| Scott Beard, Director of Institutional Effectiveness at Madison Area Technical College, has been named "Outstanding Indian Educator of the Year" by the Wisconsin Indian Education Association (WIEA). In addition, WIEA has chosen MATC student Jennifer White Eagle as its Outstanding Vocational/Technical Student of the Year. |
| Beard, a Portage resident, was administrator of the MATC Portage Campus from 2000-2005. In his current position as institutional effectiveness director, he leads the college's efforts to improve systems that assess how well students are learning and how instructional programs can be improved. Beard also serves as a member of MATC's Inter-Cultural Council, where he helps monitor initiatives to make staff more aware of diversity issues and ensure the academic success of special student populations. |
| Beard holds bachelor's and master's degrees in English from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and is pursuing a Ph.D. in Leadership in Higher Education. He has worked as recruiter/coordinator of a native nursing project at UW-Eau Claire with LacCourte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College in Hayward, and was executive director of education for the Ho-Chunk Nation in Black RiverFalls. |
| Jennifer White Eagle of DeForest, WIEA's Outstanding Vocational/Technical Student of the Year, has served for two semesters as president of MATC's Native American Student Association. A student in the Supervisory Management Program, she has coordinated weekend study sessions, as well as numerous fund raising and educational efforts, and is developing Native American awareness activities for the benefit of MATC students and staff. White Eagle is a member of Phi Theta Kappa, the honor society that recognizes academic excellence in two-year college students. She has been a work-study employee in the MATC Multicultural Services Department. |
| WIEA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving educational opportunities for Native Americans in Wisconsin. It awards scholarships, hosts conferences for educators, and advocates for funding of financial aid for American Indian students at the post-secondary level and improving the implementation state requirements for public schools to teach about the native people of Wisconsin. |
| MATC is one of the largest of the Wisconsin Technical College System's 16 colleges. It provides a comprehensive curriculum of technical, liberal arts and science, adult basic education, and life enrichment studies and activities, as well as customized employee training. MATC offers associate degrees, vocational diplomas and certificates, and non-degree courses in more than 140 programs of study. The college serves parts of 12 counties located in southcentral Wisconsin and offers instruction through five campuses and numerous community locations throughout the district. |
| MATC HONOREES Scott Beard honored as Wisconsin's outstanding Indian educator of the year Wisconsin Indian Education Association also chooses MATC's Jennifer White Eagle as Outstanding Vocational/Technical Student |
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