Applied Technology Department

The Gene Haas Foundation awarded a $20,000 grant to Muskegon Community College on March 7 to support scholarships for current and future students enrolled in machining and CAD/CNC programs at the college. Fred Schultz, the educational liaison for the Gene Haas Foundation, presented the gift to MCC during a ceremony held at the MCC Downtown […]

Muskegon Community College will host a Program Signing/Information Fair on Tuesday, March 22 at noon in the Blue and Gold Room to celebrate a new agriculture program that is a partnership with Michigan State University’s Institute for Agriculture Technology (IAT). The new program agreement, which will be formally signed by MCC President Dale Nesbary and […]

For the third straight year, a team of MCC technology students earned a top three cash prize finish while contending against major universities at the 78th Annual Wisconsin Regional Foundry Conference and Exposition casting competition. MCC was awarded $500 for third place at the Feb. 11 event held at Potawatomi Hotel in Milwaukee, WI. Teams […]

MCC received a $13,650 grant in December through the Department of Labor’s (DOL) TAACCCT program to support faculty travel for training on new CAD/CNC equipment, for upgrading existing equipment and student classroom materials. The recent Credential to Careers grant marks the third received by MCC in 2015 totaling $139,777 for its Applied Technology initiatives. The […]

Muskegon Community College will receive $2.51 million to renovate the former Muskegon Chronicle buildings into an Applied Technology Center as part of a Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) grant. “The Obama Administration is committed to helping communities develop a workforce with 21st century skills,” said U.S. Secretary of Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker. “As […]

The MCC Motorsports Club’s electric dragster “Short Circuit” set a world record at the US131 Motorsports Park in Martin, MI on Sept. 9. The vehicle covered the quarter-mile track with two record passes. Short Circuit finished in 11.7557 seconds @ 112.37 mph at 8:37 p.m. and 38 minutes later in 11.7421 seconds @ 110.57 mph. […]

MCC will host a public reception and a technology demonstration on Wednesday, April 22, to celebrate its recent $4.1 million grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s Community College Skilled Trades Equipment Program. The free event takes place at 1:30 p.m. in Gerber Lounge on campus. MCC instructors will demonstrate existing technologies and explain how […]

The 2015 Muskegon Community College CAD/Drafting Contest attracted 88 students from nine schools to campus on Friday, March 21, when prizes were awarded to the top finishers in four divisions. This year’s winners are: Division #1 – Beginning Sketching 1st Place – Luke DeGroot, Hudsonville Unity Christian High School 2nd Place – Seth Vostad, Hudsonville […]