MCCC’s Board of Trustees approved a $7 tuition rate increase Monday night for students who live in Monroe County. Beginning Fall semester, students will pay $84 per contact hour, compared to the $77 this school year. Larger tuition increases were approved for students from outside Monroe County. Michigan residents who […]
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McCloskey, Eason, Trombley win 2012 honors
After a year of hard work and dedication, students and staff were recognized for their achievements at Honors Night April 18. The Outstanding Faculty Award was given to Dr. William McCloskey, a professor of English at MCCC since 1993. He taught part-time at the college for 16 years before that. […]
Day of Silence honors victims
A group of MCCC students took a vow of silence to draw attention to the bullying of people based on their actual or perceived sexual orientation. The event, known as the Day of Silence, was Friday, April 20, and members of the MCCC Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) took part. Video of “Day of […]
Professor prepares for transition to dean
Kimberly Lindquist has only ever wanted to do one thing. Lindquist is a life-time resident of Monroe County. She’s married, has two children and a grandchild. She loves to read, exercise – particularly running, and is an avid deer hunter with a gun or bow. She loves all of these […]
Crews installing new gas lines
Faculty and students may notice more construction crews around campus for the next few weeks, as Michigan Gas Utilities has begun installing new gas lines. The college is abandoning the current gas line, which runs directly under the new Career Tech Building site. Crews are beginning to install new gas […]
Whitman hosts baseball speaker
While thousands of Detroiters flocked downtown for the Tiger’s season opener, MCCC began its celebration of baseball right here in Monroe. The Whitman Center announced its newest display, Baseball: Across a Divided Society. The display portrays the story of baseball becoming the American pastime, showing how the sport drew in […]
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Four score and seven years ago, our forefathers founded upon this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all me are created equal, President Lincoln said.
Should professors ‘friend’ students?
With the world of social media growing, there are new methods and concerns that come along with it. When it comes to relationships between students and their professors, social media sites, such as Facebook, can be a controversial issue. Social media sites allow people to communicate with and get […]
One Book, One Community gets underway
Harriet Reisen will be making a guest appearance on campus for the One Book, One Community to discuss her documentary. “The Women Behind Little Women” will be shown on March 21 at Meyer Theatre. The viewing of the production is just one of many events revolving around the novel “March” […]
Safe Space kits coming to campus
Insulting slurs are hurtful to those in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community. To help make MCCC a safer campus, the Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) recently received a grant to order lunchboxes, which are essentially Safe Space kits. The kits are designed to help a campus protect those in […]
