KCC seeks applicants for free manufacturing job training program for Battle Creek residents

KAMA manufacturing students work on a manufacturing line at the RMTC campus in Battle Creek.

Kellogg Community College is seeking applicants for a manufacturing job training program beginning in September, offered at no cost for Battle Creek residents who meet income guidelines. The College’s next Kellogg Advanced Manufacturing Assembly (KAMA) training program will run for… Continue Reading

KCC seeks applicants for free manufacturing job training program for Battle Creek residents

KAMA manufacturing students work on a manufacturing line at the RMTC campus in Battle Creek.

Kellogg Community College is seeking applicants for a manufacturing job training program beginning in January, offered at no cost for Battle Creek residents who meet income guidelines. The College’s next Kellogg Advanced Manufacturing Assembly (KAMA) training program will run for… Continue Reading

KCC announces major workforce training initiative

The Regional Manufacturing Technology Center

Kellogg Community College today announced a major initiative designed to improve the local economy by guiding hundreds of area adults and teenagers through programs that will connect to job opportunities, strengthen technical skills, improve financial security and accelerate college completion.… Continue Reading

Rosler Metal Finishing donates $30,000 worth of machines for industrial trades training at KCC’s RMTC

Rosler CEO Bernhard Kerschbaum, left, and RMTC Director Tom Longman shake hands in front of a new vibratory tub finishing machine donated by Rosler.

Kellogg Community College students training for industrial trades careers at the College’s Regional Manufacturing Technology Center can add experience with state-of-the-art finishing equipment to their resumes thanks to the donation of nearly $30,000 worth of machinery from Rosler Metal Finishing.… Continue Reading

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