MCC President Named Newsmaker of the Year in Education

MCC President Named Newsmaker of the Year in Education

Muskegon Community College President Dale K. Nesbary was honored as the Grand Rapids Business Journal’s (GRBJ) Newsmaker of the Year in the Education category during the publication’s annual Newsmakers of the Year awards breakfast held Feb. 1 at Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park. Nesbary was one of three finalists, along with Grand Valley State […]

West Michigan Symphony concert features Broadway duo singing Music by Lloyd Webber, Gershwin, Berlin and more

West Michigan Symphony concert features Broadway duo singing Music by Lloyd Webber, Gershwin, Berlin and more

Broadway’s “Phantom” Doug LaBrecque returns home to Michigan with co-star Lisa Vroman for a concert of Broadway showstoppers conducted by Scott Speck. West Michigan Symphony’s “Bravo Broadway” will feature tunes by Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Lerner and Loewe, Rodgers & Hammerstein, George Gershwin—and of course, a healthy dose of Andrew Lloyd Webber’sPhantom of the Opera. The concert, sponsored by Smith […]

GVSU, Mercy Health partner with MCC to open health, wellness center

GVSU, Mercy Health partner with MCC to open health, wellness center

MUSKEGON — Ten years after an idea was first shared, leaders from Muskegon Community College, Grand Valley State University and Mercy Health held a ribbon cutting ceremony November 27 at the new MCC Health and Wellness Center. The 52,000-square-foot facility on MCC’s campus on Quarterline Road will house a health simulation lab, classrooms, a fitness […]

Commentary: Democrats and Republicans are destroying America

Commentary: Democrats and Republicans are destroying America

The two party political system in America will be its doom! Both the Democrats and Republicans are more concern with their party’s balance of power than they are with the welfare of the American people. Both parties are in the pockets of special interest groups. Both parties are extremists in their world view often times […]

Paul Langford Quartet presents music by great songwriters at The Block

Paul Langford Quartet presents music by great songwriters at The Block

Muskegon—Paul Langford will bring his quartet to the Block at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 1 for an evening of jazz standards and pop favorites. The set list includes songs by Michael Bublé, Diane Krall, James Taylor and George Benson mixed with Cole Porter, Frank Sinatra, Al Jarreau, the Gershwins, Gino Vanelli and James Taylor.  […]

$1 million in grants awarded to enhance sexual assault prevention on Michigan’s college and university campuses

$1 million in grants awarded to enhance sexual assault prevention on Michigan’s college and university campuses

LANSING, Mich. – $1 million in grant funding has been awarded to 22 Michigan colleges and universities to help prevent sexual assault on campus thanks to Michigan’s Campus Sexual Assault Grant Program (CSAGP). This year marks the highest investment in the program to date, with more than $2.5 million in grant funding available since it was launched […]

Baker College “Transfer Tuesday” Events Offer On-the-Spot Admissions Decisions and More

Baker College “Transfer Tuesday” Events  Offer On-the-Spot Admissions Decisions and More

FLINT – Baker College, Michigan’s largest independent not-for-profit college, and the number one private transfer school in the state, has launched “Transfer Tuesday,” weekly events at all of its campus locations for students looking to complete a degree started at another institution.  At Transfer Tuesday, held weekly from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at every Baker College campus’ Enrollment Office, students will […]

‘A Christmas Carol’ on Dec. 8-9 Launches Overbrook Theater’s 50th Anniversary Celebration

‘A Christmas Carol’ on Dec. 8-9 Launches Overbrook Theater’s 50th Anniversary Celebration

Muskegon Community College will present performances of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” on Dec. 8 and Dec. 9 to benefit the Overbrook Theater renovation and to launch the Golden Anniversary Celebration of the Frauenthal Foundation Art Center Building, which houses the theater. Shows take place on Saturday, Dec. 8, at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday, […]

Design thinking expert to host community workshops at GVSU

Design thinking expert to host community workshops at GVSU

ALLENDALE — A design thinking expert will help Grand Valley State University students, faculty and the West Michigan community solve challenges through multiple design thinking workshops. Ela Ben-Ur has more than 20 years of experience consulting, coaching and teaching in design thinking research, strategy and innovation, and currently does so through her independent organization, i2i Experience. […]

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