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MCC’s Hendrik Meijer Library/Information Technology Center is one of more than 150 libraries statewide that will participate in the 8th Annual Michigan Libraries for Life. The nationally acclaimed campaign inspires individuals to join the Michigan Organ Donor Registry while educating them on the facts of organ, tissue and eye donation. On Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. […]

The Muskegon Area Arts and Humanities 2017 Festival (ahfest) will celebrate the theme of “Water” throughout October with over 15 different area arts and humanities groups to examine more closely what arts and humanities mean to the wider Muskegon Count community. Events during the month range from art exhibits to theater productions to educational opportunities […]

The ribbon-cutting ceremony for Muskegon Community College’s John Bartley Science Museum is set for Tuesday, Oct. 10, beginning with a dedication at 4:30 p.m. in Gerber Lounge. An Open House in the museum, located in Room 141, takes place from 4-7 p.m. and includes tours and demonstrations. Across the hallway in the Carr-Fles Planetarium, free […]

Muskegon Community College’s Downtown Center will be known as the Carolyn I. and Peter Sturrus Technology Center after the local couple donated a record $1.5 million gift to the College to name the facility. The announcement was made at the MCC Board of Trustees meeting on Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 20. “I am doing this for […]

A groundbreaking ceremony for Muskegon Community College’s new $14.1 million Health and Wellness Center will be held on Friday, Sept. 22, from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on the lot east of Bartels-Rode Gymnasium where the new facility will be located. The ceremony, which is free and open to the public, will be emceed by […]

Muskegon Community College’s Medical Assistant Program was awarded initial accreditation by The Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) on Sept. 15. The accreditation culminates more than a year’s work by MCC to meet the standards set by the Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB). The Medical Assistant Program was visited in May […]

Roy McDonald, a World War II veteran who attended Muskegon Community College for many years, was presented with an honorary associate’s degree by MCC during a reception on Sept. 11 at his Christian Care Nursing Center residence in Muskegon. McDonald, who will turn 91 years old on Sept. 19, worked at the Continental Motors plant, […]

The Muskegon Community College 2017-18 Lecture Series begins on Monday, Oct. 2, when Dr. Alan D. Steinman presents “Current and Emerging Water Resource Issues Facing the Planet” at 7 p.m. in Stevenson Center Room 1100. The talk, which is free and open to the public, will examine the most pressing water resource-related issues facing the […]

From a placid, introspective pool to a roaring, ship-wrecking beast, water is the subject of paintings by Michigan artists Sheryl Budnik and Mary Sundstrom on exhibit in Muskegon Community College’s Overbrook Gallery from Sept. 25 through Oct. 26, 2017. The gallery, located on the MCC main campus at 221 S. Quarterline Road, is free and […]

Rev. Stephon Ferguson, who has captivated audiences of all ages worldwide, will breathe life into the words of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during his uplifting and inspirational performance on Thursday, Oct. 5, at 7 p.m. in the Frauenthal Center, 425 W. Western Ave., in downtown Muskegon. Ferguson has raised eyebrows, brought chills […]