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Randa Viet, portraying a woman who experienced a placenta abruption, is taken from the scene of a mock disaster in an ambulance.

Mock disaster helps prepare students for real danger

Fanta Sylla, Copy Editor May 7, 2014

At 1 p.m. on April 25, a 911 emergency call stated that a car accident had happened involving suspected injuries on the Madison College campus, and the college's first cross-program mock disaster simulation...

Makiko Omori will be this spring semester’s student graduation speaker.

Omori’s educational journal has taken some turns

Fanta Sylla, Copy Editor May 7, 2014

Makiko Omori has had an eventful semester. She just returned from a trip to Orlando, Fla., where Phi Theta Kappa’s international convention was held. Omori is the vice president of the Madison College...

Students at Fort Atkinson and Watertown campuses celebrate Earth Day by painting flower pots, making bird feeders, and other nature friendly crafts.

Celebrating Earth Day at Watertown, Fort Atkinson

Clarion staff report April 24, 2014

The Fort Atkinson and Watertown campuses recently held crafting events to celebrate Earth Day. Despite the unseasonably chilly weather, students enjoyed making various kinds of earth-friendly crafts...

Referendum about funding source for regional activities

Betsy Osterberger, News Editor April 24, 2014

The Student Activities Board (SAB) has approved holding a referendum to let regional campus students decide whether or not they will pay an extra $3.25 per credit hour to gain access to campus events and...

Election will select student to serve on District Board

Betsy Osterberger, News Editor April 24, 2014

For the first time in Madison College history, a student will have a seat on the Madison College District board as of July 1. During the fall of 2013, the Madison College Student Senate teamed up with...

Emergency simulation to be held on campus

Fanta Sylla, Copy Editor April 24, 2014

When you notice ambulances, helicopters and police cars gathering near the Protective Services building around 1 p.m. on April 25, don’t be too alarmed. The area will be blocked off all day for a training...

Madison College instrutor Kristin Uttech works with students in a marketing class.

Mobile marketing certificate gives students access to the future

Betsy Osterberger, News Editor April 24, 2014

Kristin Uttech was at a conference when she received the email. The Madison College Marketing instructor had just been selected to become a Google Glass Explorer and she had 10 days to accept the designation...

Incident offers a test for campus alert system

Betsy Osterberger, News Editor April 24, 2014

The Madison Police Department received word of a man threatening suicide in the Village of Oregon just seven miles south of Madison on April 10. According to Public Safety Director Jim Bottoni, The man...

Events include Paralegal Open House, National Nurses Week

Clarion staff report April 24, 2014

Undeclared students and paralegal students and alumni are invited to attend the paralegal program’s upcoming open house on April 30 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. The event will take place in the new electronic...

Campus Updates for April 23

Clarion staff April 24, 2014

Career and Employment Center offers employer visits The Career and Employment Center has announced an employer visit from Vector Marketing. A representative from the company will be in the cafeteria from...

Off the shelf: Celebrate poetry in April

Virginia Bryan, Librarian April 24, 2014

I was talking to a student from Russia the other day about an experience I had during my undergraduate year abroad in the Soviet Union in the late 1970s.  As part of a class I was taking I remembered...

Motorcycle safety class

3 courses offered to help riders learn safe motorcycle driving

Ken Xiong, Business Director April 24, 2014

Wisconsin is the birthplace Harley Davidson Motorcycle and seeing a motorcycle on its road is a sight that we’re all familiar with.  Over the past 10 years in Wisconsin, 36 percent of motorcycle fatalities...

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