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Jeff Messer, right, the Madison College Challenge Course Coordinator, shows student Lucy Smith how to properly attach her harness to the safety rope at the climbing wall. Messer works with groups of students, staff and guests who use the college’s outdoor challenge course to expand their learning experiences.

Madison College’s Jeff Messer finds his balance in outdoor environments

Megan Binkley, Staff Writer September 13, 2017

Jeff Messer points to the zip line — a dizzying drop into thin air from a platform in the sky — and likens it to the first steps that a new college graduate takes down the path toward their future. “You’ve...

Off The Shelf: Library resources can help you succeed

Off The Shelf: Library resources can help you succeed

August 28, 2017

As you begin your year of learning and new opportunities, we want you to know our library and academic support resources, services and staff will available to you seven days a week.   Check out...

Members of the Madison College Big Band play at the Freiburg Sister City Festival.

Big Band goes to Germany: 24 member group plays at bi-annual Sister City Festival

Alison Ahlgrim, Staff Writer August 28, 2017

The sun burst through the clouds as the first notes of the 24-piece Madison College Big Band’s rendition of “Rhapsody in Blue” echoed throughout an ancient castle’s courtyard, across defunct cannons,...

Madison College Public Safety

Public Safety

Sgt. Joe Steffen & Dispatcher David Manthey August 28, 2017

Public Safety Officers respond to many calls for service and we communicate our activities to the college community. Here are some of the notable incidents from this past summer. On June 21,...

No child care offered at Downtown Campus for fall semester

Mari LaFore, Staff Writer August 28, 2017

The cheerful giggles that once rang through the hall and happy faces of the children that were cared for at the Child and Family Center located at the Downtown Campus on 211 N. Carroll Street will be missed...

Students gaze at the solar eclipse on Aug. 21 outside the Truax Campus Gateway.

All eyes were on the skies for the eclipse

Adrienne Oliva, Editor in Chief August 28, 2017

While the Solar Eclipse came to its finale on Aug. 21 at 1:30 p.m., a watcher amongst the crowd observing the natural phenomenon had to admit “80 percent felt like it would be a lot more.” Even...

The Solar panels at Epic Systems offer one of the largest arrays in Wisconsin. Madison College is adding a rooftop solar system that will be the largest in Wisconsin.

College will install rooftop solar system by December 2018

Jessica Deegan, News Editor August 28, 2017

By December of 2018, Madison College will have Wisconsin’s largest rooftop solar system operating on its Truax campus. The total project will cost about $3.8 million, but will save the school about $200,000...

Madison College textbook adoption policy is approved

Jessica Deegan, News Editor August 28, 2017

With the fall semester beginning, it’s now every student’s priority to seek relief from inflated textbook prices. This summer, the Textbook Adoption Policy was passed and will hopefully begin as...

Javier Neira Salazar, director of the Madison College Scholars of Promise Program, checks in students at a back-to-school event at the Truax Campus in mid-August.

Offering needed support for Scholars of Promise: Javier Neira Salazar enjoys helping students overcome barriers to education

Lucy Smith, Managing Editor August 28, 2017

Javier Neira Salazar’s passion is working towards eliminating socioeconomic barriers and the culture of inequality that plagues the United States. When his current job leading the Scholars of Promise...

Think green with reusable bag at college bookstore

Think green with reusable bag at college bookstore

Adrienne Oliva, Staff Writer May 2, 2017

There is currently a gigantic trash heap consisting of primarily plastic floating in the Atlantic Ocean that scientists believe to be twice the size of the continental United States. This island is completely...

Members of the Madison College Volunteer Center gather for a photograph after receiving the award for Outstanding Student Organization.

Madison College Students honored at annual banquet

Clarion Staff Report May 2, 2017

Madison College recognized its student leaders at the annual Celebration of Student Success Banquet held in the Redsten Gymnasium on April 20. The event, organized and presided over by the Executive...

Madison College students Gloria Stendel, left, and Samantha Hunter display the awards they received at the annual Wisconsin Campus Compact Awards Dinner on April 6. Stendel was named a 2017 Newman Civic Fellow, while Hunter won the Jack Keating Student Civic Leadership Award.

Samantha Hunter and Gloria Stendel recognized at Campus Compact Awards event

Jessica Pokrandt, Staff Writer May 2, 2017

Students Samantha Hunter and Gloria Stendel recently received awards at the Wisconsin Campus Compact (WiCC) Awards Dinner on April 6, at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC) in Green Bay. Hunter...

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