Matthew Grulke, a Muskegon Community College student and lead tutor from Grand Haven, MI, received the prestigious Tutor of the Year Award from the Michigan Tutorial Association (MTA) at the organization’s Connections XXXIV Conference on Oct. 14 at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The MTA was established in 1988 as the sole professional […]

Muskegon Community College will hold a Downtown Center Renovation Groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, at 1 p.m. at the College’s parking lot located at Clay Avenue and Fourth Street adjacent to the facility. Renovations have already begun on the MCC Downtown Center with the architectural firm C2AE overseeing work on the $14.27 million […]

The popular Muskegon Community College series “And Justice for All…” continues on Thursday, Nov. 3 with a compelling look at the 13th Amendment. “The 13th Amendment: From Shackles to Prison Bars?” will involve an open discussion of the recent Netflix documentary “13th” by Ava DuVernay and the deleterious legacy of that Constitutional amendment upon African-Americans.  […]

More than 30 different employers will be at the Job Fair being hosted by Muskegon Community College on Monday, Oct. 24, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Collegiate Hall. The event, which is coordinated by the MCC Student Life Office, is free and open to the public. Participants are asked to bring resumes and […]

The MCC Center for Theater will open the 2016-2017 season by staging “Avenue Q: The Musical” on Oct. 12-16 in the college’s Overbook Theater. Shows take place at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday – Saturday, Oct. 12-15, and at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 16. Tickets, which go on sale Wednesday, Oct. 5, are $10 for […]

High school students and their parents will have the opportunity to meet with representatives from more than 50 colleges and universities during College Night on Monday, Oct. 10, from 6-7:30 p.m. in MCC’s Collegiate Hall. The free event, which is offered only once a year, allows prospective students the opportunity to gain valuable insights into […]

The Muskegon Community College Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble will perform on Wednesday, October 19, at 7:30 p.m. in Overbrook Theater. The event is free and open to the public. The Wind Ensemble, directed by Daniel M. Meyers, will perform four selections. Following a brief intermission, the Jazz Ensemble, directed by Tim Froncek, will play […]

The MCC Lecture Series opens the 2016-17 season on Wednesday, Oct. 5, with a talk and workshop by Dr. Dat Pham, a Buddhist Zen Master who operates the Tathata Nourishment Center, a Zen Buddhist Practice Center, in Perris, California. Pham’s presentation, “Mindfulness: Practice and Benefits,” begins at 7 p.m. in Stevenson Center Room 1100. The […]

MCC’s Hendrik Meijer Library will participate in the nationally acclaimed Michigan Libraries for Life program between Oct. 3-9, when more than 100 libraries across the state will inspire local residents to join the Michigan Organ Donor Registry while educating them on the facts of organ, tissue and eye donation. “Hendrik Meijer Library will have a […]

On Wednesday evenings throughout October, the 2016 Muskegon Area Arts and Humanities Festival (AhFest) will show and discuss four films based on Dennis Lehane’s novels before concluding the series on Oct. 27 with Lehane speaking in Muskegon at the Frauenthal Theater. A Boston native, Lehane won the Shamus Award for his first novel, A Drink […]