MCC students who earned 30 or more credit hours but not an associate’s degree before transferring to Grand Valley State University may now have the opportunity to receive that degree. The presidents of the two institutions co-signed an agreement on Monday afternoon in MCC’s Stevenson Center that establishes a reverse transfer associate’s degree between the two schools.

Muskegon Community College will host a webstream of the TEDGlobal 2012: Radical Openness sessions from Edinburgh, Scotland on Wednesday, June 27, at from 8:45 a.m. – 5 p.m. in Stevenson Center Room 1118. The event is free and open to the public. “In conjunction with our partner, Muskegon Community College, we are presenting a time-delayed […]

Beginning this fall semester, MCC will offer two new degrees – the Associate in Manufacturing Engineering Technology and the Associate in Engineering – designed for students who wish either to enter the workforce after graduation or to continue their engineering education at a four-year institution.

Muskegon Community College remains as one of Michigan’s best higher educational values after the MCC Board of Trustees approved a 5.0% tuition increase on June 20 for in-district students that goes into effect with the Fall 2012 semester.   This past year, MCC administrators made significant reductions and eliminated expenditures from the budget in an […]

Shawn Watson expects big things from graduates of Grand Valley State University’s Muskegon Leadership Program. Watson, the director of GVSU’s Muskegon Regional Center, says the first group of students who completed the program and graduated last month already have some impressive achievements under their belts.

The award winners of the 48th Annual MCC Student Art and Design Exhibition have been selected. Judging this year’s entries was Michael Arrigo, a multi-disciplinary artist based in Toledo, Ohio. Arrigo has taught painting at Studio Arts Center International in Florence, Italy and served for two years as the director of Young Artists at Work, […]

MCC Athletic Director Marty McDermott, the president of the Michigan Community College Athletic Association (MCCAA) since October, has been named the statewide organization’s Athletic Director of the Year for the 2011-12 school year. The honor, which is selected by the 19 MCCAA athletic directors, was announced on June 6 at the their summer meeting at Shanty […]

MCC and Kaufmannische Schule Stuttgart Nord (KSN), a technical college in Stuttgart, Germany, have been exchanging students and faculty for the last 16 years. The group from KSN, including both students and instructors, arrived in West Michigan on June 13 for an eight-day visit.

A total of $6,863 in event profits was generated for the Foundation for Muskegon Community College General Scholarship Fund by the participants, lunch guests and sponsors of the 2012 Annual Jayhawk Scramble held June 8 at University Park Golf Course

On May 18, the U.S. Department of Education approved a five-year, $250,000 Upward Bound grant to Muskegon Community College to support its TRiO Upward Bound Program. An estimated 233 programs at colleges around the country did not receive funding for the next fiscal year. TRiO Upward Bound is a group of federally-funded programs created to […]