On Friday, March 14, Lt. Governor Brian Calley signed Senate Bill 608, legislation authorizing Muskegon Community College to construct a 25,000-square-foot science laboratory and renovate 20,000 square feet of existing science facilities. The Lt. Governor signed the Bill, now PA 34 of 2014, as Governor Snyder was out of the state. The cost of the […]

Muskegon native Preston Pulliams, the former president of Oregon’s largest community college and former vice chancellor overseeing the State University of New York’s 30 community colleges, has been named the 2014 MCC Distinguished Alumni Award recipient. He will be honored May 1 at the Distinguished Alumni Award Dinner on campus and will also address graduates at the 2014 MCC Commencement on May 3 in Walker Arena.

Dr. Aileen Huang-Saad, the University of Michigan Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship, will discuss “The Rise of Entrepreneurship” on Thursday, March 13, at 7 p.m. in Stevenson Center Room 1100. Prior to her talk, which is part of the MCC Lecture Series, a panel discussion from 6-7 p.m. will feature local entrepreneurs and be […]

The World War II Lecture Series at MCC will focus March 17 on the D-Day invasion and will feature insights from a former U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Beyrle and John McGarry, the executive director of the Muskegon Lakeshore Museum Center. The talk, which is open to the public for a $5 donation to the museum or free for museum members, takes place from 6-8:30 p.m. at the USS Silversides Museum, 1346 Bluff St., in Muskegon

The MCC wrestling team cracked into the Top 10 with its 9th place finish at the National Junior College Athletics Association (NJCAA) Championships which concluded Saturday, March 1, at the Spokane (WA) Convention Center. Northeastern Oklahoma A&M won the overall team championship with 169 points, followed by Northwest College 149, Clackamas CC 139, Colby CC […]

“The Monument(less) Scape: The Praxis of Neglect,” a multimedia exhibit by Shaurya Kumar opens March 10 in Overbrook Gallery and continues through April 25. An assistant professor of print media at The School of Art Institute of Chicago, Kumar’s exhibit presents the idea of marginalization of history in contemporary societies.

MCC President Dale K. Nesbary advocated for MCC in testimony before two Michigan legislative committees in Lansing on Feb. 19. Joined by Michigan Community College Association President Mike Hansen, Nesbary sought sustainable operating funding for the state’s community colleges during his appearance before the Community Colleges Subcommittee of the Michigan Senate Appropriations Committee. Nesbary spoke […]

The Collage Concert will feature over 20 selections by a variety of performers on Wednesday, Feb. 19, at 7:30 p.m.  The event is free and open to the public. Featured will be MCC’s College Singers, Collegiates, Jaywalkers, Jazz Ensemble, Wind Ensemble, soloists and other small ensembles. For more information, call (231) 777-00278.

Vying against three major universities, Muskegon Community College placed second in the 76th Annual Wisconsin Regional Foundry Conference and Exposition casting competition held Feb. 12 in conjunction with American Foundry Society (AFS) meeting in Milwaukee, WI.

Talk Back, a panel discussion of our community’s neighborhoods, will take place tonight, Tuesday, Feb 18, at 6:30 p.m. in the Blue and Gold Room on campus. The event is free and open to the public. The panelists are: Floyd Cook, Institute for Healing Racism; Ciggzree Morris, a local African-American realtor; Sarah Rinsema-Sybenga, director of […]