The grants will be used to support the Flint & Genesee Literacy Network to strengthen literacy and family learning opportunities in Flint, Michigan.

The college’s new Applied Technology Center will open with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on February 16, 2026. The Applied Technology Center will support the region’s workforce development.

The donation comes from Lawrence Kutz to help prepare students in the college’s Nursing and Emergency Medical Services programs for providing care in obstetrical situations amid declining access to obstetrical services in the area.

The social worker student stipend program provides new social workers with stipends to work in under-resourced communities after they graduate.

The college has recently formed articulation agreements with Keweenaw Bay Ojibwe Community College and Lake Superior State University to create transfer pathways for Early Childhood Education students.

The partnership will provide debt-free education to employees of participating Chick-fil-A operators who seek to obtain a career-aligned college degree in certain frontline education areas. 

The NetVue grant will fund the university’s Virtues for Vocation project, which will explore the university’s history and mission.

The four new pathways will lead students into the university’s Lean Systems Engineering Technology bachelor degree program.

The new Diagnostic Medical Sonography will provide students with an Associate of Applied Science degree in General Sonography.

The new scholarship was established by alumnus Dr. Ron Lykins and his wife to provide a full-tuition scholarship to a first-year student from Adams County, Ohio.