Oakland Community College is breaking ground on a new three-story addition to its Royal Oak Campus that will house the school’s culinary program.

Five organizations in northern Michigan, including Northwestern Michigan College, have teamed up to create the Freshwater Research and Innovation Center, which will study Lake Michigan.

With a child care crisis underway in the Petoskey area, North Central Michigan College has set up a Child Care Initiative to address the problem. Part of the initiative is to hold a survey asking employees what they need, and employers what they offer, to help figure out where there are gaps, and how to bridge them.

Black Wall Street Muskegon, an organization that supports Black- and Brown-owned businesses in West Michigan, is hosting a business pitch event at Muskegon Community College’s Stevenson Center for Higher Education.

Professor Tracy Covassin of Michigan State University’s research on female athletic concussions has earned her a place in the National Academy of Kinesiology.

Students who attend Macomb Community College will now have a more streamlined process when transferring to Western Michigan University thanks to a new agreement between the two schools.

A new partnership between the University of Michigan-Dearborn and Henry Ford College will provide a pathway to associate and bachelor’s degrees for qualifying HFC students.

Apprentices who complete journeyman certification training at Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Millwrights’ training center will be approved for Kalamazoo Valley Community College credit.

Grand Rapids Community College recently added a new soccer program and has since attached two coaches to the team: Lizzy Hornack, a Davenport University grad, and Damiekco Smith, who holds master’s degrees from University of Michigan-Flint and Bowling Green.

The Glen Oaks Community College Board of Trustees has approved a $7.7 million budget for the renovation of South Campus. The loan is to be paid over the next 40 years at 3.5% interest.