On Sept. 11, 2001, I was a 7-year-old girl sitting cross-legged in front of my living room TV. I didn’t fully grasp what the World Trade Center really was, or what those fiery explosions would mean for America’s future. All I could really figure out, as the second plane hit, […]

The 17 recent retirees of MCCC were thrown one last ceremony Wednesday, where resolutions were read, hugs were shared, and emotion was felt. “We’ve been a family here and now we’re moving on to new stages in our lives,” retiring professor Jim Devries said. In May of this year, a […]

When Tim Bennett, former vice president of Business Affairs, took early retirement, the college needed an immediate replacement. That replacement came in the form of two MCCC employees, Sue Wetzel and Daniel Schwab. Wetzel was formerly the director of Institutional Advancement and executive director of the MCCC Foundation. She is […]

New coach Scott Barbe and his players have high goals for the MCCC volleyball program. “Our hope is to eventually have an actual community college program for volleyball,” Barbe said. “We’re trying to show the board of directors and trustees that we can create a winning team.” The volleyball club […]

Though Janet Keck’s death has saddened her MCCC coworkers, her life and memory continue to bring smiles to their faces. While on vacation in July, Janet “Janie” Keck, lost her life tubing near San Antonio, Texas. The 67-year-old Temperance resident died when her raft tipped over on the Guadalupe River. […]

MCCC may be opening its doors to international partnership. Vice President of Student and Information Services Randy Daniels recently spoke at an international seminar hosted at Ningbo Polytechnic near Shanghai, China, which resulted in a possible collaboration between MCCC and a Chinese institution. The seminar offered strategies on international development […]

A few weeks ago, my Monday morning started out a bit normal. I didn’t sleep well as a result of my many sleep disorders, my stomach was in knots, the new-week stresses started to pop up and I had to work– typical college kid stuff. By the end of the […]

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A Temperance resident and MCCC employee died in Texas while tubing with her family. Janet Keck, 67, lost her life on the Guadalupe River near San Antonio on Wednesday, July 21, just after noon. Family members told police that Keck had flipped out of her tube while passing through an area […]

MCCC takes strides towards a more energy efficient campus, including replacing the windows of the Life Science building. On May 7 the maintenance crew of MCCC began replacing the 39-year-old, two-story curtain walls due to costly damages resulting from leaking and also the potential of future hazards. The project also […]