Wednesday, October 23, 2024
The Enriching Lives Performance Award is an award given to staff at MCCC once every semester. This award is dedicated to someone who commits themselves to making positive changes within the college and strives to help students succeed through incorporating MCCC’s mission into their work. In Fall 2023, this award […]
Editor’s note: This story was updated on Feb. 12 to correct the spelling of Sally Cole-Misch’s name. Every year, One Book, One Community, a long-standing program in Monroe County, urges local residents to read from a book by a major author over a series of free programs. This year, the […]
MCCC students have the opportunity to learn Monroe history with Edmund La Clair, the new curator for Monroe County Labor History Museum. In January La Clair, associate professor of history, was offered the position as Curator at the Monroe County Labor History Museum. He had expressed interest about the museum […]
Riley Burns sat across from Lori Jo Couch, assistant professor of English and advisor of the Writing Center, head down so she would avoid eye contact. Burns was there to be interviewed to join the Writing Fellows. “I can see it in my mind like it was yesterday,” Couch said. […]
Nancy Lucero-Altamirano’s journey to America was tough. Lucero-Altamirano came to the United States at a young age with her family, facing language barriers and new culture. As a first generation, undocumented college student, Lucero-Altamirano attended MCCC then transferred to U of M, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in ethnic […]
A young girl living with her parents in a labor camp just south of the Arctic Circle had a small birthday celebration. During that time, her mother asked her, “If the war wasn’t happening, what would you want for your birthday?” The young girl responded, “A big loaf of bread […]
The Student Library Advisory Club (SLAC) hosted a button-making event on Nov. 15 in the Library located in the C Building. Students and faculty came together to make their own custom buttons. Participants could use acrylic-based pens to color on the buttons. Liz Hartig, faculty reference librarian/public services at MCCC, […]
The hushed actors get into place as the audience chatters with excitement. The lights shine down on the set as the show begins. Beside the stage stands the director, pulling her cardigan closed in force of habit, watching over her students and her months of hard work unfold. The director […]
After a nearly three-year hiatus, the Psychology Interest Group is experiencing some of its best turnout and enthusiasm among group members. Professors Patrick Wise and Melissa Grey started PIG in 2012 with a focus on providing resources and enhancing members’ knowledge in the different areas of psychology, according to the […]
It has been a long process for Monroe County Middle College student Matayah Hammill, but after more than a year she saw her dream come to fruition. Hammill, 15, and the MCCC Christ-Centered Community group hosted their first Love for God event Feb. 23 in the S Building cafeteria. “I […]
