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Richard Doctor

MCC to Honor Richard Doctor with Distinguished Faculty Award

Richard Doctor, whose 34-year career at Muskegon Community College included his service as a faculty member, department chair, administrator, and leader in the assessment and accreditation process on campus, will posthumously receive the Distinguished Faculty Award from the college. Doctor, who retired from MCC in 2010, died on Sept 2, 2017. The MCC Faculty Senate, […]

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Public Invited to MCC Art and Music Building Grand Opening Aug. 23

Muskegon Community College will celebrate the grand opening of its Art and Music Building on Friday, August 23, 2019 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Visitors should park in the Stevenson Center East Entrance parking lot and enter the building through the Stevenson Center. MCC President […]

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Muskegon Community College President Named to MCCA Leadership Role

Muskegon Community College President Dr. Dale K. Nesbary has been elected chair of the Michigan Community College Association’s (MCCA) Presidents Committee. He officially began his term when the two-year appointment was approved at the MCCA Board of Directors meeting on July 26 in Acme, MI. During the second year, Nesbary will become chair of the […]

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Deb Grube, chair of the MCC Respiratory Therapy Program, in class with her MCC students.

MCC Respiratory Therapy Program Awarded 10-Year National Reaccreditation

The Muskegon Community College Respiratory Therapy (RT) Program has been awarded a 10-year unqualified reaccreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC). The program has remained nationally accredited on campus since its inception more than three decades ago. “It is impressive to be reaccredited without any citations because typically the visitation team will […]

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MCC to Host Debt Forgiveness Program Info Meeting on July 23

The MCC Student Success Department will hold a Debt Forgiveness Program informational meeting on Tuesday evening, July 23, designed for former Muskegon Community College students, who have financial holds up to $1,200 with MCC and who have not been enrolled at MCC for three academic years. Attendees to this free event can meet with an […]

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Athletic Shoe Entrepreneur Steps into the Spotlight with $10,000 NextGen Award

MCC student Jake Groendal can trace his passion for owning vintage sneakers to a trip to the Muskegon Mall, where, as an eighth grader, he relentlessly pestered his mother to buy him a pair of Nike Flight 89s. “They originally came out in 1989, but Nike brought them back in 2012 and I wanted them […]

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MCC’s CISCO Certificate Program Offers Opportunities

Offered last fall for the first time at Muskegon Community College, the CISCO computer networking certificate program packs a lot of job marketability punch into a course of study that can be completed in just two semesters. “It’s probably one of the best entry level IT networking certifications out there,” explains Mark Verhoeven, the MCC […]

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55th Annual Student Art and Design Award Winners Named

The award winners in the 55th Annual MCC Student Art and Design Exhibition, featuring artwork of outstanding merit produced by leading student artists over the past academic year, were announced during a June 6 reception in Overbrook Art Gallery, where the exhibit continues through Sept. 18. MCC’s art faculty selected the artwork from more than […]

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MCC Announces Winter 2019 Semester Academic Honors

The following Muskegon Community College (MCC) students have earned academic recognition for their grade point averages during the recently completed Winter 2019 Semester. They are listed by alphabetically by hometown under each of the following three categories: President’s List Dean’s List Academic Honors List PRESIDENT’S LIST Muskegon Community College has named the following students to […]

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New MCC Debt Forgiveness Program Provides Financial Incentive for Former Students to Return

Former Muskegon Community College students, who have financial holds up to $1,200 with MCC and who have not been enrolled at MCC for three academic years, are being encouraged to re-enroll under an initiative called the MCC Debt Forgiveness Program. Qualified students may be eligible to have their debt forgiven, said MCC Provost and Executive […]

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