Dr. Amy Adams and Fairy Wagner have started a scholarship fund benefiting students of Marion Technical College and Wyandot County in memory of their grandparents’ love of higher education.
Students who have already completed an Associate Degree in Registered Nursing can now receive their bachelor’s at North Central State College after the school had the program approved.
Canadian fertilizer company has donated $100,000 to Rhodes State College’s Agriculture Technology program. The funds will go toward construction of labs used to study soil, fertilizers, and more.
As part of a ten-year, $50 million investment in Ohio schools, Intel has announced it is giving $17.7 million to a handful of Ohio Community Colleges and Technical Schools to create semiconductor education and workforce training programs.
Washtenaw Community College showcased its automotive programs at the North American International Auto Show. WCC often works with companies in the auto industry to refine its curriculum and prepare its students to fulfill the industry’s current workforce needs.
St. Clair County Community College is offering fast path classes, classes that cover the same material as regular classes but at a quicker pace, to students and members of the community who either want to gain more credits more quickly, or explore other areas of interest without the time commitment of normally paced classes.
The Michigan Gateway Community Foundation has donated $10,000 to Southwestern Michigan College to help pay for their Charles O. Zollar athletic building project that was completed back in July.
Amid a sharp increase in opioid deaths in Michigan, Michigan State University has received a more than $1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to create a program to train healthcare workers on substance abuse and mental health disorders.
Grand Rapids Community College’s Lakeshore Campus has been given a nearly $50,000 grant to buy equipment for its manufacturing programs. The money comes from Lakeshore Advantage and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation through the Michigan Workforce TCE Grant Program.
Bay Mills Community College, Saginaw Chippewa Tribal, and Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College, all tribal schools, have joined the Michigan Community College Association. The schools hope the partnership will increase enrollment and graduation rates among their communities.
