Tag: staff

Rafko poses at his soon to be old desk.
Features

Rafko resigns as director of admissions

A change of scenery is just around the corner for Ryan Rafko as he resigns as director of admissions and transitions into a teaching position at Waterloo Elementary School.  “Just with circumstances and that pull between that work-life balance, it just works out better for my family for me to […]

Alumni Staff

Claire Bacarella

Throughout my learning career, I have always excelled at reading and writing. But it is truly the support from my various English teachers that sparked my passion for storytelling. I am pursuing a degree in Journalism because I am a firm believer in being educated about the world around you. […]

Alumni Staff

Marie Underwood

Hi! My name’s Marie Underwood.  This is my third and final year at MCCC before transferring to CMU for their photojournalism program. While it’s my first semester with the Agora, I was on Dundee High School’s yearbook staff and served as a co-editor-in-chief for two of my four years there. […]

Features

Quartey’s daily messages encourage MCCC employees

To combat the fear and dread the coronavirus pandemic has sparked, Kojo Quartey, president of MCCC, has been sending daily messages of encouragement to all college employees and Board of Trustee members. Quartey said he wants the messages to act as “a common thread” to keep staff, faculty and administration […]

Features

Rafko named as new director of admissions

Holding almost 15 years of experience working in financial aid, Rafko set his sights on maintaining a directorial position after working as an associate director of financial aid at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. “I’m on the other side of the house now,” Ryan Rafko, new director of Admissions and Guidance […]

Alumni Staff

Cole Younglove

My name is Cole Younglove. I’m a college sophomore at MCCC. My goals are to get a basic understanding of journalism so that I might transfer to EMU after my 2 years. I’m very into writing, but I often get writers block in the form of boredom of a topic. […]

Alumni Staff

Noah Black

Well this is certainly strange. I never would have thought that a year from when I first started on the Agora staff, I would be heading the entirety of the paper. Don’t get me wrong, I am more than grateful and delighted to be in this position, but it is […]

Alumni Staff

McKenzie Lamour

Hey there! My name is McKenzie Lamour. You can call me whatever you want, just don’t call me late to dinner. I graduated in 2018 from St. Mary Catholic Central here in Monroe, and I am currently in my second year at MCCC with plans to transfer to another university […]

Alumni Staff

Hannah Demski

Hello, my name is Hannah Demski. This is my first semester on the Agora, but I am thrilled to be a part of it! My whole life I have had family telling me how they would love if I went into journalism, but I always brushed them off… until now. […]

Alumni Staff

Abby Nisley

For as long as I can remember, I have been interested in writing. This interest probably stemmed from my love of reading. The first book I read by myself was “Dick and Jane.” I remember the feeling of finally realizing that those squiggly lines on the page meant something. “See […]