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Welcome!

We hope you enjoy this issue of the Alumni & Friends e-newsletter.

Consider joining us at an event this spring, reconnecting with your old classmates through the matcalumni.com online community, or supporting students by making a gift.

Please let us know
if you have news to share for upcoming issues.


Make a Gift

Share your success with a student in need. Your gift to the College's Foundation helps students through scholarship support. You can designate your gift to your area of interest. Online donations are quick and secure.


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Your Vote Today Helps the College's Students

Vote for the Madison Area Technical College Foundation and the State Bank of Cross Plains may award $500 to help fund student scholarships.

The bank will award two Dane County 501(c)(3) non-profit charities based on your votes. Show your College pride and help students! Vote by April 30!


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On a Job Hunt?

The College's Career and Employment Center can assist you on your job hunt. The Center provides advising, workshops and events to alumni.

Did you know you can now search for and post jobs on matcalumni.com?


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Cheer On Wolfpack Softball and Baseball

Enjoy a spring day and show your team spirit at a Wolfpack Softball or Baseball game.


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Scholarship Applications
Due May 31


Pass the word on to a needy student. The Fall 2010 Continuing Student Scholarship application is due May 31. The application process is simple and there are scholarships available to help students enrolled in every program.

Want to contribute a scholarship? Give the gift of education to a student.


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Don't Miss!


May 5: IT Reunion
May 15: Graduation
May 17: Redsten Golf Classic
June 7:Summer Classes Begin


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Fore! Redsten Golf Classic, May 17
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A College staff team from last year's Classic
Redsten Golf Classic

Enjoy a day of golf on Monday, May 17 and support students at the same time!

Register today for the 15th annual Redsten Golf Classic at Bridges Golf Course in Madison. A dinner reception follows with a chance to win great prizes in the raffle drawing and silent auction. The event honors the memory of Doug Redsten who devoted 30 years to students and alumni as a teacher, coach and administrator.


Proceeds fund student scholarships and program enhancements.

Don't golf? Join us for dinner and a silent auction at 5:00 PM at Bridges Golf Course.

Can't attend and still want to give to the Doug Redsten Fund that awards student scholarships? Give online.


Mark Schmitz Wins Distinguished Alumni Award
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Mark Schmitz, ZEBRADOG Principal and College Alum
Mark Schmitz, principal and creative director of ZEBRADOG in Madison, was awarded the 2009 Wisconsin Technical College Boards Association Distinguished Alumni Award.

Schmitz graduated from the College in 1986 with an associate degree in commercial art.


His design firm worked on the renovations of both Camp Randall Stadium and Lambeau Field, and Schmitz worked with Madison College students last spring to create a video of Frank Lloyd Wright's Spring Green home, Taliesin, for the 50th anniversary celebration of the Wright-designed Guggenheim Museum in New York City.


IT Alumni & Graduate Reception, May 5
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Can you identify this IT graduating class? Share your memories on May 5
Are you an IT alum? With over 45 years and almost 3,000 IT graduates, the IT department wants to celebrate you.

Join us on Wednesday, May 5 from 4:30 to 6:30 PM to socialize and celebrate your accomplishments with current and emeritus IT faculty, fellow IT alumni, the College's IT staff and new IT graduates.

The event will take place in the Administrative Building in room 122/130 on the Truax Campus.


Highlights of the event will include:
  • A 45 year review of the program in photos
  • Alumni stories
  • IT faculty member, Al Schmidt, retirement celebration
Register for the free reception today!

Share your success with current students. Invest in tomorrow's IT workforce by making a gift to the program.

College Offers New Social Media Certificate
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Social media has transformed our society from a long-term mass medium to a one-to-one communication utilizing almost instant feedback.

Every organization must now interact with customers through digital channels to successfully compete in this constantly evolving marketplace. Experts in this area are invaluable assets to any organization.

Now you can become your organization's social media guru by earning your Social Media Certificate from Madison College.

The program is intended for professionals in marketing, Web design and development, graphic design, journalism, visual communications/media design, customer service, and others who want to implement social media more effectively.

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