The renewed state funding will continue the university’s free Skilled Technical Workforce program.

The $110,000 grant comes from The Teagle Foundation’s Cornerstone: Learning for Living initiative.

The grant program is an initiative of the Ohio Department of Behavioral Health, Health Impact Ohio, and the Ohio Department of Higher Education to increase the number of licensed behavioral health professionals in the region.

The Michigan Reconnect program has lowered its age requirement from 25 to 21, allowing more students the chance to earn a degree at no cost.

St. Clair County Community College will host a naturalization ceremony on Constitution Day in an event open to the public.

The funding will support the university’s new Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building and will establish The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation Terrace.

The funding will support an initiative at the university that will help students discover what a meaningful life entails.

The partnership will create a seamless pathway for high school students to earn college credit for their career-technical and business programs.

The scholarship will honor the memory of Norm Dickman and will be awarded to students in the BSN or RN to BSN program at Marion Technical College.

The new Robert L and Karen Miller Jackson College of Nursing and Health Sciences Building will be dedicated on October 1, 2026.