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Ramadan – Tips to support Muslim students and staff
MATC Times staff wins six National College Media awards at a convention in New York City. (Pictured from left to right) Times Editor-in-Chief Zanaia Joshua, Student Life Manager Anne-Marie Bernard, Times Advisor Barb Volbrecht, Arts & Entertainment Editor Reniqua Brown, Writer and Business Manager Abe Johnson, Managing Editor Warren Murphy, Photo Editor Cierra Pleshette Wilson, Photographer Juan Carlos Wood, Photographer Jang Vuong. This picture was taken by a student photographer from another college publication who was attending the event. (The award winners text was added to the photo.)
MATC Times wins six national student media awards
Erik Riley – Pathway Advisor
What do you think of Black History Month?
Employers, recruiters and students at the Wisconsin Private Colleges Career Consortium (WIPCCC) Career Expo at 3rd Street Market Hall. Milwaukee WI. February 19, 2025.
MATC students shuttled to a career fair
(From left to right) Steve Williams and William Musoke, MATC student members of Men of Color Initiative (MOCI) and the Black Student Union (BSU).
MATC student leaders share their thoughts on Black History Month
Freshman Point Guard Ky’Moni Hunt shooting a scoring shot against Moraine Valley
Ky’Moni Hunt: Freshmen Stormer’s Basketball player with big dreams
Coach Arom Murrell talks strategy with the Women’s Basketball team. Photo courtesy of Time Evans, MATC Marketing & Communications. (This photo was not taken at the Play4Kay game.)
Raising awareness: MATC basketball teams join national Play4Kay movement
Freshman Stormers Guard, Makayla Carney vs the Kankakee Cavaliers on February 13, 2025.
Stormers Women’s Basketball battles Kankakee Community College 
President Dr. Anthony Cruz and Teagan Cole, a freshman volleyball player, smiling after playing a game of pickleball at the new courts at the Downtown Campus gymnasium.
Get your paddles ready: Pickleball hits MATC’s Downtown Campus
MATC’s Women’s Basketball Coach Arom Murrell has been the head coach since 2022.
Stormers Women’s Basketball: New Year, good players, great leadership
Questions and image by Autumn Melody (Sultan)
Sanrio Trivia – Quiz 1
Graphic created by Emma Turk
Infinity & not beyond
Illustration by Noah Thomson
Kung Fu Critters
Photo courtesy of Mark Frohna.
The work of Milwaukee artist Anja Sieger: Paper, props, spoken poetry and performance art
Snow Angel: Sending warm, magical winter wishes! by Autumn Melody (Sultan), MATC Times Magna Illustrator
Snow Angel: Sending warm, magical winter wishes!
Noah Thomson is the illustrator and content creator of Film Facts Trivia.
Film Facts Trivia – 6
Noah Thomson is the illustrator and content creator of Film Facts Trivia.
Film Facts Trivia – 5 (Scary Films)
Noah Thomson is the illustrator and content creator of Film Facts Trivia.
Film Facts Trivia-4
Noah Thomson is the illustrator and content creator of Film Facts Trivia.
Film Facts Trivia-3
Noah Thomson is the illustrator and content creator of Film Facts Trivia.
Film Facts Trivia-2
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
MATC students practice distributing medicine in class.
Why the vital role of Anesthesia Technicians often goes unnoticed
Helianthus annus (common sunflowers) in a local garden
From shelf to soil: Mequon Campus Library grows more than books
Darnell Bonner, an MATC Times writer, is writing a book about his life story.
Despite my Barriers, I Still Strive to Thrive
Class photo of nursing students and instructors in H-336 .
MATC’s nursing program legacy at MATC
Live in the moment!- MATC student Tatiana Lugo dances in the hallways in her traditional cultural attire
Celebrating Ethnicities at MATC
MATC President Dr. Anthony Cruz begins his speech by taking a selfie with the graduates and instructors in the crowd during MATC’s Winter Commencement, December 14, 2024. Milwaukee, WI
Congratulations MATC 2024 Fall Graduates!
Excitement abounds for students receiving their diplomas at MATC's GED/HSED ceremony on December 17.
Nearly 300 students receive their GED/HSED diplomas at MATC ceremony
M-Cubed participants (from left to right) Noah Barry-Kessler, Paul Maynard, Jonathan Evans, Zyair Buckner
M-Cubed: Bridging futures, forging paths
The Fiserv was packed at Sunday's Commencement with MATC students, family and friends.
Congratulations Class of 2024
Excited MATC Nursing students pose for a photo.
Celebration and smiles as students prepare to enter the nursing profession
Anonymous MATC Dietetics students answer your diet dilemmas and help you can make wise choices.
Diet Dilemmas – Is the freshman 15 a myth or reality?
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
MATC Times Writer Faith Jenkins has money on his mind.
Quick tips to save your money
Students stand in line to register for classes.
Now is the time to ‘Get your stuff together’ for registration
Graphic created by Warren Murphy, Times Managing Editor
100,000 people die from diabetes in the U.S. every year, but progress has been made
Employers, recruiters and students at the Wisconsin Private Colleges Career Consortium (WIPCCC) Career Expo at 3rd Street Market Hall. Milwaukee WI. February 19, 2025.
MATC students shuttled to a career fair
A CNC instructor listens to the hardships one of the women had to go through in the trade industry during the Manufacturing, Construction & Transportation (MCT) Pathways Labor Ladies welcoming on January 15, 2025.
Women in the trades and interested in the trades gather to learn what MATC has to offer
Keynote Speaker Rev. Nontombi Naomi Tutu smiles with gratitude as Dr. Sadique Isahaku introduces her during MATC’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. birthday celebration on January 15, 2025.
MATC’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. birthday celebration focuses on building a beloved community at MATC
Chinese Lunar New Year participants wearing traditional dress
Chinese Lunar New Year: Decorations, family & fun
A group photo with Olaf at the Oak Creek campus on December 7, 2024
Festive, family-friendly winter celebration at MATC’s Oak Creek campus
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
This graphic is from CareerHub.
Career Corner: Planning for a career-ready semester
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
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
Monique, a Culinary Arts student drizzles frosting over cherry-filled donuts.
Culinary Arts students serve Downtown Food Pantry guests
S215 is under renovation to create a more grocery-store feel to the Downtown Food Pantry.
Downtown Campus Food Pantry: Demand drives expansion
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
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
Graphic created by Emma Turk
Christmas traditions: Super Mario Galaxy and facing the oblivion
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MATC President Dr. Anthony Cruz begins his speech by taking a selfie with the graduates and instructors in the crowd during MATC’s Winter Commencement, December 14, 2024. Milwaukee, WI

Congratulations MATC 2024 Fall Graduates!

by Cierra Pleshette, Photography Editor
December 20, 2024
Baking and Pastry students' gingerbread houses on display at the Milwaukee Public Market. December 11, 2024.

MATC’s Parade of Gingerbread Houses competition

by Cierra Pleshette, Photo Editor
December 13, 2024
Advanced cosmetology graduates Renaiya Echols and Anasia Berry do a final walk with their model for their “Candy Land Christmas” theme for MATC’s The Edge: A Beauty Showcase. December 11,2024.

Creativity on display: MATC’s The Edge: A Beauty Showcase

by Cierra Pleshette, Photo Editor
December 13, 2024
Advanced cosmetology graduates Juana Chavez and Cassandra Schneider do a final walk with their model for their “Victorian Doll” theme MATC’sThe Edge: A Beauty Showcase. December 11, 2024.

Advanced cosmetology graduates, their models, and instructors come together for a group picture after the beauty showcase. December 11, 2024.

Cosmetology instructors (left to right) Le’ Che Toney, Shonnie Tucker, Julie Stubenrauch, Traci Darn (Educational Assistant), Cece Sertzel, and Megan Jackson. December 11, 2024.

Advanced cosmetology graduates Jessina Cintron, Legacy Cintron, and Karimelissa Chavez do a final walk with their model for their “Anime/Black Clover” theme for MATC’s The Edge: A Beauty Showcase. December 11, 2024.

Advanced cosmetology graduates Alexa Guzman and Alexis Wilson do a final walk with their model for their “Y2K Video Vixen” theme for MATC’s The Edge: A Beauty Showcase. December 11,2024.

Advanced cosmetology graduate Rana Sultan poses with her model for her “Middle Eastern Princess” theme for MATC’s The Edge: A Beauty Showcase. December 11, 2024.

Advanced cosmetology graduates Angelica Grayte and Marcia Weddle do a final walk with their model for their “Rio/Carnival” theme for MATC’sThe Edge: A Beauty Showcase. December 11, 2024.

Children of the Encouraging Hearts and Minds Daycare watching Frosty the Snowman, a Christmas classic for children.

[Photo] Christmas movie recommendations: HO,HO,HO!

by Reniqua (Reni) Brown, Times Writer
December 12, 2024
MATC’s President’s Award Winner, Shauna Morris-Patterson gives a brief speech expressing gratitude for this award on December 4, 2024.

MATC ceremony recognizes students receiving academic honors

by Cierra Pleshette, Photography Editor
December 5, 2024
Downtown Campus 1st shift Facilities staff members (back row, left to right): Jeff Davis, David Sherrill (Director), Mike Clay (Manager), Dean Zimmerman, Alvin Ray, Clifford Watson, (front row, left to right): Jerry Key, Edna Prochaska, Irene Nimmer, Dorinda Clark, Michael Clinton. Names of those who aren't in the picture: Angela Kyles, Dewayne Lee, Quentin Trice, Joe Hines, Derrow Hynes, Forshe Vushn, Robert Insram, Sheryl Lawson, David Mahnke, Yoshiko Janzen, Jame Binseheimer.

Grateful for MATC staff who keep classrooms clean and well-designed spaces

by Cierra Pleshette, Photography Editor
November 22, 2024
From left to right: MATC Downtown Campus Daycare teachers and cooks: Jenny, Elyssa, Daria, Hannah, Kristin, Gena and Bri on October 16, 2024.

MATC Times' Editor-in-Chief, Zanaia Joshua, received a Reporter of the Year Award from the Associated Collegiate Press. Her Honorable Mention award was given at an award ceremony during the College Media Association Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana on November 2, 2024.

[Photo] MATC Times staff receive national college media awards

by Warren Murphy, Managing Editor
November 4, 2024
MATC’s Ombudsperson is Yolanda Hodges. Her office is located in M358. Ombuds Day was celebrated in October.

[Photo] Think of the student Ombuds Office like your college GPA

by Yolanda Hodges
October 28, 2024
MATC Surgical Tech student Frederick Haney talks to Public Safety Officer Johnny Taylor at the Public Safety Office Downtown. Students, faculty and staff can reach out to officers with their concerns by calling, texting on the Rave Guardian App or reaching out directly like Haney is doing.

[Photo] Times followup with DPS after reported rape email

by Tony Gilpin, Contributor
September 20, 2024
Pro Palestine protesters stand outside of West Allis Central High School in response to Vice President Kamala Harris' arrival to speak.

People leave West Allis Central High School on Tuesday, July 23, feeling empowered after Vice President Kamala Harris' speech.

[Photo] Kamala Harris campaigns in West Allis

July 24, 2024
People leave West Allis Central High School on Tuesday, July 23, feeling empowered after Vice President Kamala Harris' speech.

[Photo] Kamala Harris campaigns in West Allis

by Cierra Pleschette, Photographer
July 24, 2024
People gathering and taking photographs in excitement after Vice President Kamala Harris' speech at a high school in West Allis on Tuesday, July 23. Harris is the presumptive presidential candidate for the Democratic Party after President Biden dropped out of the race.

A family holds their signs in support of Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive presidential nominee for Democratic Party.

Attendees of the Black Republican Mayors Association gathering get up to mingle after speeches.

Students playing a round of pool in the Cyber Cafe at the Oak Creek campus on a Monday in September

[Photo] Oak Creek Campus hang out spaces

October 2, 2023
A large screen on the right of the stage during Salt-N-Pepa’s performance at Wisconsin State Fair on August 4.

[Photo] Shaggy and Salt-N-Pepa performance

by Cierra Pleshette, Writer
August 11, 2023
Bronzevillie

[Photo] Would you rather spend money on bad concert seats with famous artists or keep your money and see less popular performers?

August 11, 2023
B.Justice performing on the main stage at the Bronzeville Cultural & Arts Festival in Milwaukee on August 6.

Bronzeville Week Festival

by Cierra Pleshette, Writer
August 11, 2023
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