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Muskegon Community College, as part of the national Credentials to Careers coalition led by Northern Virginia Community College, will receive an expected $500,000 grant to implement a new CAD/CNC program for use by local employers, Anderson Global and Alcoa Howmet.

The Muskegon Community College Overbrook Players will present their first show of the season, The Adding Machine, Elmer Rice’s groundbreaking 1923 expressionistic satire of the dehumanizing effect of industrial capitalism on Oct. 17-21 in the Overbrook Theater. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday through Saturday, with Sunday’s matinee beginning at 3 p.m. Tickets are $5 for MCC students and staff and $10 for the general public.

This year, Muskegon Community College will be home to “College Night” on Monday, Sept. 24, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in Bartels-Rode Gymnasium. The Michigan Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (MACRAO) event is sponsored by Shoreline Counseling Association and the Stevenson Center for Higher Education Partners (Ferris State University, Grand Valley State University, Western […]

MCC Students Named to Winter 2012 Honors Lists FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 13, 2012   Contact: Tina Dee, Director of Community Relations (231) 777-0660 Please find the Muskegon Community College students named to the President’s, Dean’s, and Academic Honors lists below.   Muskegon Community College (MCC) has named the following students to the President’s List for […]

Muskegon Community College graduates returning to campus on Saturday, Oct. 20, will be treated to an afternoon and evening featuring planetarium shows, campus tours, archive photo displays, dinner and an opportunity to see the student play, “The Adding Machine,” in Overbrook Theater.

Thanks to the generosity of Reach for the Stars campaign donors, the stunning IMAX-like Carr Fles Planetarium has been thrilling visitors since it reopened on Sept. 11.

Students, community members, and other friends of MCC are encouraged to attend the college’s most important event of the year. In recognition of its 1926 founding, MCC will host its second annual Founder’s Day, a Roaring Twenties-style event, at The Lake House in downtown Muskegon on Thursday, September 20, 2012. From 6-8:30 p.m., attendees will experience live jazz, fabulous hors d’oeuvres, a silent auction, candy girls, flappers and a host of 1920s characters. MCC President Dale K. Nesbary, Ph.D., will deliver a brief State of the College address at 6:30 p.m.

MCC is seeking student volunteers to expand free tax preparation services for low- to moderate-income households in West Michigan through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program of the Internal Revenue Service. “The purpose of bringing this tax assistance service program to campus is to provide our students and other members of the community an […]

With classes starting on Aug. 27, MCC invites its new students to explore the campus, meet with faculty and other students, and enjoy some fun activities during Welcome Days on Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 20-21, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. “We’re giving new students a chance to come and mingle here at the college and get them started off on the right foot,” says Cindy Reuss, Dean of Enrollment Services at MCC.

A free public reception will be held in Overbrook Art Gallery on Wednesday, Oct. 10, from 6-7:30 p.m. At 6:30 p.m., GVSU assistant art professor Brett Colley will discuss his large-scale animal portraits that are currently on display.