Start. Stay. Succeed. The MCC Experience Succeed at MCC. A successful career starts with smart choices. Getting the most of your college education demands academic support, talented faculty, programs for today’s jobs, and the best return on your tuition investment. Pursue your passion or discover a new one at MCC. Choose from over 80 degrees and certificate programs. Step into an in-demand career after graduation or use the knowledge gained as your stepping stone to advanced studies. Experience Classrooms Without Walls. Not all learning takes place on campus at MCC. Expand your horizons by studying biology in tropical Belize. Experience the German culture firsthand through the College’s longstanding exchange program in Stuttgart. Let your history lessons come to life when you travel to and walk the battlefields of Gettysburg and Chickamauga. Experience World War II at Muskegon’s own USS Silversides Museum from the Greatest Generation members who fought its battles. Participate in Model United Nations or our annual Global Awareness and International Education Weeks. At MCC, we open doors to the world around us. Study Technology Downtown. There’s something special about downtown Muskegon. That’s why Muskegon Community College is moving several of its academic programs to the majestic former Muskegon Chronicle building. By 2017, MCC students in Applied Technology, Electronics, Industrial Technology, and Renewable Energy will take their classes in the newly refurbished facility with state-of-the-art equipment in the historic heart of the city. MCC has been a part of the pulse of this community for nearly 90 years and counting. Lakeshore Campus Locations. Our main campus is in Muskegon at 221 S. Quarterline Road, but we also offer classes in Fremont, Newaygo, Hart, Grand Haven, Spring Lake, Coopersville, Traverse City, and Holland. Visit muskegoncc.edu/contact for more information. At Muskegon Community College, we celebrate the arts. Student musicians can perform with our Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble or at athletic contests with our Jayhawk Sound - Michigan’s only community college pep band. Like to sing? MCC offers several outlets for your vocal talent – the College Singers, The Collegiates and the Jaywalkers. Are you an artist? Your painting, drawing or sculpture might be included in our annual Students Art and Design Exhibition, a tradition at MCC for over a half century. An even older MCC tradition, student plays and productions remain as popular with the actors and the community today as when they were first offered in the 1920s. MCC offers its student-athletes the opportunity to 13 men’s and women’s intercollegiate sports – the most of compete in any community college in the State of Michigan. Those activities will be enhanced with our new MCC Health and Wellness Center set to open on campus in 2017. Become an Entrepreneur. Conduct Undergraduate Research. Got an idea for a new business? Develop it at MCC. Local developer, Jonathan Rooks donated the former Masonic Temple in downtown Muskegon to MCC as the new home for its Entrepreneurial Studies program and related business-generating activities. Meanwhile, Nick Sarnicola, a West Michigan native and highly successful entrepreneur, and his wife, Ashley, created through their NextGen Foundation a $200,000 permanent endowment to the Foundation for Muskegon Community College. The fund will support an annual $10,000 cash award – the Rooks | Sarnicola Entrepreneurial Award – for the best business idea generated by an MCC entrepreneurial program graduate. The Rooks | Sarnicola Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies set to open in Fall 2017. MCC’s new Science Center, which opened in Fall 2015, will enhance those unique opportunities. “We have some really outstanding facilities, including not only our teaching labs for microbiology and biology and anatomy and physiology, but we’re going to have a really nice undergraduate research area,” added MCC Instructor Shawn Macauley. “This is something that is very unusual at a community college. A place where students will have meaningful research projects that they can come and participate in for the two years while they are here. And that’s going to really put those students ahead of the curve when it comes to their transferring to four year schools and later on when they’re looking at graduate programs.” Currently, MCC offers an Entrepreneurial Associate in Applied Science degree and specialized entrepreneurial degrees in several areas. These include: Alternative Fuel Vehicle, Automotive Repair, Bookkeeping Services, Computer Networking, Family Child Care, Graphic Design Display Advertising, Music Performance, Personal Computer Maintenance, Political Campaigning, Visual Art, Web Game Development, and Website Development. Short Circuit, a world record breaking electric dragster designed, built and raced by MCC students and faculty. Darren Mattone, MCC Instructor The MCC Advantage Join the Action. Express Yourself at MCC. Start. Stay. Succeed. Start. Stay. Succeed. At Muskegon Community College, we are all about our students and helping them to achieve their dreams. Before they step into our classrooms and labs, we meet with each student. We explain the registration process, how to pay for classes, and describe the financial aid and scholarships that are available. But mostly, we listen. We learn about their educational and career goals. Then we share how MCC’s courses, degrees and certificates can help to make those plans a reality. We help them chart a personalized course. Our investment in each student continues by providing exceptional instructors, facilities, and extracurricular opportunities that define a well-rounded collegiate experience. If extra academic assistance is needed along the way, our tutors provide it. If establishing the right study skills is the solution, our College Success Seminar staff will show them the way. Whether a student requires a semester or several years at MCC, our mission remains the same. We want to help each and every one of them to start, stay, and succeed. Plenty to Do • Clubs and organizations • Intercollegiate athletics • Recreational sports • Music ensembles Over 80 Opportunities • Theatrical performances • 9 Associate in Science and Arts Degrees • Student art exhibitions • 42 Associate in Applied Science Degrees • Travel learning • 36 Certificate Programs • Nature Trail • Plus the opportunity to pursue advanced degrees at MCC’s Stevenson Center for Higher Education including Grand Valley State University, Western Michigan University and Ferris State University. • Planetarium • University Park Golf Student operating a CNC simulator in the Machining Program BIOL 104 (Introductory Biology II) students are engaged in sampling These Four Mile Creek which flows through our college for macro-invertebrates for the aquatic laboratory. Make an Investment in Your Future An education is one of the best investments you can make. Those who receive an associate’s degree earn an average of 22% more than with just a high school diploma. A bachelor’s degree increases that figure to 40%. By attending MCC, you will get a head start on those savings. Our tuition is less than half that of most Michigan universities and about one-fourth of many private four-year colleges. More than 70% of MCC students receive financial aid in the form of scholarships, grants, work study, and student loans. – TeAnna Friday Student Testimonials “After my senior year in high school, I realized I was missing a lot of life lessons. College meant making dreams come true and finding who you are. MCC staff were always helpful and kind. The world isn’t always kind, but I am learning about that, too. Teaching and learning never stops in life. I am always learning about myself and the world I live in.” – TeAnna Friday Ready to learn more? Visit the Student Welcome Center or contact Enrollment Services today at (231) 777-0366. Smart Investment • On average, students who attend Community College save close to $20K over their first two years. • An associate degree can increase earnings by 22%. “There’s just an energy. Everyone’s doing it together. It’s like a big nursing family. You have questions all the time and all the instructors just want to help and calm your fears. They want you to get through the program just as much as you do. The passing rates at MCC for the NCLEXs are extremely high. That’s something you look for because you don’t want to go through two years and spend all that time and money and go fail your boards. There are other schools that I could have gone to, but I like the feel of MCC.” – Alida Boon “At MCC, the students all love what they do.” – Alida Boon College Cost Comparison (tuition cost per year) Four Year Universities Michigan $13,486 Michigan State $13,200 Central $11,550 Ferris* $11,190 Western* $11,029 Grand Valley* $10,752 Community Colleges Lake Michigan $4,005 College Grand Rapids CC $3,639 Muskegon CC $3,550 Montcalm CC $3,300 Kellogg CC $3,285 West Shore CC $2,977 Kalamazoo $2,790 Valley CC Four Year Private Calvin $30,660 Hope $30,550 Aquinas $28,820 Concordia $25,990 Spring Arbor $25,510 Northwood $24,170 Siena Heights $23,750 Baker $10,800 *University partners located at MCC main campus. A Smart Choice “Attending Muskegon Community College has changed my life.” MCC Student Services Directory Enrollment Services Recreational Fitness and Sports (231) 777-0366 Room 108 (231) 777-0381 Bartels-Rode Gymnasium Counseling and Advising Center Transfer Information (231) 777-0362 Room 101 (231) 777-0204 Room 100-H Financial Aid Student Employment (231) 777-0221 Room 114 (231) 777-0222 Room 114 Hendrik Meijer Library Veterans Services (231) 77-0270 Room L165 (231) 777-0342 Room 103-D Tutoring Center Student Life Office (231) 777-0393 Room 204 (231) 777-0328 Room 103-C Career and Employment Services Testing Center (231) 777-0216 Room 103 (231) 777-0394 Room 134 Special Populations Services (231) 777-0309 Room 206 Campus Locations Michigan’s Fourth Oldest Community College Established in 1926 Muskegon Community College Grand Haven Community Center 221 S. Quarterline Road Muskegon, MI 49442 (866) 711-4622 422 Fulton Street Grand Haven, MI 49417 (231) 777-0515 Visit muskegoncc.edu/contact for more information. muskegoncc.edu Newaygo County Regional Educational Service (NCRESA) 4747 W. 48th Street Fremont, MI 49412 (231) 924-7900 Ready to learn more? Visit the Student Welcome Center or contact Enrollment Services today at (231) 777-0366 For more information, please visit muskegoncc.edu