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The Technical College Board during the meeting on October 28, 2025.
Support grows for fired staff
Photo of three individuals that prompted a lockdown at MATC's Downtown Campus.
Lockdown at MATC
(from left to right) Celicio Lozano -Active Duty, Russell Guy - Active Duty, Denzel Renfro - Leading Student Ambassador - Veterans Resource Center (VRC), Claude Lamb - Veteran, Devona Hardin - Admissions Supervisor, and Jamie Hollins Mast - Veteran's Resource Specialist
Veterans Resource Center brunch
(from left to right): Times Business Manager Faith Jenkins, Editor-in-Chief Zanaia Joshua, Photography Editor Cierra P. Wilson, Sports Photography Editor Juan Carlos Wood, Times Advisor Barb Volbrecht, and Sports Editor Crystal Williams pose at MediaFest25 with Wilson's "Pinnacle Award" for Third Place in the General News Photo category in the national competition. (Photo taken by a conference attendee.)
Times staff won journalism awards in Washington, D.C.
Fall 2024 Graduates pose at MATC's Commencement ceremony
Important information for students graduating in Fall 2025
Stormers women’s soccer team celebrates after a goal against Madison College on October 22.
Stormers women’s soccer ties Madison College, 1-1
Sophomore mid fielder #22 Giovanni Guerrero in a match against Kishwaukee College on October 15, 2025.
Men’s soccer loses to Kishwaukee
Kamarion Ivory takes a jump shot over his opponent in the game against Moraine Valley Community College on November 9.
Roster moves for Stormers men’s basketball
Members of the Stormers women's basketball team pose for a photo in a Cudahy warehouse after volunteering at the Milwaukee Diaper Mission. Photo shared by MATC Athletics.
Stormers women’s basketball partners with the Milwaukee Diaper Mission
Freshman Alexandra Suchanek (l) and Sophomore Aisha Kaabachi (r) celebrate after a successful rally for a point in doubles against Waubonsee Community College on September 20, 2025.
Check out Stormers women’s tennis
Jiangshi illustration created by Sr. Illustrator Noah Thomson.
Jiangshi: The myth of the unquiet Qing dead
Q illustration by Sr. Illustrator Noah Thomson
Q: The feathered serpent god
Werewolf illustration by Sr. Illustrator Noah Thomson
Werewolf: From man to beast
Graphic created by Emma Turk. (Emma graduated in May 2025.)
New energy 
The Golem illustration by Sr. Illustrator Noah Thomson.
The Golem: Monster made from clay
Noah Thomson is the illustrator and content creator of Film Facts Trivia.
Film Facts Trivia – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Noah Thomson is the illustrator and content creator of Film Facts Trivia.
Film Facts Trivia – The Princess Bride
Noah Thomson is the illustrator and content creator of Film Facts Trivia.
Film Facts Trivia:Titanic
Noah Thomson is the illustrator and content creator of Film Facts Trivia.
Film Facts – 7
Noah Thomson is the illustrator and content creator of Film Facts Trivia.
Film Facts Trivia – 6
Illustration by Noah Thomson
Kung Fu Critters
Snow Angel: Sending warm, magical winter wishes! by Autumn Melody (Sultan), MATC Times Magna Illustrator
Snow Angel: Sending warm, magical winter wishes!
Kung Fu Critters: Ready, Fight 3 by Noah Thomson
Kung Fu Critters: Ready, Fight 3
Kung Fu Critters: Ready, Fight 2 by Noah Thomson
Kung Fu Critters: Ready, Fight 2
Kung Fu Critters, Ready, Fight 1 by Noah Thomson
Kung Fu Critters: Ready, Fight 1
A fox perches on top of its habitat to observe the visitors at the Shalom Wildlife Sanctuary LLC in West Bend, WI
Shalom Wildlife Sanctuary: Autumn walk with wildlife
Animation students gather in C282 for a 24 hour worldwide animation film contest in October. Photo shared with the Times by Chris Korth, a student who participated in the competition.
Animation Jam: MATC students participate in worldwide competition
GED instructor Carolyn Allen
Find the joy every day: Life lessons from a MATC GED instructor
Culinary Assistant, Robert Anderson stops and smiles while taking a catering order to the H Building at the Downtown Campus.
Three decades of dedication: Robert Anderson’s impact on the MATC community
Landscaping around the Mequon Campus
More than a walk in the park: Mequon’s Landscape Horticulture program
Students receiving GED/HSED diplomas sit in the Cooley Auditorium during a graduation ceremony on December 17, 2024.
MATC and community-based organizations to celebrate 282 students at GED/HSED graduation
May 2025 graduate Patrick Burton
Striking the right chord: A graduate’s path through MATC
A graduate expresses her excitement at MATC's Spring Commencement ceremony.
Congratulations to MATC’s spring graduates!
Emma Turk, graphic designer graduate and MATC Times Graphic Designer. Photographers: Cierra Pleshette Wilson and Juan Carlos Wood
Saudi student graduates with honors
Illustration created by MATC's Graphic Designer, Emma Turk, a spring 2025 graduate.
MATC to graduate nearly 1,700 students at 2025 Spring Commencement
Cancer awareness and prevention event
Cancer awareness and prevention event
Fully stocked fresh produce in the Sherman Park grocery store.
Sherman Park grocery partners with Fast Fund to help students get free food
Students and alumni attend a Career & Internship Fair at the Downtown Campus on September 30.
Career fairs at Downtown Campus this week
Employers answer questions at a career & internship fair at the Oak Creek Campus.
Oak Creek Campus hosts first career fair of the semester
A Hispanic Heritage Month event featured Aztec dancing at the Oak Creek Campus.
Aztec dancing at MATC’s Oak Creek Campus
Animation students gather in C282 for a 24 hour worldwide animation film contest in October. Photo shared with the Times by Chris Korth, a student who participated in the competition.
Animation Jam: MATC students participate in worldwide competition
(from left to right) Celicio Lozano -Active Duty, Russell Guy - Active Duty, Denzel Renfro - Leading Student Ambassador - Veterans Resource Center (VRC), Claude Lamb - Veteran, Devona Hardin - Admissions Supervisor, and Jamie Hollins Mast - Veteran's Resource Specialist
Veterans Resource Center brunch
Graphic created by Times Managing Editor Reni Brown
Students can sleep in: No classes on Tuesday
Illustration created by Savannah Van Vlaenderen
The Mid-Autumn Moon Festival: Celebrate unity and light
Cancer awareness and prevention event
Cancer awareness and prevention event
Students and alumni attend a Career & Internship Fair at the Downtown Campus on September 30.
Career fairs at Downtown Campus this week
Graphic from MATC's The Week Ahead electronic newsletter
Fall Career Fair: Oak Creek Campus
A new Career Closet will be filled with professional clothing that MATC students can wear to interviews. The new space is part of the updates to the Student Resource Center (SRC) in S215 at the Downtown Campus.
Student Career Closet: Opening soon
Image provided by the CareerHub
Career Corner: Navigating ‘transfer in’ options at MATC
There are many networking opportunities at MATC. This is an Employer Appreciation Breakfast for M-Cubed, a partnership with MPS, MATC and UWM. The event was held to thank employers and organizations for creating work-based learning experiences for students in Milwaukee.
Career Corner: The importance of building career connections both now and in the future
To achieve a healthy diet, you’ll need to do some planning and research. Photo Illustration provided by Cierra Pleshette Wilson.
Make your New Year’s resolutions meaningful and stress-free to benefit your mental health
AI generated graphic as directed by Zanaia Joshua
Domestic Violence Awareness: Every minute, an average of 20 people are abused
Zombie Bites
Zombie Bites
The Stormers Baseball team huddles up before a game in the Spring 2024 semester.
Everyone huddle up: Let’s talk Mental Health
An MATC student squeezes a stress ball to relieve some of his stress.
Stress management tips
Students in Culinary Fundamentals worked together to create seven different egg dishes. This class was highlighted in a feature about MATC's Culinary Arts Program in the MATC Times print publication.
What’s on the menu in Culinary Fundamentals? 
Rosemary grown in the Downtown campus’ rooftop garden located on the third floor of the T Building.
Cuisine: Homegrown from MATC’s rooftop garden
Baking and Pastry students' gingerbread houses on display at the Milwaukee Public Market. December 11, 2024.
MATC’s Parade of Gingerbread Houses competition
A new look at the MATC Downtown Food Pantry in S215!
Downtown Food Pantry revamped and restocked
Renovations continue in the Student Resource Center (SRC) in S215 at MATC's Downtown Campus.
The SRC (Student Resource Center): A lifeline for students
A shared kitchen area outside of rooms at Westown Green apartments
Westown Green needs to reconsider housing criteria
Students watch a Conflict Resolution presentation conducted by MATC Student Ombudsperson Yolanda Hodges.
Westown Green: Some love it, some loath it
MATC student move-in day
MATC student move-in day
On Campus Housing
Student Legal Clinic
Don’t rent trouble
A day of hot coffee and panic…how’d he end up here?
Grand Theft Auto and the anatomy of a moral panic: 2025 is a fear-filled time
Graphic created by Warren Murphy, Managing Editor
The future of money: We all want to know!
Super Smash Brothers Graphic created by Emma Turk
Super Smash Brothers – A dinner party by any other name
Make academic goals part of your 2025 New Years Resolutions
Setting academic goals for the new semester
Dr. M.L.K. Dr. street sign in front of the Eliminating Racism, Empowering women (YWCA) in Milwaukee WI. December 20, 2024
Remembering Martin Luther King Jr’s full legacy
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Photo of three individuals that prompted a lockdown at MATC's Downtown Campus.
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(from left to right) Celicio Lozano -Active Duty, Russell Guy - Active Duty, Denzel Renfro - Leading Student Ambassador - Veterans Resource Center (VRC), Claude Lamb - Veteran, Devona Hardin - Admissions Supervisor, and Jamie Hollins Mast - Veteran's Resource Specialist
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(from left to right): Times Business Manager Faith Jenkins, Editor-in-Chief Zanaia Joshua, Photography Editor Cierra P. Wilson, Sports Photography Editor Juan Carlos Wood, Times Advisor Barb Volbrecht, and Sports Editor Crystal Williams pose at MediaFest25 with Wilson's "Pinnacle Award" for Third Place in the General News Photo category in the national competition. (Photo taken by a conference attendee.)
Times staff won journalism awards in Washington, D.C.
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Steve Herrow, vice president and education director of ADAMM; Dr. Vicki J. Martin, MATC president; Tom Hurvis, Chairman of Old World Industries; Peter Feigen, Milwaukee Bucks president; and Tom Barrett, Milwaukee Mayor; gather after MATC receives $3 million grant. The grant is going to expand the automotive programs and create the Al Hurvis/Peak Transportation Center at MATC. This is the largest private gift in the school’s history.
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Staff and students from MATC, MPS and UWM display unity and purpose by combining efforts through a service learning project for United Way.
New initiative strives for seamless education
This 2015 Ford Taurus alternative fueled Green Vehicle was on display at the downtown MATC campus. The vehicle was brought in by one of the event’s major sponsors, the American Lung Association in Wisconsin.
Graduate exhibits at 12th Annual Green Vehicle Showcase
Dr. Richard A. Busalacchi, the associate dean for the Hospitality programs, stands near the main entrance of the 6th Street Bakery, located at the Downtown Milwaukee Campus.
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