Citywide initiative helps boys and men of color become heros
by Jodicee Harris, Times Staff Reporter
November 14, 2018
Filed under Area, Events, Features, In the Community, News, showcase
Photo by Valerie Evans The Milwaukee Boys and Men of Color celebrated their fifth annual week of activities Oct. 1-6. The week focused on issues that men of color face and was a way for the men to connect and celebrate with one another. The first day of activities kicked off with a breakfast held at...
The future of hospitality is bright for Future Hospitality Managers Association
by Kirsten Schmitt, Times Senior Editor
November 14, 2018
Filed under Features, News, showcase
Future Hospitality Managers Association (FHMA), founded in 1993 by Beverly Johnson and Paul Weber, enhances the professional growth of the hotel student and has since evolved to include all hospitality students, according to Johnson. Johnnetria Gardner, vice president of FHMA, added, “It’s a gre...
Diet helps prevent cancer
by Kirsten Schmitt, Times Senior Editor
November 5, 2018
Filed under Features, Health, Lifestyle, News
According to the article “The Top 10 Leading Causes of Death in the United States” in Medical News Today from February 2017 by Hannah Nichols, the number one leading cause of death is heart disease. The second is cancer. Nichols said, “Anyone can develop cancer, but the risk of most types of canc...
Fall Experiment brings art, music, technology, film together
by Shane Potter, Times Photographer
October 31, 2018
Filed under Area, Arts & Entertainment, Events, Features, Final Focus, In the Community, News, Scene, showcase, Top Stories
The Fall Experiment is a place for Wisconsin’s aspiring artists, inventors, engineers and imagineers to meet, learn and create together. The free-of-charge public event offered something for anyone interested in learning more about the latest creative and tech trends. The event, tooks place...
Doors Open spotlights Milwaukee buildings
by Kirsten Schmitt, Times Senior Editor
October 23, 2018
Filed under Area, Events, Features, In the Community, News, showcase
In its eighth year, Doors Open Milwaukee has not lost its luster. Featuring 171 buildings throughout Milwaukee’s downtown and neighborhoods, there is not much left wanting from the event. It’s hard to choose where to start as each year offers more buildings to explore. Doors Open is a concept that...
How do I hire a student worker?
by Kristine Kadlec, Times Contributor
October 23, 2018
Filed under News
The following step-by-step guide should answer all of your questions regarding hiring a student worker. To post your student worker position, visit the MATC website. Click on the JOBshop icon near the top of the page, then on the lefthand side, click on Work Study. Scroll down to the bottom of the...
For better results, shake up that brain of yours
October 19, 2018
Filed under Lifestyle, News, Tutoring Center
Insanity, the saying goes, is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results. We all do it: repeat what we know does not work for us. Stopping at the grocery store during rush hour to “just grab bread” is a frustratingly slow task every time. Yet we do it ove...
BloodCenter of Wisconsin holds Halloween “Out for Blood” Drive
October 19, 2018
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BloodCenter of Wisconsin is asking community members to save the day (and show off their "spooktacular" spirit this Halloween) and donate blood to help patients in need. Donations of all blood types are needed, but there is an especially great need for O negative donors. O negative blood is of critical...
Being prepared for an active shooter event
by Bethany Eischen, Times Staff Reporter
October 19, 2018
Filed under Features, News, showcase
On Friday, Sept. 21, a handful of students and faculty sat in a conference room at the downtown campus waiting for Public Safety’s Active Shooter Workshop to begin. At exactly noon all of us received a slew of texts, calls and emails – the Rave Alert letting us know that West Allis Campus had be...
December graduates should be applying
by Jodicee Harris, Times Staff Reporter
October 15, 2018
Filed under News
Are you an MATC student ready to graduate? Have you fulfilled all of your credits? If you answered all of these questions, then you still have one step to meet before graduating. If you are planning to graduate then you should be reading this article. The MATC winter commencement ceremony will be h...
Welding Club visits Poblocki Sign Company
October 15, 2018
Filed under Area, Events, In the Community, News
The MATC Welding Club was able to visit Poblocki Sign Company for National Manufacturing Day.
Positive vibes from Equan Burrows
by Mara Cook, Times Editor-in-Chief
October 15, 2018
Filed under Features, News, showcase
From birth to age 3, Equan Burrows lived in the Bahamas with his aunt, due to health problems. Upon being reunited with his mother in Tampa, Florida, she had him engaged in various activities such as karate, taekwondo and Boy Scouts. Through the Boy Scouts STARS program (Students Taking an Active Rol...