Saturday, September 7, 2024
Dr. Joanna Sabo receives the Faculty of the Year Award at the 2016 Honors Night ceremony. (Photo by Emily Lorton) On Wednesday, April 27 Dr. Joanna Sabo was given Monroe County Community College’s Outstanding Faculty award for the 2015 -2016 school year. The award was presented by Dr. Grace Yackee. […]
The current Flint water crisis is something I've been very passionate about. I've covered it more than any other topic at the Agora, but even with how much I have covered it – it still seemed distant, like it wasn't my problem because it wasn't happening in my backyard. That […]
MCCC President Kojo Quartey led students and employees through a diversity exercise. Monroe, Michigan is a place which could be considered lacking in diversity. In fact, according to the most recent census, 94.8 percent of the county is Caucasian and MCCC likely boasts a similar statistic. In an effort to […]
Student Mohammed Karin gives a presentation in the MCCC cafeteria on misconceptions about Arabs and Muslims. One the hardest things to be today is an Arab in America. Whether they are born on American soil or not, Arabs can suffer a bombardment of hatred on TV or worse – from […]
Professor Gregory Leinbach has spent a lifetime teaching and enriching lives at MCCC. But, on June 18, 2016 Mr. Leinbach will be retiring from the college teaching family. Leinbach has worked here for 34 years and has taught a myriad of courses in both math and CIS, his classes have […]
By now most of America knows about the Flint water crisis — when it started, how it happened, and the response (or lack thereof) by the Snyder administration. What needs to be discussed now, from a political standpoint, is why it happened and what happens next. First a quick recap […]
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Putting together a list of “best” games for 2015 is much harder than expected. So, here are my top 10 games of 2015. 10. “Undertale” – Developer: Toby Fox Publisher: Toby Fox To understand this strange creation, you have to play it. “Undertale” belongs […]
I hadn’t watched the original Star Wars trilogy until 2013 but when I did I was blown away. It was an incredible trilogy that transcended time and was an amazing experience despite the fact that I had the twist of Darth Vader being Luke’s father spoiled for me long ago, […]
