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Blue Man Group amazes fans

The Blue Man Group will be performing in Detroit at the Fisher Theatre from Tuesday, May 1, until Sunday, May 13.      The Blue Man Group comes across as being part rock group and part performance art group.      The original trio formed in the late 1980s when the three friends, then in their twenties, […]

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Volleyball team hosts tournament

The team is mostly self funded by the players.     “Through fund raising, we are able to get new players and more funding to go to new tournaments,” coach Denise Lockard said about the reasoning behind hosting the tournament.     Seven teams showed up to play in the tournament. Washtenaw Community College’s women’s volleyball team competed. […]

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Information security program starts in fall

MCCC will begin offering a new program – Information Assurance and Security – in the fall of 2012, .    The program will require 60 credit hours and result in an Associate Of Applied Science Degree.     Professor William Hilliker is in charge of the program in close collaboration with software company CyberWatch and Eastern Michigan University. […]

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MCCC’s Drama Club shows “The Curious Savage”

#8220;The Curious Savage,” a play by John Patrick, was performed in the little theater April 21-22.     The story is about a woman (Ethel Savage) who is left a large sum of money from her husband, who recently passed away. However, her stepchildren are doing all they can to get their grubby […]

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Tips for fighting stress

College students face their own version of stress, so why shouldn’t it have a name of its own?     How about: “Student Study Stress Syndrome.”     It’s not surprising that students suffer from high levels of stress. After all, they have their whole lives ahead of them – and what they do at college could […]

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Just buy the real, paper, printed book

New-fangled technology has allowed us to have cell phones, portable computers, and now, even convenient electronic books – aka ebooks.     With ebooks come a variety of new devices like the iPad, Kindle (along with the Kindle Fire), and the Nook.     All of which allow us to pull books, and other information, right to the […]

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Video: Honors Night 2012

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 […]

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Video: Technology in the classroom

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 […]