Muskegon Community College News and Events

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First MCC Welding Invitational for Tech Center Students Set for May 11

The First Annual Muskegon Community College Welding Invitational for tech center students who reside in local counties will be held at MCC’s Sturrus Technology Center Welding Lab/Classroom in downtown Muskegon on Friday May 11. Students from Muskegon Tech Center and the Newaygo County Tech Center will be competing for a MCC scholarship and welding gear. […]

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MCC 2018 Commencement Set for May 9 in L.C. Walker Arena

Muskegon Community College’s 90th Commencement exercises will take place at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 9, 2018 in the L.C. Walker Arena, where 270 graduating students will participate in the ceremony. The event is free and open to the public. MCC Class of 1972 graduate Dr. Pamela Smith, whose successful career in higher education, retail […]

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MCC Presents Studio on Stage XX in Overbook Theater on April 26

MCC’s Center for Theater presents Studio on Stage XX on Thursday, April 26, at 7:30 p.m. in Overbrook Theater. The much-anticipated annual event is free and open to the public. Now in its 20th year, the College’s Studio on Stage provides performing arts students in theater courses the opportunity to bring their work from the […]

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MCC’s Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) Program Ranked #1 in Michigan

Muskegon Community College’s Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) program has been ranked the best in Michigan in 2018 by practicalnursing.org, which has been conducting the objective, government data-based rankings for the past four years. “The Muskegon Community College Department of Nursing ladder program was established in 1980,” explained Chris Patterson, the interim director of the MCC […]

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U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) talks with Eli Fox, the MCC Manager of Student Success and Veterans Affairs, on the MCC campus April 5.

MCC Hosts Sen. Stabenow’s Roundtable Discussion with Veterans Leaders, Service Providers

U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) held a roundtable discussion in the Muskegon Community College Stevenson Center on April 5 with veterans leaders and service providers to get their input on how programs serving veterans are working, as well as to update them on her latest work to support veterans and their families. The event was […]

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Edith Maniker, Kindertransport Survivor, to Speak in Muskegon April 15-16

Edith Maniker, who as a young child was a Kindertransport survivor who escaped Nazi persecution during World War II, will be the guest presenter at the 2018 Shoah Commemoration Service at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 15. The event, which takes place at Samuel Lutheran Church, at the corner of 8th Street and Muskegon Ave. […]

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MCC 2018 Commencement Student Speakers Robin Carpenter and Nicholas Heelan

MCC Students Heelan, Carpenter to Speak at 2018 Commencement

Muskegon Community College students Nicholas Heelan and Elizabeth Robin Carpenter have been selected to speak for the Class of 2018 at the college’s 90th Commencement exercises on Wednesday evening, May 9, 2016 in L.C. Walker Arena. The event is free and open to the public. Nicholas Heelan Undaunted by being labeled in elementary school as […]

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‘After Parkland: A Student Discussion on Gun Control’ at MCC on April 17

Muskegon Community College’s popular “And Justice for All . . .” series continues on Tuesday, April 17, with “After Parkland: A Student Discussion on Gun Control” from 6-8 p.m. in Stevenson Center Room 1100. In the wake of the mass shooting in Parkland, FL, the topic of gun control has received national media coverage. However, […]

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