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Students work on a mural outside the blocked off Student Services area that is under construction through August 2025.

Remodeling project starts

Kelly Feng, Editor in Chief January 21, 2025

Upon arriving at the Truax Camps this semester, you will notice that construction walls have popped up in the Gateway and D Block area, indicating that the college remodeling project is underway. Madison...

Madison College student Iman Alrashid and her family fled Syria in 2012, seeking refuge from the dangers there.

Student reflects on hardship but promise in Syria

Kelly Feng, Editor in Chief January 21, 2025

As texts go, it was plain and simple. Just three words. “Assad is gone.” Last December, Iman Alsharid, a Madison College alum, received that text from her husband, Chadi Alhaj Kadour. It was about...

Madison College Cupboard Food Pantry Logo.

Cupboard Student Food Pantries

Provided to The Clarion January 21, 2025

We know that food insecurity is a real issue our students face every day. The Cupboard Student Food Pantries will be open for curbside pickup starting the week of Jan. 21 at the Truax and Goodman South...

Artist rendering of the new child care center being built at the Goodman South Campus. Provided to The Clarion.

Work begins this month on Goodman South Child Care Center

Clarion staff report January 21, 2025

Construction on the Early Learning Campus at Madison College’s Goodman South location is set to begin this month.   The new $10 million facility will fulfill a promise to bring child care to the...

Scarlet Martino (left) and Andrea Renteria (right) showing off the Santa's Wishlist tree in Traux Student Life

Santa’s Wishlist 

Declan Rafter, Staff Writer January 21, 2025

The power of giving is an unexpected joy until you experience it for yourself. I realized this as I sat on the limestone pylons circling the kiss and parked by the Truax Gateway. I adjusted my Santa hat...

Instructor John Opel, left, joins David Hansen and Olivia Petersen for a Writer's Life Series event.

The Horror! The Horror!

Kristine Gallager, Staff Writer January 21, 2025

In the Black Box Theater on Tuesday, Dec. 3, from 3 p.m. - 4 p.m, the Writers’ Life Lecture series focused on horror writing. Moderators included L. David Hansen, creator of the series and co-host, and...

Former Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes speaks to high school Black Student Union members while they work on an activity during the National BSU Conference at Madison College on Nov. 22, 2024.

National BSU Conference hosted by the Madison College chapter

August Bengry, Staff Writer December 4, 2024

There is a laughing group of professionals moving through the halls of the first floor at Madison College’s Truax Campus. Adults and teenagers, friends and strangers, guests and speakers hailing from...

Young dancers perform at the 2023 Hmong New Year celebration at Madison College.

Hmong New Year Celebration to be held at Truax on Dec. 7

Raven Parmentier, Staff Writer December 4, 2024

This year, Madison College celebrates the fourth annual Hmong New Year Celebration, in the Atrium Mall of the Truax Building, Room D1630 on Saturday, Dec. 7, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. This celebration is...

Newly inducted members of the National Society of Leadership and Success gather for a photo.

NSLS Induction Ceremony 

Clarion Staff Report December 4, 2024

Two instructors were honored and 19 were inducted into Madison College's chapter of the National Society of Leadership and Success during a ceremony on Nov. 20.  The induction ceremony was led...

A visitor enjoys the artwork on display as part of the Indigenous Wisconsin: A Story of Resistance art show in the Truax Gallery. The opening celebration was held on Nov. 14.

‘Indigenous Wisconsin: A Story of Resistance ‘

Eli Schmidt, Arts Editor December 4, 2024

The Madison College Gallery show entitled “Indigenous Wisconsin: A Story of Resistance” held a reception on Nov. 14 displaying the vibrant cultures of the 12 Tribal Nations of Wisconsin. The art exhibit...

Madison College Ultimate Club invites you to join. Email awells9@madisoncollege.edu or rlopezvega@madisoncollege.edu. Or join through WolfPack Connect.

Club Spotlight: Madison Ultimate Frisbee Club

Provided to The Clarion December 3, 2024

What is the name of your club? Madison Ultimate Frisbee Club What is the club's mission or purpose? To play ultimate frisbee as a group of people who want to run and work together. Who can join...

A photo of graduates participating in the Madison College commencement ceremony in May 2024.

Planning to Graduate? Follow these steps 

Provided to The Clarion December 2, 2024

Madison College’s Fall Commencement ceremony will be Thursday, Dec. 12, at 6:30 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum at the Alliant Energy Center. Graduates have one week left to register to attend...

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