Press & Recognition

• Nov
  Utah System of Technical Colleges, Board of Trustees

  $300,000 Talent Ready Utah Grant Received

  MTECH received a $300,000 Talent Ready Utah grant to create a Mobile Development program, building on the Web Programming and Development program “created in collaboration with Xactware” in 2015. Recorded in the USTC Board of Trustees agenda, March 2018.

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• Utah College of Applied Technology Annual Report

  Xactware Partnership Highlighted in State Report

  "Two years ago, MATC and Xactware formed a partnership to develop the MATC Web Programming & Development Program." Report documents 13 of 18 first cohort students hired by Xactware and 240-hour externship model.

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• Jun
  Utah College of Applied Technology, Board of Trustees

  $221,694 MATC-UVU Competency Matching Grant

  DevPath Project collaboration between Mountainland Applied Technology College and Utah Valley University. Established web development career pathway and articulation agreement for competencies.

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• Sep
  Utah College of Applied Technology, Board of Trustees

  Web Programming & Development Program Approved

  Board of Trustees approves MATC program expansion funding for Web Programming and Development skill-based program under performance-based funding model.

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• Sep
  MTECH Official Announcement

  MTECH and Xactware Partner for Web Programming

  "The field of developers is in such high demand that we hope they actually finish the course before they get hired on.", Lisa Birch, Director of Programs, MTECH

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• Jun
  UCAP (Utah Cluster Acceleration Partnership) grant

  $200,000 Workforce Development Grant Secured

  State funding secured following Christie's presentation to the governor's education committee; announced June 9, 2015. The March 2018 USTC board agenda records that “in 2015, MATC was given funding to develop a Web Programming and Development skill-based program.”

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• Apr
  Utah System of Higher Education

  UCAP Announces $3.45M in 2015 Grant Funding

  Grant kickoff event at Capitol Rotunda announcing funding for public colleges and universities. The xactechED program successfully competed for and received $200,000 from this funding cycle.

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• Jun
  KSL News

  "Stay-at-home mom developers break glass ceiling"

  "One such mom is Christie Stephenson, a Utah native with six children who is a strong advocate for women in technology... 'It's one of the coolest professions anyone could ever get into, and I want all of my girls to be programmers,' she said."

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