The September 2025 issue of Kellogg Community College’s quarterly BruIN magazine is available now!
The 20-page publication can be read online at kellogg.edu/bruinmagazine, with print copies available on the College’s North Avenue campus in Battle Creek. A complimentary print subscription can be requested by emailing kcccommunication@kellogg.edu.
The cover of the issue features a striking photograph of the College’s new seven-foot bear sculpture, carved from tulipwood by Kalamazoo artist Steve Drenth of Drenth Design and installed outside the Miller Physical Education Building in August.
Interior content consists of the engaging, high-quality articles, photography, design and artwork readers have come to expect from the publication, including:
- An introductory column from KCC President Dr. Paul Watson
- Inside-cover alumni Q&As with Patrick Lucas and Lillian Towery-Collins
- Campus and community briefs highlighting recent events and activities of note on and off campus, including information about KCC being ranked the 16th best community college in the U.S.
- Regional center updates, including an introduction to new Eastern Academic Center Director Chrissy Pfeil, updates about KCC’s Prison Education Program in Coldwater and a special testimonial from a KCC employee celebrating the 30th anniversary of KCC’s Fehsenfeld Center in Hastings
- Updates about spring sports and arts activities
- A centerpiece feature highlighting the more than a dozen new associate degree and certificate programs that launched this past fall
- An overview of KCC’s summer international choir and theatre tours
- A calendar of the College’s fall arts and culture events and Lifelong Learning classes
- Information about KCC Foundation scholarships and recent scholarship recipients
- A Q&A with KCC alumna and Transfer Scholarship recipient Sophia Saunders
- Recognition of the College’s Employee of the Year Award winners and Faculty Excellence Award winners
- And more!
View the issue now online or contact KCC Marketing Director Simon Thalmann at thalmanns@kellogg.edu for more information.
