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Muskegon Community College recognized 21 employees at its 33rd Years of Service Awards Luncheon on Jan. 16 in Stevenson Center Room 1200. The employees, who collectively have devoted 255 years of service to MCC, celebrated a five-year anniversary employment date in 2018. The honorees’ supervisors were also invited to the event sponsored by the President’s […]

The Jayhawk Hub, a one-stop location for providing MCC students with a wider range of student support services and resources ranging from a food pantry to tax preparation, opened Jan. 14 in Room 133 across from the Carr-Fles Planetarium. “To me, this is one of most important facilities and endeavors that we’ve been involved with […]

The following Muskegon Community College (MCC) students have earned academic recognition for their grade point averages during the recently completed Fall 2018 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 […]

Muskegon Community College has purchased property in Grand Haven as a new home for its Grand Haven Center classes beginning in Fall 2019. The transaction, which was approved by the MCC Board of Trustees at its December meeting, was finalized on Dec. 21. The college will take possession of the facility on Jan. 30. The […]

Dr. Anne Bailey, author of The Weeping Time: Memory and the Largest Slave Auction in American History, will address the 23rd annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Unity Breakfast on Friday, Jan. 18, at 7:30 a.m. in Muskegon Community College’s Collegiate Hall. A limited number of tickets for the general public are on sale for […]

“Boom Days,” an exhibit of paintings by Colorado-based artist Claire van der Plas, will be on display in MCC’s Overbrook Art Gallery from Jan. 14 through Feb. 22. On Thursday, Jan. 17, an opening reception will be held in the Overbrook Theater lobby from 3:30-5 p.m. and features van der Plas discussing her artwork in […]

A new Academic Pathways Recruitment Series as well as the three-lane, one-tenth mile track inside the new Muskegon Community College Health and Wellness Center, which opens in January 2019, will be named in honor of Dr. John G. “Jack” Thompson, the MCC president from 1977 until his retirement in 1986. He passed away at age […]

The Downtown Live Concert Series continues with the “All MCC Holiday Celebration,” featuring the College’s Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, Collegiates and College Singers, in performance on Monday, Dec. 10, in the Frauenthal Theater, 425 W. Western Ave. Tickets for the concert, which begins at 7:30 p.m., are $8 for adults and $2 for students. Tickets […]

“A Cartoon Christmas Sing-Along,” featuring the Leffring Sisters, will be presented by the West Michigan Concert WINDS on Friday, Dec. 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the Frauenthal Theater, 425 W. Western Ave. Cartoon characters will be in costume prior to the concert for pictures. Children are encouraged to dress as their favorite character. The WINDS […]

The winners in Muskegon Community College’s Fall 2018 Creative Writing Contest, organized by the MCC English and Communications Department and the Muskegon Writers’ Series, have been selected. The top places in each category are: ESSAY First Place: Chloe Plescher  “Me,Too” Second Place: Morgyn Weinert “The Intervention” Third Place: Mara Johnson “Federal Law vs. Tribal Law” […]