Wednesday, February 19, 2025
The Heck’s Market Food Pantry on campus is seeing some upcoming changes, including going digital. Josh Myers, executive director of The Foundation, said the food pantry will be moving from the S Building cafeteria to the Student Success Center. Now, instead of students going in and physically grabbing the items […]
The MCCC Board of Trustees voted to put the millage proposal on the ballot again in May after discussion. They voted on this at the Jan. 27 meeting, with nays from trustees Mary Kay Thayer and Kristy Svatek-Whitson. The vote passed 5-2. All trustees were in attendance. Chair Aaron Mason […]
The MCCC Board of Trustees unanimously rejected the authorization of an administrative contract at the meeting Jan. 27. Curtis Creagh, vice president of Finance and Administration, was included in the board’s list of probationary contracts to be authorized. Chair Aaron Mason, however, proposed pulling this item from the consent agenda […]
Trustees Kristy Svatek-Whitson and Linda Roberts were sworn into the MCCC Board of Trustees during the Jan. 27 meeting. Svatek-Whitson and Roberts were elected during the Nov. 5 general election. Roberts earned 19.86% with 18,864 votes and Svatek-Whitson earned 14.73% with 13,986 votes. Roberts and Svatek-Whitson were sworn in by […]
MCCC and ProMedica Monroe Regional Hospital will be hosting an open house for MCCC’s Sterile Processing Technician course, according to a news release. The open house will be on Wednesday, Jan. 29 at 4 p.m. and will take place at 718 N. Macomb St. MCCC’s Sterile Processing Technician course is […]
MCCC will be hosting free events for students, staff, faculty and the public to participate in throughout the week of Jan. 20-24 in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy, according to a news release. Monday, Jan. 20: MCCC will be closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. […]
More than 150 guests gathered in the Meyer Theater atrium for a lecture on Monday, Nov. 18. Barbara McQuade, author of “Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America,” spoke at MCCC about disinformation and misinformation. The event was presented by AAUW Monroe. McQuade is a lawyer who served as […]
Editor’s note: This version of the story includes the time of the home invasion near the college and an email sent by President Kojo Quartey after the incident. This also clarifies the communication issue related to professor Edmund La Clair and clarifies the section on timely notifications. Delayed notifications and […]
Neither of MCCC’s millage rate proposals on this year’s ballot passed. The first proposal was to renew the current maintenance and improvement millage rate of $.85 mills. Homeowners would have expected to pay the same amount they are currently paying until 2030. This millage did not pass by 52.64%, with […]
Two new trustees were elected to the MCCC Board of Trustees during the Nov. 5 general election. Linda Roberts and Kristy Svatek-Whitson were the top vote-getters for the two open seats, unseating incumbent Joel Spotts and filling the vacancy left by Krista K. Lambrix. Roberts earned 19.86% with 18,864 votes […]
