A two-person team representing Edison State Community College competed in the finals of the Pitch Piqua competition. They pitched a VR program training against armed intruders for schools, businesses, and police, and won the $50,000 grand prize.
Three programs at Columbus State Community College are splitting a $1 million donation from Grange Insurance: Taste the Future, Student Emergency Needs, and the Columbus Promise.
After 17 years of experience as an educator, with seven more as an academic leader, Dr. Scott Dolan is moving from his Director of Nursing at Clark State College position to become the new Dean of Health, Human, and Public Services there.
Local community members from the Big Bone Baptist Church and survey students at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College are working together to create a singular deed for the property and make a database of the church’s cemetery.
A workforce development initiative at Auburn Career Center for adults with developmental disabilities will be implemented thanks to a grant from the Ohio Board of Developmental Disabilities.
To combat the expensive cost of textbooks, Washtenaw Community College has implemented its Open Educational Resource program to create free course materials for many of its classes. Over the course of the program, students at Washtenaw have collectively saved more than $10 million.
More than 100 hands-on, interactive STEM exhibits will be available to members of the public on March 11 at St. Clair County Community College. The event is put on through the school, Michigan Tech Mind Trekkers, the Leslie Science and Nature Center, and the Ann Arbor Hands On Museum.
The Chancellor Scholarship at Oakland Community College is open for applications through the end of March for graduating high school students, and will pay for the first year of school at OCC.
A nine-week course in dental assisting has been added by North Central College to quickly prepare students to be knowledgeable in the field of dental assisting, as well as taking the National Dental Assistants Board Exam.
The Michigan Community College Association has instituted the Michigan Corrections Officer Grant Program which will allow for correction officers to attend Michigan community colleges tuition free.