Tuesday, March 28, 2023
The ability to earn a college degree can now be a practically finance-free endeavor for many individuals. Michigan Reconnect is a program that allows all Michigan residents 25 years and older to receive free tuition in pursuit of an associates degree or program certificate if they have not already acquired […]
The Student Success Center’s main goal is proactivity for the success of the student. Previously known as the Learning Assistance Lab, or LAL, the center has recently been rebranded into this new division, all made possible through the funding of the DTE Energy Foundation. Programs offered by the Student Success […]
The impact of COVID-19 has inspired The Foundation at MCCC to be more focused on students than ever before. The Foundation is a charitable organization that supports over 50 initiatives led by MCCC faculty and Foundation staff. In 2020, The Foundation established the Emergency Relief Fund. According to The Foundation’s […]
Office C-210 at MCCC has seen a lot of traffic in the last 21 years. From students coming to ask for advice to others asking for help on an assignment and alumni coming back to thank their past professor for the impact she made on their life, the office buzzes […]
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 […]
Campus structure and safety improvement plans for the next few years are underway. MCCC’s Maintenance and Improvement Millage was renewed on Nov. 3 passing with a 60.4% margin. Phase 2 of the millage can now begin in 2021 as planned. MCCC President Kojo Quartey said the first priority projects include […]
Volunteers from the college went door-to-door in 2016 to gain support for a maintenance and improvement millage. This year, the pandemic changed that. Instead, President Kojo Quartey visited various business, governmental, civic and political leaders to ask for their support. In 2016, voters approved an 85-cent maintenance and improvement millage, […]
MCCC is making changes to ensure a larger focus on student success. With these changes, Scott Behrens has been hired as MCCC’s new vice president of Enrollment Management and Student Success. Behrens replaces former VP Randy Daniels who retired Feb. 28 after 25 years at MCCC. Behrens holds over 25 […]
The Monroe County Middle College semester started Sept. 8, with all high school courses still being available in-person. Robert Krueger, MCMC principal, said students were given three different options on how to take classes this semester. One option was taking classes fully virtual from Edgenuity, a third-party vendor separate from […]
Dan Shaw, former MCCC professor of journalism and Agora adviser, died unexpectedly during a basketball game Sept. 28. Shaw was 68 years old. President Kojo Quartey called an all-campus meeting Sept. 29 to break the news to faculty and staff. Shaw was the faculty adviser to the Agora from 2008-2019, […]
