The Whitman Center is starting fall semester without a director. Sandy Kosmyna, director of the Whitman Center for seven years, resigned over the summer to take a position with the University of Toledo. Grace Yackee, MCCC’s vice president of Instruction, announced Kosmyna’s resignation in an e-mail to MCCC faculty and […]
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Sandy Kosmyna resigns from Whitman Center
The Whitman Center is starting fall semester without a director. Sandy Kosmyna, director of the Whitman Center for seven years, resigned over the summer to take a position with the University of Toledo. Grace Yackee, MCCC’s vice president of Instruction, announced Kosmyna’s resignation in an e-mail to MCCC faculty and […]
Letter to the Board on Whitman closing
A letter from Whitman Center Lifelong Learning student Katie Macaro was read to the MCCC Board of Trustees by student Alice Dewey. Here is the text of the letter. For us in Lifelong Learning, the Whitman Center is a big part of our life. Its location and size are perfect […]
Campus construction continues on CTC
Starting July 2, construction of the Career Technology Center will move into the next phase. This part of the construction will take place on the west side of the site, according to Jim Blumberg, director of the MCCC Physical Plant. It will include the installation of a storm sewer, sanitary […]
Gov. Snyder visits MCCC for town hall meeting
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder made a stop at MCCC Monday during a series of statewide town hall meetings. The MCCC meeting, which was held in at the La-Z-Boy Center, lasted just under an hour and saw a variety of topics brought up, including education spending, Michigan’s recovery, and the proposed International bridge. The governor, […]
Board closes Whitman Center next spring, summer semesters
Tempers flared among MCCC’s Board of Trustees members over the Whitman Center at the June 25 budget meeting. The board decided to close the Whitman Center for the spring and summer semesters beginning next year. “This is really stupid,” vented a frustrated Mary Kay Thayer, secretary of MCCC’s Board of […]
Prometheus suffers from being shackled to Alien.
Imagine this for a sci-fi movie premise: Human archeologists discover a single image among several ancient human civilizations separated by centuries and location all pointing toward some kind of alien involvement in the evolutionary course of humanity. They determine that the symbol is actually a star constellation and possibly the […]
Groundbreaking held for CTC
Walls for the Career Technology Center at MCCC are expected to be up by Sunday, July 1. Groundbreaking for the center was held on Friday, May 4. The formal groundbreaking for the new $17 million Career Technology Center at MCCC was held Friday, May 4. Paul W. Smith, a Monroe native and morning anchor for Detroit’s WJR-AM radio station was the master […]
Hunger entrances audience, series lovers
With the early hours of the night approaching, the air seemed tenser as I walked into the theater to watch, “The Hunger Games.” Let me tell you, I haven’t read any of the books, but I heard mixed reviews about both. Most said that the books were phenomenal, but the movie left […]
Story causes closer look at today’s society
Many of the books and movies that we all know and love can relate to people’s lives in ways that, at first, may not be noticed. The newest hit in the box offices, The Hunger Games, compares to today’s society in numerous ways. Making more money than Twilight and Harry Potter, The Hunger Games […]
