News & Press Releases

On Saturday, June 21, Monroe County Community College will host a free block-party event in Monroe's Orchard East Neighborhood to launch its new Momentum Adult Success Program. Read Press Release

The Agora, Monroe County Community College’s student newspaper, earned a bevy of awards and honors during the recently completed academic year, including seven first-place finishes across four different nationwide and statewide contests. Read Press Release

Monroe County Community College will be hosting four special workshop sessions for adult learners this summer. Read Press Release

The Monroe County Community College Student Art Club is hosting their annual Art Show throughout the month of June until July 7, 2025 at IHM Motherhouse Gallery, 610 W. Elm Ave.¸in Monroe, MI. Read Press Release

Monroe County Community College will host two online opportunities for prospective students to learn about MCCC’s new Logistics and Warehouse Management program. Read Press Release

The program, Bridges to College – Husky Hype-Up, is open to new or current MCCC students who place into developmental courses, according to Amanda Althouse, director of student success. Read Press Release

Monroe County Community College has honored students, organizations, faculty and adjunct faculty for their achievements during the 2024-25 academic year. Read Press Release

TEMPERANCE, Mich. – Students who enroll in Monroe County Community College's Emergency Medical Technician program now have the option of completing the entire program in the evening at the college's Bedford location. Read Press Release

Through the new Roof Family Dundee Promise Scholarship, every graduating senior from the Dundee High School class of 2025 who enrolls full-time at MCCC and completes the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) will automatically receive a $2,000 scholarship from The Foundation at MCCC, Dr. Joshua W. Myers, executive director of The Foundation at MCCC and donor Donald Roof announced last week to Dundee seniors during a ceremony at DHS. Read Press Release

MONROE, Mich. – Monroe County Community College, utilizing $766,702 in state grant funding it was awarded in late 2024, has launched a program to help adult college students obtain the postsecondary credentials that are essential in a knowledge-based economy, Dr. Kojo A. Quartey, MCCC's president, has announced. Read Press Release

Monroe County Community College graduates will be recognized during the 58th Annual Commencement Ceremony on Friday, May 2 at 6 p.m. in the Gerald Welch Health Education Building, located at 1555 S. Raisinville Rd. in Monroe. Read Press Release

Monroe County Community College will host an open house for its Nuclear Engineering Technology program on May 15 that will feature a keynote presentation by DTE Energy's senior vice president and chief nuclear officer, Peter Dietrich, who will speak about the future of the nuclear energy industry. Read Press Release

As National Police Week (May 11 - 17, 2025) approaches, Monroe County Community College's Criminal Justice Program and the Michigan State Police are working together to prepare the next generation of police officers by hosting a Monroe County Law Enforcement Career Academy from Monday, June 16 - Friday, June 20, 2025, for individuals age 16 - 21. Read Press Release

Summer Semester at Monroe County Community College starts Monday, May 12, 2025. Registration is currently underway. The semester runs through early- to mid-July. There is a wide selection of in-person, online and hybrid classes are available. Summer Semester classes are shorter sessions than 15-week sessions typically offered in Fall or Winter semesters – most Summer Semester classes are just eight weeks. Read Press Release

The Monroe County Community College/Community Symphony Band will launch the Epochs of the Great Lakes -- a five-year initiative to commission original compositions from guest composers with Michigan roots -- with the world premiere of a composition by Chris Evan Hass titled "Electric Ascension." Read Press Release

The 4th Annual Jim Devries Student Symposium at Monroe County Community College is scheduled for Friday, April 11 and will feature student and poster presentations, the reveal of the 39th Images Art and Literary Magazine, and a student art show. Read Press Release

Monroe County Community College’s award-winning Nursing Program is celebrating the 50th Anniversary of its first graduating class this year. The first graduating class launched one of the most successful and recognized nursing programs in the state of Michigan and the United States. The college is looking for the 28 graduates of this inaugural Nursing Program Class of 1975 to celebrate and recognize them during this year’s RN Pinning Ceremony on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, at 6 p.m. in the Meyer Theatre and other activities in the coming weeks. Read Press Release

Last week at the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations National Conference in New Orleans, Monroe County Community College's Office of Marketing and Communications won two national Paragon Awards for outstanding achievement in community college marketing communications. Read Press Release

It’s antiquing time again at Monroe County Community College. The Antiques in April Show and Sale, an annual tradition beginning in the early 2000s, returned last year to MCCC for the first time since 2019 and it is back again this year. It will be held Saturday, April 26 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday, April 27 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. in the Gerald Welch Health Education Building. Read Press Release

As part of Monroe County Community College's Current and Cultural Events Series, U.S. Business Immigration Attorneys, Rahul Reddy and Emily Lopez Neumann, will present "Immigration Facts & Myths" via Zoom on Thursday, April 17 at 12:30 p.m. Read Press Release