On September 4, MATC Oak Creek Campus held a dedication ceremony for the new Cyber Café. The new café, located in the cafeteria, was designed to be a relaxing place where students can meet or just surf the Web. Dr. Vicki Martin envisioned the café when she was Vice President at the Oak Creek Campus. (0) comments
Increased taxes for residents and low enrollment of students have set in motion the discussion of Germantown seceding from MATC. Currently, Germantown taxpayers contribute an estimated $5 million per year for only 139 Germantown students. Germantown's enrollment in MATC has dropped 61% in the past 10 years as a result of more students attending Moraine Park Technical College and Waukesha County Technical College. (2) comments
The MATC Campus Card is getting a new name and a new look, and you can be the one to design it and/or name it. Campus Card, Student Life and TCF Bank are sponsoring a contest to rename and redesign MATC's current card. Current students can enter to either rename the Campus Card, redesign the card or they can do both. (0) comments
There is more to do at MATC than attend classes; there are clubs for just about any interest. One of the ways the clubs promote themselves happens during club recruitment days. For the Oak Creek Campus, Wednesday, September 10 was club recruitment day. There were only a few clubs represented on that day including: the United Hispanic Students Club with Leia Garacci and Monica Luera; the Bible Club with Matt Salzer and Karrie Lamb; and the Criminal Justice Student Organization with Heather Thompson, Amanda Krauss and Nick Gutowski. (0) comments
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. (0) comments
MATC students will have the opportunity to register to vote in the upcoming presidential election thanks to the Student Senate. With the state of the economy, ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, high concerns about national security, and affordable healthcare still out of reach for many Americans, the upcoming presidential election will be one of our nation's most important. (0) comments