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Local Law Enforcement Conducts Lockdown Drill at MCC

The Muskegon Community College campus was temporarily closed at 10:30 a.m. this morning for a lockdown drill organized and conducted by MCC, Muskegon County Sheriff’s Department Emergency Management, and the Muskegon Police Department. Normal classes and office operations were interrupted, while employees and students participated in the drill. The exercise concluded at 11:00 a.m. Participating […]

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2nd Annual Student Art Exhibit

52nd Annual MCC Student Art and Design Exhibit May 16–Sept. 14

A high point of the year for the Arts and Humanities Department at MCC, the annual Student Art and Design Exhibition in Overbrook Gallery showcases outstanding artwork created by MCC’s art and graphic design students over the past academic year. The artwork is selected by MCC art and design faculty from several thousand pieces produced […]

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MCC Launches New Summer Hours

Muskegon Community College will operate with new summer hours from Monday, May 9, through Friday, July 29. During this time, the college will be open on Monday-Thursday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Friday from 8 a.m. to noon. The following offices will be open until 5:30 p.m. on Monday-Thursday: Welcome Center, Testing […]

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Dave Lux news

Shoah Speaker May 1 Escaped Nazis on Famed ‘Children’s Transport’

The Shoah Commemoration Service on Sunday, May 1, will feature guest speaker Dave Lux, who was one of the 669 Jewish children in Czechoslovakia saved from the Nazis by British humanitarian Sir Nicholas George Winston’s brave effort known as the “children’s transport.” The talk, entitled “The Power of Goodness,” is free and open to the […]

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GVSU, MCC to Sign Nursing Agreement on April 27

Leaders from Grand Valley State University and Muskegon Community College (MCC) will officially sign a concurrent enrollment agreement on April 27 that will provide MCC students with a seamless transition to a bachelor’s degree in nursing. The concurrent enrollment agreement is between MCC’s Applied Science Nursing Program and Grand Valley’s Kirkhof College of Nursing’s (KCON) […]

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MCC to Receive Michigan Works! Impact Award for Medical Assistant Program

Muskegon Community College will receive a prestigious 2016 Michigan Works! Impact Award on Wednesday, April 27, at a luncheon in the Anderson House Office Building in Lansing, MI. West Michigan Works! nominated MCC for the statewide honor for the college’s strategic partnership and collaboration with both the Michigan Works! Association and with community organizations to […]

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MCC student singers

Concert Features Area Honors Orchestra, MCC College Singers and Collegiates April 24

Muskegon Community College will present “A Springtime of Music” on Sunday, April 24, at 7 p.m. in Overbrook Theater. The event is free and open to the public. Highlighting the evening is Ludwig van Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy Opus 80 for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra. Piano virtuoso Dr. Solee Lee-Clark will be supported by the Muskegon […]

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Earth Day 2016

MCC to Celebrate Earth Week with Series of Events

Muskegon Community College will celebrate Earth Week 2016 with a series of free events April 18-22. Throughout Earth Week, the MCC Sustainability Council will be hosting informational sessions on both composting and recycling during lunchtime in the Student Union. Meanwhile, visitors to the college’s Hendrik Meijer Library in April and May can explore exhibits and […]

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Dr. Sarah N. Pletcher

Dr. Sarah N. Pletcher Named 2016 MCC Distinguished Alumnus

Muskegon native Dr. Sarah N. Pletcher, a surgeon and telemedicine trailblazer, has been named the 2016 Muskegon Community College Distinguished Alumni Award recipient. Pletcher founded and established the Center for Telehealth and Connected Care for the Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system serving 19 million patients in New England. A faculty member at Dartmouth University’s prestigious Geisel School of […]

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