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 […]

  A new exhibit, “Us and Them: Works by Deborah Rockman,” opens at the MCC Overbrook Art Gallery on Sept. 26 and will continue through Oct. 28. Free and open to the public, the exhibit is linked to the Muskegon Area Arts and Humanities Festival (ahFest), which explores this year’s theme of “Us and Them” […]

The following Muskegon Community College (MCC) students have earned academic recognition for their grade point averages during the recently completed Summer 2016 Session. They are listed by alphabetically by hometown under each of the following two categories: Dean’s List Academic Honors List DEAN’S LIST Muskegon Community College (MCC) has named the following students to the […]

Muskegon Community College will be hosting an open house in Coopersville on Tuesday, Sept. 13, for ITT Tech Institute students looking for an opportunity to smoothly transition and continue their college education. The event takes place from 5:30-7:30pm at MCC’s Coopersville location on 198 East St. On hand to answer questions will be MCC faculty, […]

Muskegon Community College will celebrate its 90th year with jazz, food, fun and a silent auction on Founder’s Day, Thursday, Sept. 15. The community is invited to join the party from 6-8:30 p.m. at Fricano Place, 1050 W. Western Ave. Muskegon Advance tickets are $20 until Saturday, Sept. 10, or $25 at the door and […]

Muskegon Community College environmental science (BIOLOGY 110) students planted and launched a Floating Treatment Wetland (FTW) near the college’s Lakeshore Fitness Center shoreline on Sept. 2 as part of an innovative approach to directly improve water quality in the Muskegon Lake Watershed. FTWs are manmade ecosystems that biologically mimic natural wetlands. These floating wetlands remove […]

As part of its popular “…And Justice for All” series, MCC will host the nationally acclaimed Todd Logan show, “Defamation: The Play,” a riveting courtroom drama that explores the highly charged issues of race, religion, gender, class and the law with a twist – the audience is the jury. More than a play, the show […]

A new MCC art one-credit course, “The Art and History of the Celts,” which runs from Sept.7-21, includes a required experiential learning excursion to the 2016 Michigan Irish Music Festival in Muskegon on Sept. 17-18. The course will also be offered as a non-credit community lecture series in partnership with the Muskegon Museum of Art (MMA) […]