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Music touches hearts, shapes minds

David House and band perform music in MCCC's Cafeteria Music’s relevance has remained constant, yet with its melodic styles and rhythms ever changing. For many, music is simply entertainment, a way to pass the time. For others it is an outlet, a way to deal with stress, confusion, frustration and pain. It […]

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MCCC revamps scholarships

Valerie Culler, director of Financial Aid Prospective MCCC students will have new scholarship opportunities available for the Fall 2016 semester. MCCC has simplified the scholarship application process with the Trustee Merit Scholarship, awarded based on ACT/SAT scores.  The scholarship is for prospective students who are enrolling in their first semester […]

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Presidential candidate speaks on campus

​ Gov. John Kasich speaks to supporters at Monroe County Community College Presidential candidate John Kasich made a pit stop at Monroe County Community College during his political campaign Monday, March 7. The town hall-style meeting was held in the atrium of the La-Z-Boy Center the day before Michigan's primary […]

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Nursing program to offer P.N. to R.N. move

Kim Lindquist, Dean of Health Sciences Division For students desiring to move from practical nurse to registered nurse, MCCC offers a new option.  The college plans to begin a practical-nurse-to-registered-nurse completion program as early as May, pending final approval by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing. There was a […]

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HVAC renovation back on track

The HVAC renovation across MCCC is back on track now that financing has been secured. This major geothermal renovation project was to be financed by Bank of America, but Key Bank and Sterling Bank and Trust are now jointly financing instead, since they are better fit to handle the 15-year, […]

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Student Goverment prepping new events

Student government has begun planning events for MCCC’s winter semester. According to Student Government president Jessica Ryder, there are plenty of upcoming events we can look forward to. “So far, Student Government has been busy planning events for this semester,” she said. This year’s Sweetheart ball, themed “A Midsummer’s Night […]

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Politics of a poisoned city: the Flint water crisis

By now most of America knows about the Flint water crisis — when it started, how it happened, and the response (or lack thereof) by the Snyder administration. What needs to be discussed now, from a political standpoint, is why it happened and what happens next. First a quick recap […]

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One Book asks for WWII letters home

I asked my mother recently if I could see the letters my father wrote home from World War II. "Sorry," she said. "I finally got tired of moving them around and threw them away." "Oh, no. Why didn’t you give them to me?" "I didn’t know you wanted them." I […]

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Inside the life of professor Melissa Grey

Melissa Grey is a psychology professor at MCCC, but to understand who she is you have to go beyond her profession. Grey teaches courses like General Psychology, Psychology of Personality and Adjustment, and Social Psychology at MCCC. Before MCCC, she taught at Eastern Michigan University and University of Michigan Flint. […]

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Top ten video games released in 2015

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt  Putting together a list of “best” games for 2015 is much harder than expected. So, here are my top 10 games of 2015. 10. “Undertale” – Developer: Toby Fox Publisher: Toby Fox    To understand this strange creation, you have to play it. “Undertale” belongs […]