LANSING, Mich. – With National Financial Literacy Month coming to a close, the Michigan Department of Treasury’s MI Student Aid Team is providing five tips so student loan borrowers can become their own financial advocate. “Michigan students and families cover a considerable amount of their higher education costs,” said Anne Wohlfert, director of Treasury’s Student […]
For the fourth consecutive year, Graphic Production Technologies (GPT) students from the Muskegon Area Career Tech Center took first place for Chapter Display at the SkillsUSA State Leadership and Skills Conference. The conferences took place at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in Grand Rapids, April 21-22, 2018. The Chapter Display contest requires participants to design […]
Muskegon Community College’s 90th Commencement exercises will take place at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 9, 2018 in the L.C. Walker Arena, where 270 graduating students will participate in the ceremony. The event is free and open to the public. MCC Class of 1972 graduate Dr. Pamela Smith, whose successful career in higher education, retail […]
MICHIGAN — A coalition of local activists and organizations kicked off a ballot initiative seeking to incrementally raise Michigan’s renewable energy portfolio standard to 30 percent by 2030. The group, called Clean Energy, Healthy Michigan, will organize Michiganders to support the initiative on the ballot in November 2018. The initiative would protect Michigan’s clean air […]
Muskegon Community College will celebrate Black History Month in February with several events which are all free and open to the public. On Wednesday, Feb. 14, the documentary, “Agents of Change” will be shown in Stevenson Center Room 1100 from 1-3 p.m. and again from 6-8 p.m. Both presentations will be followed by a discussion of […]
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A two-day symposium hosted by Grand Valley State University and Grand Rapids Public Museum will celebrate space exploration and feature Guion “Guy” Bluford, a retired NASA astronaut who was the first African American to travel to space. The conference, “Roger That! A Celebration of Space Exploration in Honor of Roger B. Chaffee,” […]
MCC’s 19th Annual Global Awareness Festival on Feb. 20-23, 2017 will focus on islands of the World with a series of lectures, films, cuisine and music to bring awareness to that region’s population, culture, cuisine and political issues. Each year, the Global Awareness Festival highlights a different geographic area of the world. All Global Awareness […]
Muskegon’s historic ships are offering a late-winter film series to enliven the area’s weekend and hopefully raise money for the museums. The USS Silversides Submarine Museum, USS LST 393 Veterans Museum and PBR 7331 Operation Black Sheep — a restored Vietnam War riverboat – are sponsoring the films starting Sunday, Feb. 11, and running on consecutive […]
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — When people steer their way to the Michigan International Auto Show this weekend in Grand Rapids, they will have the opportunity to see a racing vehicle designed and built by students from Grand Valley State University. Students are part of an exhibition of student-made cars at the West Michigan Society of Automotive Engineers booth. […]
LANSING, Mich. – In an ongoing effort to reduce waste and increase Michigan’s recycling rate, Gov. Rick Snyder signed an Executive Directive requiring all State of Michigan facilities to provide on-site recycling opportunities. The Governor also announced the launch of Re:Source, an initiative that will promote the use of recycled materials in economic and business opportunities across […]