A seasoned respiratory therapist, Keegan Knue understood firsthand the toll that the escalating cases of COVID-19 would take on the Spectrum Hospital staff in Grand Rapids. Before Knue joined the Muskegon Community College faculty in 2017, he spent the previous 12 years working in Spectrum’s Respiratory Therapy Department. “This was my second home,” he said. […]

The Muskegon Community College Board of Trustees will conduct its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, April 15, as an online meeting open to the public. The meeting will begin at 12:30 p.m. However, anyone interested in participating in the virtual meeting must pre-register by Friday, April 10, to allow College organizers to get an accurate […]

The winners in Muskegon Community College’s Winter 2020 Creative Writing Contest, organized by the MCC English and Communications Department and the Muskegon Writers’ Series, have been selected. The top three places in each category are: POETRY First Place: Josie Buckingham – “From Sunrise to Sunset” Second Place: Keegan Colcleasure – “The Needles Above Us” Third Place: Stevie […]

Former Muskegon Community College students, who have financial holds up to $1,200 with MCC and who have not been enrolled at MCC for three academic years, are being encouraged to re-enroll under an initiative called the MCC Debt Forgiveness Program. Qualified students may be eligible to have their debt forgiven. In addition to the above […]

Muskegon Community College has partnered with the State of Michigan and Mercy Health to use the college’s Health and Wellness Center as a site for hospital beds for overflow patients to free up space in area hospitals for the possible influx of critical COVID-19 cases. The 52,000 square-foot facility, which has been unoccupied since March […]

In response to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s statewide stay-at-home order for the next three weeks, Muskegon Community College will extend its suspension of on-site operations at all locations through Sunday, May 3. MCC President Dale K. Nesbary made the decision today following the announcement of the Governor’s executive order, which takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on […]

Muskegon Community College is suspending on-site operations at all its locations from Thursday, March 19, through Sunday, April 5, in response to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s executive order designed to assist in stopping the spread of COVID-19. The MCC Emergency Response Team will monitor the situation daily. In the meantime, the college will continue to deliver […]

The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), following the recent recommendations from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), announced on March 16 that it would cancel the upcoming basketball championships and all spring sports competition. The decision impacts the Muskegon Community College intercollegiate athletic program. The MCC men’s basketball team, arguably the best […]

Roy, J. Portenga ‘73, an accomplished local attorney who has devoted countless hours as a leader and member of civic and educational organizations in Muskegon, has been named the Muskegon Community College 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient. A tradition for many years at MCC, the Distinguished Alumni Award is the highest honor that Muskegon Community […]

Muskegon Community College will present its 2020 Alumni Achievement Award, an honor recognizing extraordinary professional achievement by one of its graduates from the past 15 years, to Dr. Mayra Sánchez González ’10, a clinical psychologist and Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation faculty member at the prestigious Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD. […]