Gabby’s Ladder Grief Center and MCCC have partnered in hopes of giving the community a chance to give back to grief service providers. Opened in 2001, Gabby’s Ladder provides free grief counseling services to local families and individuals who have suffered from loss. “Our main focus is people of all […]
Author: Kaylena Watson
Student Government partners with ‘Give a Kid a Christmas’ program
MCCC students have an opportunity to help give Christmas gifts to a family in need. “Give a Kid a Christmas” is a nonprofit program that allows local families who are financially underprivileged to get gifts for the holidays from funds raised by the community. This year is the first time […]
One Book, One Community sees changes for 2021
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, Monroe County organizations have made changes to 2021’s upcoming One Book, One Community events. Every year, the OBOC program encourages the community to read a selected book so it can be discussed and understood as a community every year. The goal of the program is […]
Constitution Celebration Day at MCCC
In celebration of Constitution Day, a webinar was hosted Sept. 16. Michael Snyder, professor of political science, moderated this event. Panel discussants included Edmund La Clair, professor of history, and Dan Wood, professor of criminal justice. Snyder said they had the idea for a while to host an online event […]
MCCC’s Student Government plans through the pandemic
MCCC’s Student Government has been planning a series of events through the COVID-19 pandemic. The Student Government at MCCC has been meeting virtually through Microsoft Teams to communicate with one another. Tom Ryder, coordinator of campus and community Events and student activities, said this is a strange time to figure […]
Honest Conversation about Racism meetings continue
As part of the “An Honest Conversation about Race” series of presentations, Melissa Grey, professor of psychology, discussed the topic Microaggressions and Race on Sept. 10. At least 74 people joined the webinar from the Monroe County community. There have been 5 meetings since May, occurring once a month and […]
Peaceful protests reach Monroe
As protests against police brutality continue around the country, organizers in Monroe are following suit to rally people around the Black Lives Matter movement. Azia Hawthorne, 39, has lived in Monroe for eight years after moving from Chicago and said she has been to 12 BLM protests over the past two […]
MCCC graduation postponed
The spread of coronavirus has forced MCCC to postpone the 2020 graduation. Tracy Vogt, registrar of MCCC, said graduation was originally scheduled for 7 p.m May 1 in the Welch Health Education Building. Vogt said caps and gowns have not been purchased, and information regarding gown pickup will be sent […]
MCCC Bookstore sets up online book buyback
The MCCC Bookstore has set up an online book buyback for students during the COVID-19 pandemic. To sell books, students must search for the books they want to sell back using Nebook.com’s Virtual Sellback, according to an email sent by the college. A flyer attached to the email stated after […]
MCCC transitions to online courses for remainder of semester
MCCC has transferred all of its on-campus classes to an online format to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. An email was sent to students March 19 to inform that classes will be transitioned to online format for the remainder of the semester. Valerie Culler, director of Financial Aid, said […]