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Culinary program begins wine-making process
When people think of wine, rarely does Monroe County come to mind. That's all about to change, thanks to Chef Kevin Thomas, who is leading a group of college students and employees in development of a vineyard and a viticulture program at MCCC.
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Spain and all its wonders is the next destination for MCCC's Study Abroad students and professors Joanna Sabo, Dan Shaw, and Gary Wilson.
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MCCC's Student Government has teamed up with a family that recently stayed in the Ronald McDonald house to bring about awareness for the house's cause. Gabriel Jordan was born on May 11, 2011, with a heart condition known as Transposition of the Great Arteries.
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Political issues conference reveals student concerns
Students at MCCC and across the state agree that unemployment is the most important political concern.
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Tired of the new semester already? The Whitman Center is helping to bring some excitement to the mundane class schedule. Three upcoming events and exhibits will take place soon at the Whitman Center which will have a different display for February, March, and April.
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Student enrollment for winter semester at MCCC is down 309 students, or about 7 percent from this same time last year.
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Vote on where the next Study Abroad trip should go
From heart-wrenching tours of Holocaust internment camps to fiery Czech soccer games, the 2011 MCCC Study Abroad trip was an eventful learning experience for all who attended.
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There are more jobs than students to fill them in one program taught at MCCC. Dr. Dean Kerste, MCCC's Professor of Mechanical Design Technology, has placed all of his students interested in a job and still can't keep up with demands from employers. "The design industry is booming. I have more job offers than students," said Kerste, "I've always had jobs in this field no matter how bad the economy has been, but this past six months has been especially big."
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Valerie Culler has joined MCCC's administrational staff as the Director of Financial Aid. The position had been vacant since former director Tracy Vogt accepted the position of Registrar.
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The Fall Welcome Back Barbecue will be Sept. 13 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., sponsored by MCCC Student government. Other sponsors are Midas Mufflers, Buffalo Wild Wings, Siena Heights University, and MCCC.
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Tracy Giacomini lives in Plymouth but believes she will fit in just fine at MCCC. "I'm a country gal," said Giacomini with a smile.
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MCCC is facing it's third consecutive year of declining revenues sources. To compensate for this loss of income the school has decided on numerous budget cuts and a plan to build a Career Technology Center to teach additional programs in the hopes of attracting new students.
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The fate of Dream 97.5, the college radio station, remains unknown weeks after MCCC chose not to renew its partnership with Monroe Public Schools. "Everyone's trying to work together on a solution. We'd love to keep this radio station alive as long as possible," said Joe Verkennes, MCCC's director of marketing. "It's a great asset to the school."
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MCCC's associate degree of nursing program has received full NLNAC accreditation for the next two-and-a-half years. Although the accreditation was approved, the nursing program has been placed on warning status by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC).
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Enrollment at MCCC for the 2011 Fall Semester is down 5 percent from last year. Preliminary numbers place enrollment at 4,439. Last fall semester, enrollment was at 4,698.
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Two new policy revisions at MCCC may keep some students out of the classroom. The college's course repetition policy now limits to three the number of times a student can repeat a course, and another change sets bottom cutoff scores on COMPASS tests to get into college courses.
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MCCC students take part in archaeological dig
There's one class at MCCC that isn't afraid to get dirty. An archeheological field study course offered at MCCC over the spring semester has brought students out of the classroom and into the dirt of two archeological dig sites, where students have discovered hundreds of artifacts as well as the possible footprint of a prehistoric animal.
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After working at MCCC for 27 years, Schwab decided to retire July 1 from his position as the college's top financial officer.
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New teachers, new classes, new appraoches, new club
MCCC will welcome three new professors to its full-time faculty this fall semester, in the subjects of history, biology and psychology.
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Myers accepts new 'external affairs' position
His job is new, his office is new, he hasn't even had time to hang his diploma from Michigan State University on the wall, but MCCC is not new to Josh Myers.
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MCCC officials are proposing a bottom cutoff on compass test scores before students will be allowed into developmental courses.
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The end of Michigan's No Worker Left Behind program apparently is causing enrollment in spring and summer classes to drop to 2007 levels.
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MCCC students may come across a course in the Fall 2011 catalog that looks fairly new. That course, College Success Skills 145 (COLL 145), is designed to help students understand how to succeed in college.
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Tuition at MCCC again will increase $5 per contact hour beginning Fall semester. The increase was approved Monday by the MCCC Board of Trustees. The board also raised tuition by $5 last fall.
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MCCC's Board of Trustees unanimously passed an anti-bullying policy at its Monday meeting. A report on student profile data was presented to the Board by Steve Mapes, a counselor in Student Services.
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Johnston, McKenzie win faculty awards
Dawn Witmer, a grandmother who came back to school to show her grandchildren it is important, came out on top at MCCC's Honors Night.
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Members of MCCC's Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) silenced themselves on Friday, April 15 in a demonstration to raise awareness of bullying.
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MCCC's new technology center is not scheduled to begin construction until July, but a bevy of people got their first glimpse of what the new technology center would look like, as well as what it would offer.
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Discussions on faith, family, education and race filled the La-Z-Boy atrium on Tuesday, April 12.
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MCCC plans to move forward with program despite quake and tsunami
The recent tsunami and earthquake in Japan has the world questioning the safety of nuclear power, but these events won't affect MCCC's new nuclear tech program.
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In partnership with DTE Energy, MCCC will begin offering a nuclear engineering technology program for the 2011 fall semester.
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Grid battery system proposed site
The solar panels at MCCC are up and running, and now the school is looking to install a grid battery system.
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Tracy Vogt has accepted the position of Registrar at MCCC. Tracy was one of four finalists interviewed to fill the position left vacant by the retirement of Paul Schmidt.
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The MCCC Board of Trustees approved plans to make $8.5 million available to build the Career Technology Center.
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