The college’s new BSN completion program will begin in the Fall 2025 semester, and joins the college’s other nursing programs, which are licensed practical nursing certificates and registered nursing associate degrees.

The grant will support career training in engineering, robotics, and industrial technology.

The initiative is made possible through a grant from the Toyota Way Forward Fund and will help empower high school students through health education and career readiness.

The new bachelor of science degree program will launch with the Fall 2025 semester and is now enrolling. 

The partnership names Grand Valley State University as Kalamazoo Valley College’s transfer partner and will allow Kalamazoo Valley College to deliver GVSU’s OMNI programming.

Dr. David Benson has been named as the professorship’s inaugural recipient. The Wayne and Susan Cady Professorship in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering is the university’s first active named professorship.

The grant comes via the National Science Foundation, which is funding a project led by Kellogg Community College and the Michigan Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges.

The projects include expanding the Charles O. Zollar Building to include a new wrestling room and upgrading the Dale A. Lyons Building to enhance music facilities.

The partnership will establish a nursing scholarship and a program to provide nursing students with job opportunities with the organization.

The agreement will give Oakland Community College students with an associate in science degree the ability to transfer to Oakland University to earn a Bachelor of Science in Biology.