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Photo shared by Rohingya Student Organization President Zar Ni Ko (center).
Student organization travels to explore interests in science and technology
Image provided by MATC Marketing and Communications
Enjoy your Fourth
Graphic provided by the Wisconsin Lottery
Winning $50,000 Powerball ticket sold in Greendale
Photo of two nail spa tables being auctioned off by MATC. Photo provided by the college.
Bid and buy disposed items from MATC
School bus decorated in honor of Juneteenth Day during the Juneteenth Parade. Thursday, June 19, 2025.
Juneteenth – A celebration of love, life and freedom
Photo shared by Stormers volleyball player Kim Busateri, who is in the bottom row wearing the #23 jersey.
Former Stormers volleyball player shares her experience competing in Greece
Operating (Game Day) Expenses- Men’s and Women’s Teams, page 11 of the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act. Photo Illustration by Cierra Pleshette Wilson
The cost of competing: A deep dive into MATC’s athletics department spending
Coach Mark Picard has a brief huddle with a couple of men’s tennis players
Year-round dedication to tennis: A spotlight on Coach Mark Picard
Ava Marx provided this selfie with her parents.
Ava Marx is hitting home runs on and off the field
Infielder Jayden Moss hits a pitch during the softball game against the Lake County Lancers. The Stormers won 6-4 at MATC in Oak Creek on March 27, 2025.
Stormers softball team: Just two weeks before the playoffs
Marvel's Spider-Man: Beyond Amazing – The Exhibition at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago is an immersive exhibit featuring rare comic books, props and costumes.
Spider-Man: an interactive exhibit
A peacock's feathers trail the bird as it walks around the Milwaukee County Zoo.
Hope and Her Feathers: A short story
Noah Thomson is the illustrator and content creator of Film Facts Trivia.
Film Trivia:Titanic
The Milwaukee Art Museum's Lakefront Festival of Art took place June 13-15
Celebrating creativity: Milwaukee Art Museum’s Lakefront Festival of Art
Magic poem illustration by Autumn Melody (Sultan)
Magic
Noah Thomson is the illustrator and content creator of Film Facts Trivia.
Film 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
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
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
Murals dot the buildings on Milwaukee's East Side in Black Cat Alley. It's an outdoor art gallery in a private alley located behind the Oriental Theatre.
Go take a hike: A photo series discovering Milwaukee’s free gems
Many Milwaukeeans are familiar with the name Blatz because the Blatz Brewing Company was one of Milwaukee’s brewing giants. This photo was taken at the Forest Home Cemetery.
Go take a hike: A photo series discovering Milwaukee’s free gems
Sudoku: It’s fun, and I promise it's not that hard!      
Sudoku: It’s fun, and I promise it’s not that hard!      
May 2025 graduate Patrick Burton
Striking the right chord: A graduate’s path through MATC
Emma Turk, graphic designer graduate and MATC Times Graphic Designer. Photographers: Cierra Pleshette Wilson and Juan Carlos Wood
Saudi student graduates with honors
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
Summerfest logo
Wear MATC shirt or hat: Get free admission to Summerfest this Friday
Graphic created by Student Life
Welcome to Summer School Party: MATC Downtown Campus
Checota Scholarship open for fall 2025
Checota Scholarship open for fall 2025
People gather for a performance at the Milwaukee Downtown Market on June 11.
The Milwaukee Night Market returns
Image from Marketing & Communications
Summer textbook scholarship available
Image provided by MATC Marketing and Communications
Enjoy your Fourth
Summerfest logo
Wear MATC shirt or hat: Get free admission to Summerfest this Friday
Graphic created by Student Life
Welcome to Summer School Party: MATC Downtown Campus
Members of Black Excellence Leadership Alliance and the Juneteenth Parade Committee stand with the Juneteenth Flag outside of the Student Building, Downtown Campus. Tuesday, June 17, 2025.
Juneteenth flag raising ceremony at MATC
People gather for a performance at the Milwaukee Downtown Market on June 11.
The Milwaukee Night Market returns
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
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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Marvel's Spider-Man: Beyond Amazing – The Exhibition at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago is an immersive exhibit featuring rare comic books, props and costumes.

Spider-Man: an interactive exhibit

by Erik Martinez, Photographer
July 7, 2025
An interactive Spider-Man exhibit takes center stage at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

The Milwaukee Art Museum's Lakefront Festival of Art took place June 13-15

[Photo] Celebrating creativity: Milwaukee Art Museum’s Lakefront Festival of Art

by Crystal Williams, Times Writer
June 16, 2025
Artist Emma Daisy shared the power of femininity through her painting at the Lakefront Festival of Art June 13-15.

Artists share their wares at the Lakefront Festival of Art this weekend

by Erik Martinez, Photographer
June 13, 2025
People gather for a performance at the Milwaukee Downtown Market on June 11.

The Milwaukee Night Market returns

by Erik Martinez, Photographer
June 12, 2025
Baking and Pastry Arts students provided delicious desserts for the Create the Spark portfolio night, May 8, 2025.

Create the Spark portfolio event on May 8, 2025.

Photography student Laura Starks next to her display for the Create the Spark portfolio night, May 8 2025.

[Photo] Create the Spark portfolio event at MATC

May 12, 2025
Student artwork during the Paint and Sip event at the West Allis Campus, March 24, 2025.

Students enjoy a fun and relaxing evening of painting and sipping mocktails at the West Allis Campus, March 24, 2025.

Students pose with their art during the Paint and Sip event at the West Allis Campus, March 24, 2025

A Victorian-era steam train adventure at the Mitchell Park Domes. Visitors are able to journey through four distinct, miniature vignette landscapes. Photo was taken March 13, 2025. The show ends on April 6.

Train enthusiasts can step back in time at the Mitchell Park Domes

by Erik Martinez, Photographer
April 1, 2025
Keynote speaker and author of “Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome,” Dr. Joy Angela DeGruy at MATCs National Day of Racial Healing.

[Photo] MATC honors Dr. Joy Angela DeGruy at Racial Healing event

by Zanaia Joshua, Editor-in-Chief
February 17, 2025
A group photo with Olaf at the Oak Creek campus on December 7, 2024

[Photo] Festive, family-friendly winter celebration at MATC's Oak Creek campus

December 11, 2024
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

by Erik Martinez, Photographer
December 11, 2024
People line up to have a picture with Olaf.

Tables full of family members decorating cookies in Oak Creek.

Tables full of families participate in a free event on December 7, 2024.

Smiling faces abound at the Oak Creek campus on December 7.

Some of the treats available at the Snowman Spectacular event at Oak Creek on December 7.

Cookie decorating was one of the activities at the Snowman Spectacular event at MATC's Oak Creek campus.

Two MATC Food & Beverage Services workers pose in front of the food they served at the family-friendly, Snowman Spectacular event at the Oak Creek campus.

Lourdes Camacho (front) and Gilbert Luis Vazquez (back) Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) memorial at El Conquistador resort. Camacho is the grandmother of MATC Times Photographer Erik Martinez. Mexican Coke, a beloved drink, sits beside her photo.

My family’s Day of the Dead

by Erik Martinez, Photographer
November 4, 2024
Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) decorations at El Conquistador resort on November 2, 2021 as MATC Times Photographer Erik Martinez and his family celebrated his grandmother.

[Photo] The Day of the Dead

by Jenny Greer, Times Writer
November 4, 2024
China Lights 2024

China Lights

by Erik Martinez, Photographer
September 23, 2024
The exhibition "Lifeline: The Ultimate Bond" is featured in the Create Gallery at the Downtown Campus.

Create Gallery exhibit focuses on organ donation

by Erik Martinez, Photographer
September 12, 2024
The exhibition "Lifeline: The Ultimate Bond" is featured in the Create Gallery at the Downtown Campus.

The exhibition "Lifeline: The Ultimate Bond" is featured in the Create Gallery at the Downtown Campus.

The exhibition "Lifeline: The Ultimate Bond" is featured in the Create Gallery at the Downtown Campus.

A terracotta arch over 26th Street in Chicago welcomes visitors to an authentic slice of Mexican Life in one of the busiest shopping districts in the city, Little Village. Food, art, and Mexican clothing give visitors a glimpse into the culture.

Quesadillas on a bed of lettuce is featured at one of the restaurants in Chicago’s Little Village. The neighborhood is home to more than 500 businesses and is known as the “Mexico of the Midwest.”

Tantalizing breakfast fare is served in the place known as the "Mexico of the Midwest" (Little Village neighborhood in Chicago).

Mouth-watering Mexican treats arranged on a plate in Little Village, Chicago.

With the Olympics underway in Paris, the Ferris Wheel at the Wisconsin State Fair displays the patriotic red, white and blue colors of the U.S.A.

Last weekend of Wisconsin State Fair

by Erik Martinez, Photographer
August 9, 2024
Wisconsin State Fairgoers ride above the crowds on the Sky Glider.

Two goats relax in the straw in the sheep and goat barn at the Wisconsin State Fair.

Sheep are being sheared and prepped for judging at the Wisconsin State Fair.

Fairgoers enjoy a ride in Spin City at the Wisconsin State Fair.

Cream puffs are a fan favorite at the Wisconsin State Fair.

Cows are taken to and from the barns for judging at the Wisconsin State Fair in West Allis.

The Giant Slide is fun for people off all ages at the Wisconsin State Fair.

Frida Fest 2024

Frida Fest celebration

by Erik Martinez, Photographer
July 15, 2024
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