KCC in the news: Thursday, March 7, 2013

Blaze reads a recent edition of the Bruin student newspaper.

Blaze reads a recent edition of the Bruin student newspaper.

Here are some of the latest mentions of Kellogg Community College in online media. Click through the links to view the posts on each organization’s website.

  • “Michigan Advances Pro-Business Image” (Lake Superior Community Partnership): “In Branch County, officials continue to work with organizations such Michigan Works!, Kellogg Community College, Baker College and the Small Business and Technology Center in Kalamazoo to boost workforce training.”
  • “Word Around Town: Could you use that in a sentence?” (Battle Creek Enquirer): “Relive those days of high-stakes academic competition as Kellogg Community College presents ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,’ beginning March 15.”
  • “Opportunity abounds in Battle Creek, but few take advantage: Lack of ‘soft skills,’ work ethic prevents many from leveraging skills into jobs” (Battle Creek Enquirer): “For the academics, schools across the area funnel students into the Battle Creek Area Math & Science Center, which can funnel students direct to university or through Kellogg Community College for jobs back here in the burgeoning food science industry downtown or a strong local health sector. For the trade skills-minded, area schools funnel students into the CACC, which can direct students through KCC’s Regional Manufacturing Technology Center and directly to a growing and increasingly advanced manufacturing sector in the Fort Custer Industrial Park on the west side of town.”
  • “Hollow Sight by author Kristie Pierces” (Daily Reporter): “Quincy- Quincy resident, Kristie Pierce self published ‘Hollow Sight’ in November 2012. The Quincy High School and Kellogg Community College graduate engaged in the idea of writing a novel in 2009.”
  • “Shortly before he died in Spring Arbor crash, 24-year-old told father, stepmother he loved them in phone message” (Jackson Cititzen Patriot): “He earned his GED and had recently enrolled at Kellogg Community College in Battle Creek.”
  • “Susan J. Demas: If Rick Snyder wants Michigan 3.0, he needs to stop attacks on education” (MLive.com): “The simple fact is that when it comes to public education, Snyder just isn’t that into it. Sure, that might seem funny for a guy who’s a product of public K-12 schools, Kellogg Community College and the University of Michigan, but it’s true.”
  • “Bronson B.C. nurse’s purse stolen while she helped unresponsive man” (Battle Creek Enquirer): “The purse was found the next day by a nursing student in the parking lot of Kellogg Community College and everything but the $500 electronic book was inside.”

For more news about Kellogg Community College, view our latest press releases online at daily.kellogg.edu/category/press-releases.