The ability for high school students to earn college credits at Central Michigan University through a virtual environment on Meta Quest 3 headsets will begin in the Fall 2025 semester.

The agreement will create seamless pathways for Wayne County Community College District students to transfer into Grand Valley’s cybersecurity and allied health sciences programs.

It will be the first football field that has ever been on Calvin University’s campus. The project is a multi-phase plan, with each new phase beginning once funding has been secured.

The grant funding comes from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and will support a new associate degree program and new certificate programs in semiconductor and battery programs.

The non-credit program prepares students to work hands-on with hybrid and electric vehicles.

NoMi Attainment Collaborative aims to increase access and pathways to education for adult learners to earn degrees and credentials.

The new scholarship will be automatically awarded to every student who graduates from Dundee High School in 2025 and enrolls full time at Monroe County Community College.

Beginning with the Fall 2025 semester, students will be able to take the one-year certificate program that will help them prepare for the required certification exams to begin working as a licensed practical nurse.

Thanks to a new online format, the college’s Sustainable Brewing program, which launched in 2015, will now be accessible nationwide with online courses supplemented by in-person work at the student’s brewery of employment.

The grant comes via the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential in order to expand college education access to adult learners and to improve regional economic growth.