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Thirteen Muskegon Community College administrators, faculty and staff shared information about the college’s successful Achieving the Dream (AtD) initiatives with colleagues from around the country at the recent AtD Annual Meeting on Student Success in Anaheim, Cal. Kelley Conrad, who chairs the MCC Counseling and Advising Center, and MCC English Instructor Jenny Klingenberg, spoke about […]

The Foundation for Muskegon Community College will formally thank its donors, who last year provided over $104,000 in support to build scholarship funds and improve programs, with an invitation-only Donor Appreciation Day luncheon on Tuesday, Feb. 19, in the Blue and Gold Room. Learn more below about the positive impact donors have on MCC students and programs, thank them on Facebook, and view a video.

MCC concludes its Black History Month celebration with a movie and discussion on Tuesday, Feb. 19, from 4-5:30 p.m. in Stevenson Center Room 1304. This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. The film, “The House We Live In,” is a segment of the renowned PBS documentary series “Race: The […]

Muskegon Community College is hosting a Master Dance Class Hip Hop Workshop on Saturday, Feb. 16, from 2:30-5:15 p.m. in the MCC Dance Studio, Room 262. Professional Dance Instructors Markus Shields and Yessy Gomez will be offering the classes for intermediate and advanced dancers 16-years of age or older. Registration for the public is $15 […]

MCC’s Overbrook Players are presenting William Shakespeare’s great romantic comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, through Sunday. Show times are Friday and Saturday, Feb. 15-16, at 7:30 p.m., and on Sunday, Feb. 17, at 3 p.m. Tickets are $10 for the public and $5 for MCC students.

Muskegon Community College’s weeklong 14th Annual Global Awareness Festival continues until Friday and focuses on Asia, a region steeped in history and culture and home to 60 percent of the world’s population whose economy and foreign policies demand international attention. The free series of activities, lectures and other events bring awareness to that region’s population, culture, cuisine and political issues. Check out the full schedule.

Gath-er-ing, an exhibition of print collages by artist Ina Kaur, will run through this Friday, Feb. 22 in MCC’s Overbrook Gallery.

The MCC Center for Theater, which staged The Laramie Project in November and December, has donated the proceeds from one of its performances to the Muskegon Coalition for HIV Awareness and Prevention (MCHAP). “The Laramie Project is a play about the 1998 hate-crime killing, in Laramie, Wyoming, of Matthew Shepard, a young man who was […]

MCC TV’s rating period, held annually every February, gives viewers the chance to provide their feedback regarding the TV station. The community is encouraged to complete a survey, whose results will provide a baseline for viewer satisfaction and give direction for program development. Everyone completing the survey by Feb. 28, 2013 will be entered into […]

The Muskegon Community College Nursing Program awarded a record 163 nursing diplomas and degrees in 2012 — 83 Associate Degrees in Nursing, and 80 Practical Nurse Diplomas. Among practical nurse graduates, 100% passed the LPN licensing exam on first attempt compared to a Michigan average of 92.57%, and a national average of 84.23%. For the RN […]