After a year of hard work and dedication, students and staff were recognized for their achievements at Honors Night April 18. See the video, Honors Night 2012 The Outstanding Faculty Award was given to Dr. William McCloskey, a professor of English at MCCC since 1993. He taught part-time at the […]

Volleyball teams from throughout the Monroe area came to play in an MCCC fund-raiser volleyball tournament recently. The tournament was held to raise money for next season’s womens‘ volleyball club. The team is mostly self funded by the players. “Through fund raising, we are able to get new players and more funding to […]

How is MCCC doing integrating technology into the classroom? Interviews with humanities professors suggest that they are, overall, accepting of technology in the classroom. Technology is becoming more and more prevalent throughout academia. Students are now able to access texts as ebooks, take notes on iPads, and have constant access to information through smart […]

Everyone knows what the Statue of Liberty is, where it is located and what it represents (freedom for immigrants to our nation).      However, fewer know that at the base of lady liberty is a sonnet called “The New Colossus.”      It includes the iconic lines, “Give me your tired, your poor/Your huddled masses yearning […]

Pageants have been controversial in today’s society.     Do they glorify hard work and the platforms that each contestant represents? Or do they create snobby, boastful girls who care only about wearing a shiny crown and being able to say they are the winner?     Growing up, I never really paid much attention to pageants, […]

There is so much new technology in the world that older types of entertainment seem to have fallen in the cracks. Professor Cheryl Johnston is hoping to help reignite students interest in reading.     On Monday April 23, Professor Johnston handed out books around campus to celebrate World Book Night. She is handing out […]

Since its grant funding ended in September 2011, the Learning Bank has been seeking financial support from a variety of public and private sources to continue its operations and community services.     Opening on Feb. 6, 2010, many lives have been changed through the services provided by the Learning Bank Network of Monroe […]

On Friday, April 27, MCCC will hold its annual Commencement Ceremony in the Health Science building at 7 p.m.     The ceremony is held in honor of those who are graduating from MCCC this year. This event is not open to the general public, as the only way to get tickets is from a graduating […]

Ask anyone who doesn’t regularly visit Facebook about the name Kony and they are likely to tell you, “It’s not a ‘who,’ it’s a hotdog with chili on it.”     If you ask those who do access Facebook about Kony, they will tell you that his name is Joseph Kony and he is the head […]