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. […]

Muskegon Community College will host a College Transfer Fair on Tuesday, March 10, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Collegiate Hall. Students can meet with more than 25 different colleges/university representatives to explore transfer options after MCC. Representatives will have information about the admissions process, scholarships, financial aid, housing, and much more. The participating […]

MCC has postponed its March 18 MCC Lecture Series event, a talk by John Corvino, the dean of the Irvin D. Reid Honors College and a professor of philosophy at Wayne State University, on “Civility: Its Uses and Abuses in Public Discourse.”A new date has not been determined. In the last 25 years, Corvino has […]

The Third Annual Muskegon Community College Welding Invitational for tech center students who reside in local counties took place on Feb. 28 in MCC’s Sturrus Technology Center Welding Lab/Classroom. Students from the Muskegon Career Tech Center, Newaygo County Regional Educational Service Agency (NCRESA), Careerline Tech in Ottawa County, and the Kent CTC competed for scholarships […]

Nine individuals were honored with Love in Action Awards during the 24th banquet and ceremony held Feb. 27 in Muskegon Community College’s Blue and Gold Room. The awards, which are presented by the MCC Office of Community Outreach, honor unsung heroes who selflessly work as individuals, businesses or organizations to help others. Honorees are nominated […]

Like many community college students, MCC’s Christian Berends spent a semester or two exploring different academic disciplines before discovering his passion, which, in his case, turned out to be anthropology. His epiphany came while assisting students in the college’s Tutoring Center. “I love history and I love sciences,” explained the 2017 North Muskegon High School […]

Muskegon Community College is hosting Dual Enrollment 101, a free informational event about dual enrollment, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, from 6 -7 p.m. in Collegiate Hall on the main campus, 221 S. Quarterline Rd. in Muskegon. Dual Enrollment 101 will be offered the next night in Fremont on Thursday, Feb. 27, from 6-7 p.m. at […]

Muskegon Community College’s Board of Trustees approved a Voluntary Early Retirement Incentive Plan at its Feb. 19 meeting as one of several strategies the College is taking to meet its financial needs in light of declining enrollment. The plan, which was unanimously approved, is a one-time incentive available to all full-time faculty, Educational Support Staff […]