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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
Keynote speaker and author of “Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome,” Dr. Joy Angela DeGruy at MATCs National Day of Racial Healing.
MATC honors Dr. Joy Angela DeGruy at Racial Healing event
MATC students, faculty and community members attending the kickoff of the Student Leadership series. February 12,2025.
Community leaders engage students at MATC Student Leadership Series
Graphic created by MATC Times Managing Editor Warren murphy
Tax help for MATC students
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
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.
Excited Stormers athletes: MATC signs lease agreement to build new athletic training facility in Deer District
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!
Kung Fu Critters: Ready, Fight 3 by Noah Thomson
Kung Fu Critters: Ready, Fight 3
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
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
Dream Lab has a cool vibe for nocturnal creatures to study or create in. It’s located on 738 S. 3rd St. in Milwaukee. You can get treats and eats to keep going into the late-night hours.
Dream Lab: A cool place for MATC students to study
MATC Instructor Kashena Armon leads the Milwaukee band Shuga Blu.
Music appreciation: Meet MATC music instructor and bandleader of Shuga Blu Kashena Armon
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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