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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
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
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
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
New Esports Head Coach Lucas Kreuser shared this photo with the Times.
Game on: Meet Lucas Kreuser, MATC’s new Esports head coach
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
Scene Qween
Scene Qween
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
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
The Panadanza dancers are featured at the kick off celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month at the Downtown Campus on Sept 16, 2025.
Hispanic Heritage ceremony
BARCOS/Nails glass display of student work on the first floor of the M Building at the Downtown Campus.
A star-studded Cosmetology program display in the M Building
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
(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
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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MATC Times
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All content by Daniel Ford
(Two moon facts from NASA) The Moon is slowly moving away from Earth, getting about an inch farther away each year. If Earth were the size of a nickel, the Moon would be about as big as a coffee bean.

[Photo] The Mid-Autumn Moon Festival: Celebrate unity and light

by Savannah Van Vlaenderen
October 10, 2025
Students and alumni attend a Career & Internship Fair at the Downtown Campus on September 30.

[Photo] Career fairs at Downtown Campus this week

by Zanaia Joshua, Editor-in-Chief
September 30, 2025
MATC’s new Athletic space under construction at the Downtown Campus on September 4, 2025.

[Photo] New space for MATC student-athletes and coaches

by Crystal Williams, Sports Editor
September 16, 2025
Members of the Rohingya community pose with MATC President Anthony Cruz during Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day.

[Photo] Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day

by Zar Ni Ko, Contributor
September 8, 2025
Students’ protest signs that were made yesterday in preparation for today’s silent protest in response to the elimination of the Multicultural Services Office. August 26, 2025.

MATC community reacts to elimination of Multicultural Services office

by Cierra P. Wilson and Daniel Ford
August 22, 2025
Tanya Torres of the Multicultural Services office holding a sign that reads “Multicultural is not for sale” in support of students' silent protest. August 26, 2025.

[Photo] Bullying and the closure of the Multicultural Services office

September 10, 2025
Creative final looks from the Cosmetology and Barbering students’ “Edge of Elegance: A Beauty and Barber Showcase on July 29, 2025

[Photo] Beauty showcase features MATC’s students creative designs

July 31, 2025
Rosemary grown in the Downtown campus’ rooftop garden located on the third floor of the T Building.

[Photo] Cuisine: Homegrown from MATC’s rooftop garden

by Zanaia Joshua, Editor-in-Chief
July 28, 2025
Produce in a local grocery store.

[Photo] Nutrition is mandatory and indispensable when it comes to being healthy

by Earl D. Coleman, Times Writer
June 9, 2025
Colleagues and guests clap for the acknowledgement of alumni Dr. Sherrea Jones (PhD & MD) during The Sis(Her) Luncheon at the MATC Downtown Campus. March 21, 2025.

[Photo] Photo gallery: MATC’S Sis(Her) Luncheon, women pouring love on one another

April 10, 2025
Guests and fellow artists sign and write notes during the opening night of the “Breaking Barriers, Women in the Workforce” gallery showcase March 13, 2025

(from left to right) Artists Roxane Mayeur, Stephanie Bartz, and Ann Baer speak about their works and inspirations during the opening night of the “Breaking Barriers, Women in the Workforce” gallery showcase March 13, 2025

[Photo] Women breaking barriers in the workforce takes center stage in MATC’s create gallery

by Cierra Pleshette Wilson, Photo Editor
March 21, 2025
A day of hot coffee and panic…how’d he end up here?

[Photo] Grand Theft Auto and the anatomy of a moral panic: 2025 is a fear-filled time

by Elsa Marks, Times Writer
March 17, 2025
MATC students, faculty and community members attending the kickoff of the Student Leadership series. February 12,2025.

[Photo] Community leaders engage students at MATC Student Leadership Series

by Warren Murphy, Managing Editor
February 13, 2025
Live in the moment!- MATC student Tatiana Lugo dances in the hallways in her traditional cultural attire

Celebrating Ethnicities at MATC

by Daniel Ford, Photographer
January 27, 2025
MATC athletes, local dignitaries and others pose at a news conference announcing a new shared-use athletic facility near the Downtown Campus. MATC has signed a lease agreement to build the new facility. The (yet to be named) facility is being co-developed and co-owned by the Milwaukee Bucks and J. Jeffers & Co.

[Photo] Excited Stormers athletes: MATC signs lease agreement to build new athletic training facility in Deer District

by Zanaia Joshua, Editor-in-Chief
January 22, 2025
Students receiving GED/HSED diplomas sit in the Cooley Auditorium during a graduation ceremony on December 17, 2024.

[Photo] MATC and community-based organizations to celebrate 282 students at GED/HSED graduation

May 27, 2025
Happy graduates receiving their GED/HSED diplomas at a ceremony at MATC in December.

Students receiving their GED/HSED diplomas were all smiles at Cooley Auditorium on December 17, 2024.

MATC President Dr. Anthony Cruz speaks at the GED/HSED graduation ceremony on December 17, 2024.

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