The $5 million gift will benefit Blue Ash College and Clermont College through the establishment of scholarships, improved career services, and new support for faculty research.

The Dr. James & Ellen Bazzoli Scholarship is for students from Marion County who are entering a healthcare program at Marion Technical College. The first scholarship will be awarded in the Fall 2025 semester.

LCCC is one of only three community colleges in the state that can begin offering College Credit Plus access to a wider range of individuals thanks to the newly approved Statewide Innovative Waiver.

The AI Lab will benefit students in technology majors as well as those in any major who will be able to experiment with AI and how it can be used in their chosen careers.

The college’s new BSN completion program will begin in the Fall 2025 semester, and joins the college’s other nursing programs, which are licensed practical nursing certificates and registered nursing associate degrees.

The grant will support career training in engineering, robotics, and industrial technology.

The initiative is made possible through a grant from the Toyota Way Forward Fund and will help empower high school students through health education and career readiness.

The new bachelor of science degree program will launch with the Fall 2025 semester and is now enrolling. 

The partnership names Grand Valley State University as Kalamazoo Valley College’s transfer partner and will allow Kalamazoo Valley College to deliver GVSU’s OMNI programming.

Dr. David Benson has been named as the professorship’s inaugural recipient. The Wayne and Susan Cady Professorship in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering is the university’s first active named professorship.