated
counselors and teachers from across the state attended Madison Area Technical
College (MATC)’s Summer Institute 2001. The program is designed to
provide these professionals with information on careers in the culinary
and leisure services fields. This one-credit course, held in conjunction
with the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, will better prepare these
school personnel to advise their students on potential careers.
The four-day program
provided workshops and tours. Participants were able to explore topics
such as lodging, recreation, travel, food service, culinary arts and baking/pastry
arts. Participants were able to visit the Cherokee Country Club; Prairie
Athletic Health Club; Madison East YMCA; Dane County Parks; Mansion Hill
Inn; Concourse Hotel; Hilton Hotel; Monona Terrace; Fluno Center; Timber
Lodge Steakhouse; Wisconsin Restaurant Association; Wisconsin Dells; and
the Dane County Airport. Additional workshops covered food styling and
Asian cuisine.
The training offered
through MATC’s Culinary Trades Department includes Culinary Arts;
Baking/Pastry Arts; Food Service Aide; and Food Service Production. Leisure
Services training includes Hospitality and Tourism Management; Recreation
Services (as Activity Fitness Leader and Facility Operations Specialist);
Travel Agent Certificate; and Travel Services.
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 provides training in more
than 100 career programs. It awards associate degrees, vocational diplomas
and certificates, and offers non-degree courses. The college serves all
or parts of 12 counties located in south-central Wisconsin and offers
instruction through five campuses and various other locations throughout
the district.
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September 17, 2001
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