MATC Seeks Designation as Hispanic Serving Institution

February 27, 2019

Milwaukee Area Technical College hosted an event to announce plans to seek formal designation as a Hispanic Serving Institution to expand educational opportunities and improve success for students of Hispanic heritage. The event, held at the college’s Walker’s Square Education Center, included comments from MATC President Dr. Vicki J. Martin; Griselda Aldrete, president and CEO of the Hispanic Professionals of Greater Milwaukee; Karina Belen Blas Rodriguez, deputy consul, Mexican Consulate in Milwaukee; Alfonso Morales, chief, Milwaukee Police Department; Tom Barrett, mayor, City of Milwaukee; Jose Perez, alderman, 12th District, City of Milwaukee; Dr. Wilma Bonaparte, vice president, MATC Mequon Campus, who will lead the initiative and who serves on the HPGM board; Bertha Gonzalez, MATC student; and Dr. Arturo Martinez, MATC associate dean and interim director of the MATC Education Center at Walker's Square.