Muskegon Community College (MCC), working in collaboration with West Michigan Works! and several Michigan community colleges and hospitals, will “soft launch” its surgical tech program on May 16, when it becomes the first health care associate degree registered apprenticeship in the United States. The initial cohort of 21 students, limited to apprentices from the participating […]

The 58th annual Muskegon Community College Student Art and Design Exhibition in the Overbrook Art Gallery runs from May 16 through Sept. 8, 2022. Summer hours are 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. on Monday-Thursday. Free and open to the public, the exhibit highlights outstanding artwork by MCC’s art and design students over the past academic […]

Ellen Jeffries and Bill Bowerman, two former Michigan Senate Fiscal Agency administrators, will discuss “The Michigan Legislature and the Appropriations Process” on Tuesday, May 10, at Muskegon Community College. The talk, which is free and open to the public, is the final lecture of the MCC President’s Speakers Series: Lessons in Leadership. The presentation takes […]

The Muskegon Community College Board of Trustees voted unanimously in a special meeting on April 27, selecting Dr. John Selmon as the college’s next president. He will assume office on July 1, 2022, when Dr. Dale Nesbary officially retires after 13 years in office. The national search to replace Nesbary began in January 2022 and […]

Students from pre-K through 12th grade will converge on downtown Muskegon on Saturday, May 7, to take part in a variety of science, technology, engineering, art and math activities during the first-ever STEAM Along the Lakeshore. The event, which is free, takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hackley Park, Hackley Public […]

Leaders from Muskegon Community College and Consumers Energy will celebrate the grand opening of the Consumers Energy STEM Lab on Thursday, May 5, at 2 p.m. The event will be hosted at the Lakeshore Fab Lab and Consumers Energy Foundation STEM Lab, 388 West Clay Avenue, in downtown Muskegon. In January, Consumers Energy provided MCC […]

Two Muskegon Community College students from Ottawa County, Alexis Scott of Holland and Alexis Tater of Grand Haven, will deliver videotaped remarks on behalf of the Class of 2022 which will celebrate its Commencement on May 4 with an interactive drive-through event on campus. The students’ comments will be incorporated into a commemorative video capturing […]

Muskegon Community College’s student newspaper, The Bay Window, won five 2022 journalism awards from the Michigan Community College Press Association (MCCPA), which recently announced the honorees online. Lance Kemple, an MCC student from Nunica, MI, and a Spring Lake High School graduate, earned first place in the Serious Column category for his article “What they […]

The Muskegon Community College Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting on Wednesday, April 27, at 3:30 p.m. regarding the selection of the next Muskegon Community College president. The meeting will le be held in Stevenson Center Room 1300. To mitigate the spread of COVID-19, MCC observes social distancing and limits the number of […]

The public is invited to hear students in Mary Tyler’s Poetry Writing Seminar class read their original works on Wednesday, April 27, in Overbrook Theater. The free event, which is being held during National Poetry Month, runs from 10:10-11:35 a.m. Snacks will be served. “It’s one of the most talented poetry classes I’ve ever had,” […]