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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...

DTEC ground lease option goes to board

DTEC ground lease option goes to board

Alison Ahlgrim, News Editor May 2, 2017

On April 20, Madison College administrators officially recommended that the college enter into a ground lease with Hovde Properties and Drury Southwest for redevelopment of the Downtown Education Center...

Off The Shelf: Library offers thanks to its student staff

Off The Shelf: Library offers thanks to its student staff

Erika Linzner, Librarian May 2, 2017

The Madison College Libraries staff would like to, once again, take an opportunity to show its profound appreciation to its student staff for their diligent efforts this past academic year. You have...

Madison College Public Safety

Public Safety

Sgt. Joe Steffen & Dispatcher David Manthey May 2, 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 the past couple weeks. On April...

Grand Opening: Students, college officials mark end of latest phase of construction at Truax

Grand Opening: Students, college officials mark end of latest phase of construction at Truax

Bailey Ayres, Sports Editor May 2, 2017

The Truax campus held a grand opening for its new student spaces on April 26, following the final stage of renovation to the new cafeteria area and Student Life offices. The new area includes a...

Advisor Jackie Dahlke, right, celebrates with students at the National Society of Leadership and Success induction ceremony on April 27.

Madison College National Society of Leadership and Success inducts 73 students in its inaugural class

Lucy Smith, Staff Writer May 2, 2017

At the National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS) induction ceremony, the feeling of pride among the inductees was impossible to miss. The student members were proud of what they had gained from...

Madison College students celebrate sweeping the SkillsUSA Cosmetology competition

Madison College students win 23 medals in SkillsUSA event

Alexandra Christensen, Arts Editor May 2, 2017

SkillsUSA is a club that allows students to compete in competitions based on their trade, vocation, or skills. There are competitions in everything from carpentry to button design. Recently, the Wisconsin...

Local FoodShare program can benefit many students

Jessica Deegan, Staff Writer April 18, 2017

One in five people in southwestern Wisconsin face hunger. But with a mission to help stop hunger and improve nutrition and health, FoodShare Wisconsin is determined to assist people with limited income...

Downtown lease plans still being reviewed

Alison Ahlgrim, News Editor April 18, 2017

Madison College administrators have been discussing the future of the college’s Downtown Campus since the early 1970s. At that time, the college was beginning to outgrow the downtown building, yet it...

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