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October News and
Information
October
31, 2002
MATC FACULTY MEMBER
AND WISCONSIN VETERINARY TECHNICIAN ASSOCIATION HONORED BY WISCONSIN VETERINARY
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
The Wisconsin Veterinary
Medical Association (WVMA) honored the veterinary technician profession
and two Madison Area Technical College employees with awards at the organization's
annual statewide meeting held the October 12 and 13 in Madison. (See
press release)
October 29, 2002
MATC
Holds Grand Opening, Student Demonstration of
Captioning Studio Funded by $500,000 Federal Grant;
Recognizes Baldwin for Funding Support
Press Release:
Madison Area Technical College (MATC) has completed the installation of
its new broadcast captioning studio, funded with part of a $500,000 Congressionally
directed grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Education*. The funding
is allowing MATC to develop a new degree program in broadcast captioning
and expand its educational and job placement services for captioners and
court reporters. Only 13 other colleges across the nation, including Lakeshore
Technical College based in Cleveland, WI, were awarded similar grants.
(See press release)
October 25, 2002
MATC PERFORMING ARTS
PRESENTS THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN
Madison Area Technical
College (MATC) Performing Arts brings Martin McDonagh's strange comic
tale "The Cripple of Inishmaan" to our intimate black box Studio
Theatre 206, located on the second floor of the Truax Campus, 3550 Anderson
St. Performances are scheduled November 1-2, 7-10, and 14-16. All shows
start at 8 pm. (See press
release)
October 22, 2002
Phi Theta Kappa Fall
Induction Ceremony Held At Madison Area Technical College
Forty-two students from all
five campuses were inducted into Madison Area Technical College's chapter
of Phi Theta Kappa during the college's 2002-2003 fall induction ceremony
on October 7, 2002. (See press
release)
October 22, 2002
UWM TO OFFER
ITS COLLEGE CONNECTION PROGRAM AT MATC
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) will extend its popular
bachelor's degree completion program, UWM College Connection, to students
at Madison Area Technical College (MATC) beginning next fall. (See
press release. Download via Adobe Acrobat
Reader. If you do not have Adobe® Acrobat® Reader® software,
you can download it free from the Adobe
Website.)
October 15, 2002
JIM HIGHTOWER TO KICK
OFF MATC'S GLOBAL HORIZONS SERIES ON SUSTAINABLE LIVING AND RENEWABLE
ENERGY
Jim Hightower*,
former Texas Agriculture Commissioner, cofounder of Agribusiness Accountability
Project, national radio commentator, author, public speaker and well-known
as "America's No. 1 Populist."
(See
press release)
October 9, 2002
MATC District Board
Sets 2002-03 Property Tax Levy,
Student Senate Presents Priorities
At its October 9 meeting, the Madison Area Technical College (MATC) District
Board voted to levy a combined operations and debt service property tax
levy of $63,422,426. The board established a mill rate of 1.39775, a decrease
of .85% from last year's mill rate of 1.40973. For each $100,000 of value,
property owners will pay approximately $139.78, or $1.19 less than last
year, to support MATC. (See
press release)
October 8, 2002
MATC COLUMBUS DAY
FEAST HONORS ITALIAN HERITAGE ON OCT. 12
To celebrate Columbus Day locally, Madison Area Technical College's culinary
students and instructors are teaming up with Italian culinary exchange
students to prepare authentic Italian cuisine for a Columbus Day Feast
Fundraiser. Together the U.S. and Italian students will prepare such traditional
Italian dishes as Spigola al Sale, Pappardelle alla Lepre and Il Dolce.
The menu selections were chosen by MATC Culinary Instructor, Chef Joseph
Gaglio and represent cuisine from the Toscana, Umbria and Abruzzi regions
of Italy. (See
press release)
October 8, 2002
JIM HIGHTOWER
TO KICK OFF MATC'S GLOBAL HORIZONS SERIES ON SUSTANABLE LIVING AND RENEWABLE
ENERGY
National radio commentator,
author, public speaker and well-known populist, Jim Hightower, will be
the keynote speaker for Madison Area Technical College's week-long Global
Horizons Distinguished Lecture Series event on sustainable living and
renewable energy October 21 through 25. Hightower, former Texas Agriculture
Commissioner and founder of the Agribusiness Accountability Project, will
speak at MATC's downtown location, 211 North Carroll Street, Madison,
from 7 to 9pm on Monday, October 21, in room D240.
(See
press release)
October 7, 2002
FEDSHARE 2002 MATCHES
WISCONSIN BUSINESSES WITH FEDERAL BUYERS
Guests and speakers include
Lieutenant Governor Margaret A. Farrow; Anthony J. Deluca,
president of INTECS; Lynette T. Ward, manager, Manufacturing Technical
Assistance Pilot Program (MTAPP) for the Air Force Outreach Program Office;
Gail Wegner, deputy director of the Center for Veterans Enterprise,
created in the Department of Veterans Affairs, and representatives
from federal agencies and prime government contractors. (See
press release)
October 3, 2002
MATC TO HOST 2002
WISCONSIN EDUCATION FAIR
Students and adults
looking for career options can take advantage of a gathering of over 100
organizations at the 2002 Wisconsin Education Fair (WEF). Madison Area
Technical College (MATC) will host the fair Tuesday, October 15 from 6:30-8:30
pm and Wednesday, October 16 from 9 am - 11 am. This free event will take
place at MATC's Truax Campus, Gymnasium, 3550 Anderson Street, Madison,
and is open to all ages. (See
press release)
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