Biology professor Tracy Rayl, tends to the plants in the campus Greenhouse which will host experiments for her Environmental Science class. Fall 2014 will be the first semester where the Environmental Science course will have a lab. The class has been offered without a lab for the last 15 years […]
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Small town, big screen
Director Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad directs a scene in downtown Monroe from the movie, "Jinn." Detroit based production company Exxodus Pictures is bringing big time action and suspense right into our backyard with the new movie, “Jinn.” This action thriller directed by Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad was shot in locations around Michigan […]
Countless hours pay off for Hilliker
William Hilliker, a Computer Information Systems professor, was given the Outstanding Faculty of the Year Award during the Honors Night ceremony Wednesday night. "I’m kind of in shock. I didn’t expect to win, and it was an honor just to be nominated," he said after the ceremony. Hilliker noted that […]
Outstanding students, faculty honored at Honors Reception
Caption Over 50 students were awarded for academic accomplishments at the MCCC Honor’s Reception. Faculty members from several different departments gave students awards from their respective subjects on April 23 at the Meyer Theater. The Faculty Association Outstanding Student Award was presented to Melanie Jacobs-Davis. Jacobs-Davis plans on staying on […]
‘Doc’ takes a permanent Holladay
John Holladay sits in his office , half full of boxes, preparing to leave the job he has held for 46 years. Holladay announced his retirement from MCCC earlier this year. He began in 1968, just four years after the college was created. He has worked under five different college […]
Students support same-sex marriage
MCCC students apparently are more accepting of gays and lesbians being able to marry than the State of Michigan. A federal judge on March 21, 2014 struck down the ban on lesbians and gays being allowed to marry in the state of Michigan, and samesex couples ran to the courts […]
Students discuss immigration issue with panel
Imagine leaving school and noticing two missed calls. Your first reaction is you’re late for dinner or need to pick up some milk. But if you’re an immigrant, fear might be your first reaction – fear that the call could lead to deportation, that you’re being sent back home. A […]
MCCC hosts heroin panel discussion
The panel is just one in a slew of attempts made by the community to bring awareness to the growing heroin problem in Monroe. Quartey introduced the panel of speakers to an almost full classroom in the La-Z-Boy center. The audience consisted of students […]
Student sounds off on Monroe housing agency
Monroe Housing Commission (MHC) is at it again! As a tenant of Greenwood Townhomes, we're required to answer to MHC because they oversee the Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) money for the low/no income housing. These "project-style" housing units are known to be notoriously bad. You hear artists rap about […]
A left handed perspective
Caption From a "lefties" perspective, left-handed people are the only ones in their right minds. The opposite has proven true throughout history. A medical doctor reported in the New York Times that many left-handed people in ancient times were once synonymous with criminals, and even associated with the devil. Today, […]