Monday, July 14, 2025
The numbers on the map refer to the work that will be done at each location, not the order of work. Construction will begin in the center of campus and spread to the edges, according to Jack Burns Jr., director of Campus Planning and Facilities. Students will have to spend more […]
Family and friends gather to pay tribute to James DeVries (seated, center) in the atrium of the La-Z-Boy Center at Monroe County Community College August 24. (Photo by Vanessa Ray) Professor emeritus James “Jim” DeVries, who spent 40 years teaching MCCC students about history and the world, died Sept. 13 […]
ldquo;Crazy Rich Asians” has claimed its rightful place as number one on the box office list. A romantic comedy based on the New York Times best-selling novel by Kevin Kwan, the film grossed over $76 million within the first two weeks of its release. The film was created to demolish […]
Quarterback Brandon Wimbush and the Notre Dame offense were able to quickly go up two scores and make it 14-0 in the first quarter. These two possessions defined the game, being too big of a deficit for Michigan to overcome. Michigan’s new redshirt sophomore quarterback Shea Patterson lost a fumble […]
The East and West Tech buildings will be combined. Construction will start before the end of the year. MCCC is changing again. Construction will begin on the East and West Technology Buildings before the year is over, said Jack Burns, the Director of Campus Planning & Facilities. The space between […]
MCCC is changing once again. New and returning students now are logging into Brightspace, instead of the Blackboard program, for online classes and many on campus courses. And they will find the Regional Computer Tech Center, RCTC, in the La-Z-Boy Building in Z-258. The switch to Brightspace comes after the […]
The downward trend continues as MCCC’s Fall enrollment dropped below 3,000 for the first time in 30 years. Enrollment for the Fall 2018 semester is down 5.7 percent, after several years of smaller decreases. This leaves the enrollment count at 2,943 students, compared to last year’s 3,122. According to annual […]
A screenshot of the new myWebPAL system, accessible from the MCCC homepage. MCCC has found that despite the few problems students have encountered, there are many benefits to the new myWebPAL. MCCC began using myWebPAL in the Spring of 2018. Tracy Vogt, the campus registrar, was helpful in explaining the […]
The switchboard will no longer field incoming calls after 4:30 P.M. on weekdays. The college switchboard’s hours during the week have been curtailed. The operator will now leave at 4:30 p.m. The evening shift, formerly manned by two part-timers, has been done away with entirely. While this has been done […]
Grant McPeck and Cassandra Eby lounge in the new student space. Students no longer have to sit on the dusty floor of the L Building, thanks to the new student space. Jack Burns, MCCC’s director of Campus Planning and Facilities, said he collaborated with professors Lori Bean, Tracy Rayl, Lisa […]
