Friday, February 3, 2023
18-year-old Monroe County Community College freshman Kendall Comer is busy keeping up on her studies and fulfilling her duties as Miss Monroe County. Kendall started competing in pageants when she was 9 and ran for Junior Miss Monroe County. “I was constantly seeing all of the teens and the misses […]
On Saturday, Sept. 18, the MCCC Ag Club held a flower sale next to the field of sunflowers they had cultivated. It was from 8:30am to 11:30am. The proceeds from the sale will go towards the keeping the farm running, as well as funding the various activities the Ag Club […]
Getting ‘Back in the Swing’ isn’t just preparing for classes and the hustle and bustle of campus. It is the first time since February 2020 that the Ballroom Dance Club will be able to hold their monthly meetings.
Eighteen year old Middle College student Brant Georgia combines education and art in his acrylic wildlife paintings. Brant started painting when he was 13. “I had always been skilled in sketching, and painting just seemed like the next logical step,” Brant said. “It certainly allows for more artistic freedom in […]
Understanding the traditions of different people groups plays a role in making a community diverse. On April 21, Ismail Bowers, associate Imam and director of Youth Development at the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo, presented a panel about Ramadan. This was one of the eight panels that took place in April in celebration of […]
One brief semester ago, I was not familiar with AP Style, the excitement of doing an interview or the unnecessary restraint of omitting the Oxford comma, despite being tempted to add one to this very sentence. The newsroom is a place I have come to love. I am excited to […]
With live performances being rare in the last year, recent in-person performances can be much more impactful. The MCCC Agora Chorale hosted “From Despair to Hope” on April 27 in the Lay-Z-Boy Center’s Meyer Theater. This was their first concert in over a year due to COVID. Catherine Brodie, the […]
A museum is not made to only preserve and share the history of a community, but also to draw more people to the community and make history along the way. 10 years ago, the Monroe County Historical Museum was scheduled to shut down due to a lack of funding. On […]
A library is typically thought of as a place to collect hefty books and find a corner to quietly study. MCCC is challenging this view as books are packed up to make room for a more updated learning environment, said Jack Burns, director of campus planning and facilities. In the […]
When I joined the Agora as a freelance writer during the 2020 Fall Semester, I had no idea how much it would come to mean to me. I also had no idea that I would become the Agora editor for the 2021-2022 school year. That’s what everyone says, it seems. […]
