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Students help the Volunteer Center wrap presents as part of the Santa’s Wish List gift-giving program.

Volunteers needed over break

Stuart Pate, Staff Writer December 8, 2021

There are always organization that serve the community looking for volunteers. However, semester break can be a difficult time to find volunteers.  Brianna Stapleton-Welch, the senior program advisor...

New STEM Center

College’s STEM Center is moving to into a new space

Kaleia Lawrence , Editor in Chief December 8, 2021

The STEM Center is moving from the first floor of the school to a new, spacious office with more amenities to assist students.  It has multiple conference rooms that students can take advantage...

Student board gives feedback to Public Safety

Morgan Engels, News Editor December 8, 2021

When John Flannery was named Madison College’s director of Public Safety in February of 2019, he brought with him a vision for a committee; one which would give students a voice on the many important...

NSLS celebrates its recent inductees during ceremony

Kaleia Lawrence, Editor in Chief December 8, 2021

The National Society of Leadership and Success, NSLS, held its first in-person induction ceremony since the start of the pandemic. The option to attend online was available as well. Since there was no...

Nerds of the Round Table have a tradition of acceptance

Stuart Pate, Staff Writer December 8, 2021

Friday afternoons are seemingly quiet on Truax’s second floor.   But tucked away in a nondescript classroom, gods and monsters engage in battle while a group of flamboyant self-described nerds...

Try some slow reading over the holidays

Mark Luetkehoelter, Librarian December 8, 2021

The busy fall semester is almost done, and soon hopefully everyone will have a little time to slow down and not worry so much about deadlines over the holidays. During the down time, the Madison College...

Public Safety update for Dec. 8

Sgt. Lucas Adler, Public Safety Officer December 8, 2021

Public Safety Officers respond to many calls for service and we communicate our activities to the college community.  Here are some of the more notable incidents from the past couple weeks.  On...

La Raza Unida sold conches to raise funds for the International Institute of Wisconsin.

La Raza hopes to help immigrants

Ivan Becerril Gutierrez, Design Director December 8, 2021

As the holiday season approaches, students from the club La Raza decided to host a fund-raising event in the last couple of weeks before the end of the fall semester.   La Raza Unida is a Madison...

Scrub Drive

Scrub drive helps students in need

Kaleia Lawrence  , Editor in Chief December 8, 2021

Becoming a nurse isn’t cheap. Schooling for a bachelor’s of nursing science can cost anywhere from $40,000 to more than $100,000, according to Nurse Journal. High quality scrubs and other equipment...

Gabriella Zumwalt was the guest speaker at the First Generation Event.

First generation event offers encouragement to students

Stuart Pate, Staff Writer November 23, 2021

Gabriella Zumwalt naturally took the podium and presented an authentic inner strength as the keynote speaker at The Fifth Annual First Generation Event on Nov. 10 where students and faculty were inducted...

Briarpatch Youth Services Tyler Schueffner speaks about youth homelessness.

Madison College helps ‘Shine a Light’ on youth homelessness

Jonathan Jones, Staff Writer November 23, 2021

On Nov. 11, an event was held at Madison College’s Goodman South Campus to bring awareness to rising youth homelessness in the Madison area.   The event, “Shine a Light: National Runaway...

College food pantry helps fill nutritional needs

Morgan Engels , News Editor November 23, 2021

According to the results of a 2017 survey conducted by the Student Senate, 30% of students at Madison College faced food insecurity.   Food insecure students reported a number of impacts on their...

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