Male apprentice student working with a screwdriver on a gray electrical box.

Apprentices awarded $228,000 to support careers in the trades

Apprentices received individual awards of up to $2,000 to support their training in high-demand fields such as electricians, industrial electricians, plumbers, machinists and telecommunications VDV installer technicians.
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SkillsUSA student competitors, some in light brown shirts and others in white shirts and dark ties, posing with medals.
Students earn top honors, national spots at 2026 SkillsUSA competition
Fourteen students captured gold medals and will advance to the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference, June 1–6 in Atlanta, Georgia.
A group of young people with aqua Celebrate a Nurse T-shirts on, posing with Wolfie mascot before the race, smiling.
Celebrate a Nurse 5K returns May 2 to support health care students
The event supports students in the Madison College Reedsburg nursing program, which trains nurses to serve communities across south central Wisconsin.
Man with dark skin, beard, light brown blazer and peach shirt.
Modou Lamin Badjie named a 2026 Wisconsin Technical College System Student Ambassador
A student leader and Phi Theta Kappa president, Badjie is recognized for his academic achievement, leadership and commitment to career-ready education.
Gray metal sculpture with wide eyes and mouth, and horn like structures coming out of head.
Student art, writing take spotlight at Yahara Journal show
The exhibit, April 30-May 15, will feature student artwork from across disciplines.
Female (Chelsey Bauer) smiling at camera, blonde hair, dark blazer. Profiles from the Pack logo behind with Watertown entrance and students.
Profiles from the Pack: Chelsey Bauer
Madison College alum and employee Chelsey Bauer connects with the branch campus community every day, making sure students, employees and neighbors have access to resources.
People standing outside a building on Truax campus, looking at solar panels. Blue skies are in background, green grass in foreground.
Madison College marks Earth Week with solar project for the future
The project is a model for high-performance buildings in cold climates by combining geothermal heating and cooling, solar energy and battery storage into one efficient system.

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