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Madison Area Technical College

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School Notes:

• Founded in 1912 to teach vocational skills, today MATC is a nationally recognized community college. It is one of the largest of the Wisconsin Technical College System's 16 colleges and serves approximately 44,000 individuals annually. It provides a comprehensive curriculum of technical, liberal arts and sciences, adult basic education and continuing education, as well as customized training for employers. The college awards associate degrees, technical diplomas and certificates and offers classes that transfer to four-year degree programs.
• MATC serves parts of 12 counties located in beautiful southcentral Wisconsin. Its 10 college facilities are spread among five campuses. MATC's main Madison campus is located in one of the top-ranked places to live in the U.S. It is easy to enjoy the Madison area's lakes, rolling hills, year-round sports and recreation activities and diversity of entertainment, nightlife, and culture. MATC's regional campuses are located in the communities of Fort Atkinson, Portage, Reedsburg and Watertown. In addition, the college offers instruction in hundreds of locations throughout its district.
• MATC offers 144 associate degree, technical diploma, apprenticeship and short-term certificate programs, including liberal arts transfer, as well as high school completion options, basic skills education, and hundreds of adult continuing education classes.
• MATC provides training for more than 100 careers, including such high tech fields as biotechnology, broadcast captioning, electron microscopy, plastics technology, Internet development, computer networking and information technology security. Its varied programs include accounting, marketing, culinary arts, nursing, automotive technology, criminal justice-law enforcement and welding.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• News : Top story (The Badger Herald)
  posted on March 19, 2010 at 05:53:41 am
  By Dan Newcomer Friday, March 19, 2010 12:44 a.m. Madison citizens may be seeing increased taxes if they approve a future referendum for a project to expand facilities and programs at the Madison Area Technical College.
• Voters will be asked to pay for MATC expansions (The Capital Times)
  posted on March 18, 2010 at 10:47:32 am
  It’s been nearly a year since Madison Area Technical College got approval for its ambitious facilities master plan, but before any of its multimillion dollar projects can become reality, voters will have to approve a referendum giving MATC the green light to increase the amount it collects in property taxes.
• Madison runs away from No. 1-ranked Onondaga (Post-Bulletin)
  posted on March 15, 2010 at 04:14:54 pm
  Onondaga (N.Y.) Community College used the three-pointer to stick around, and Madison (Wis.) Area Technical College used the same tactic to finally knock out the No. 1-ranked team in NJCAA Division III women's basketball tournament.
• OCC women's perfect season ends with upset in national championship (News 10 Now Syracuse)
  posted on March 14, 2010 at 08:40:19 pm
  ROCHESTER, Minn. - After starting the season with 35 straight wins, the Onondaga Community College women's basketball team was upset in the NJCAA Division III national championship on Saturday with a 74-55 loss to Madison Area Technical College.
• Flentje, MATC wins first national title (Baraboo News Republic)
  posted on March 14, 2010 at 01:28:00 pm
  ROCHESTER, Minn. — Thanks to a second-half offensive explosion, the Madison Area Technical College women’s basketball program has its first national championship.Gabi

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