KCC service-learning students contributed more than $346,760 worth of community service activities last year

KCC volunteers stuff boxes for children during Bruins Give Back at the Battle Creek Outdoor Education Center in November 2024.

Kellogg Community College students contributed more than $346,760 worth of service activities to their communities over the course of the 2023-24 academic year through service-learning completed as part of their studies at the College. Beginning in 2012, a service-learning endorsement… Continue Reading

Benevolent Bruin: Retired Lt. Joseph Garrett

Donor Joseph Garrett with KCC President Dr. Paul Watson.

KCC alumnus and retired police lieutenant Joseph Garrett started the Lt. Joseph Garrett Scholarship for Criminal Justice & First Responders scholarship fund this summer to support students in the Criminal Justice, EMS or Police Academy programs starting this fall. What… Continue Reading

Battling the high cost of college: Local, state and federal programs making college more affordable than ever

An image of a person with a sword about to fight a minotaur, with the entire image made out of cut-up money.

Ask any prospective student why they aren’t attending college and chief among their reasons is often some form of: it’s expensive. But an increasing number of opportunities offered via local, state and federal funding are making a college education more… Continue Reading

Four KCC cross country runners earn postseason awards

Headshot photos of four 2024 postseason cross country award winners.

Four Kellogg Community College cross country runners earned postseason athletics awards from the Michigan Community College Athletic Association and/or National Junior College Athletic Association for their performances this season. It was another incredible season under third-year Head Coach Tom Shaw,… Continue Reading