Michigan Job Challenge students train for work in KCC’s KAMA program

KAMA manufacturing students work during training at the RMTC.

See photos of some of the 24 Michigan Job Challenge students who started the Kellogg Community College Advanced Manufacturing Assembly (KAMA) Training program at KCC’s Regional Manufacturing Technology Center (RMTC) this summer in the photo gallery embedded below or view the gallery on KCC’s… Continue Reading

KCC receives $50,000 DENSO grant for new manufacturing equipment

RMTC Director Tom Longman, second from the left, accepts grant funds from DENSO representatives at the RMTC in August.

Kellogg Community College has been awarded $50,000 by the DENSO North America Foundation to purchase new manufacturing equipment to support student learning and worker training in Battle Creek. The one-year grant was awarded to the College via a DENSO Foundation… Continue Reading

Gov. Snyder announces capital outlay funding, $2.2 million for KCC

Gov. Rick Snyder speaks at the RMTC.

Gov. Rick Snyder today announced that Kellogg Community College will receive $2.2 million for renovations and upgrades at the Regional Manufacturing Technology Center, a KCC-operated facility where hundreds of students each year are trained and certified for jobs in advanced… Continue Reading

KCC, BACC train for the future with new robotics, mechatronics equipment in Coldwater

High school senior Kyle Myers holds a tablet-sized controller at the BACC as fellow senior Nick Pierucki points at the screen, giving instructions.

It’s a rainy Thursday morning in Coldwater, and a trio of high school seniors inside the Branch Area Careers Center huddles around a large plexiglass box. Kyle Myers, of Reading High School, holds a tablet-sized controller as Nick Pierucki, of… Continue Reading

KCC’s Regional Manufacturing Technology Center: It’s about your future (VIDEO)

The Regional Manufacturing Technology Center

If you’re a hands-on learner looking for a new career, start your path at Kellogg Community College’s Regional Manufacturing Technology Center. The RMTC is home to trades and training programs that teach advanced industrial skills in high demand by employers… Continue Reading

KCC assessment trainers help improve hiring process for local manufacturers

Shane Bresson, HVAC-R and Pipefitting instructor at Kellogg Community College, demonstrates one of the College’s new assessment trainers, which measures mechanical aptitude.

A batch of new assessment machines installed at Kellogg Community College’s Regional Manufacturing Technology Center shows promise at taking some of the guesswork out of the hiring process for local manufacturers. For companies looking to hire skilled workers in the… Continue Reading

KCC adds $2.1 million in new equipment to enhance student training

The Regional Manufacturing Technology Center

A year after receiving $2.1 million to purchase equipment to facilitate and enhance its workforce training programs, Kellogg Community College has incorporated dozens of major, state-of-the-art equipment additions into student health, law enforcement and manufacturing programs at the College. Funding… Continue Reading

KCC celebrates RMTC expansion, 25th anniversary of RMTC

KCC RMTC employees pose for a group photo outside at the RMTC during the groundbreaking ceremony for a new RMTC expansion Nov. 13.

Kellogg Community College broke ground Friday on a new, 8,400-square-foot expansion to the College’s Regional Manufacturing Technology Center campus in Battle Creek and celebrated the center’s 25th anniversary with several dozen business and governmental leaders from the area, as well as… Continue Reading

KCC to break ground on RMTC addition Nov. 13

The Regional Manufacturing Technology Center

Kellogg Community College and other leaders from the Battle Creek community will break ground Nov. 13 on an 8,400-square-foot expansion of the College’s Regional Manufacturing Technology Center. The groundbreaking ceremony will occur at 4 p.m. Nov. 13 at the RMTC,… Continue Reading

Manufacturing Day for high schoolers is Oct. 2 at the RMTC

A welding instructor addresses high school students during a manufacturing day at the RMTC.

Manufacturing Day is tomorrow, Friday, Oct. 2, at Kellogg Community College’s Regional Manufactuing Technology Center in Battle Creek! High schoolers from all over the region will have a chance to check out the field of manufacturing with educators, local manufacturers and… Continue Reading