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Two SMC Criminal Justice Majors Trained as Mediators

Two Southwestern Michigan College criminal justice majors recently completed the Restorative Justice Initiative’s 16-hour training, qualifying them to mediate non-assaultive juvenile cases. SMC Associate Professor Don Ricker and mediator Ruth Andrews, as trainers, worked in tandem with the Cass County Prosecutor’s Office for sessions in the Foster W. Daugherty Building on the Dowagiac campus.

Dowagiac's Choir Director Back to Where He Started

Hunter Schuur could not have picked a worse time to land his dream job.

NJCAA Foundation Awards SMC Sport Opportunity Grant for Wrestling Room

Southwestern Michigan College announced today it has been awarded a $2,000 Sport Opportunity Grant from the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Foundation to help construct a wrestling room on the Dowagiac campus.

SMC's 2019 Nursing Building Ushered in New Era

Southwestern Michigan College’s $9.6-million Nursing and Health Education Building ushered in a new era for its flagship program three years ago.

SMC Brass Band Kicks Off Dowagiac Summer Concert Series

Southwestern Michigan College Brass Band signaled a shift to summer June 2 with the first of 10 Thursday-evening “Music in the Park” concerts in the new pavilion replacing the Wolverine Building between Dowagiac District Library and the Main Street boulevard.

80 Students Attend SMC Human Services Day

Eighty high school students from Covert, Hartford and the Allegan County Area Technical and Education Center (ACATEC) attended Southwestern Michigan College’s Human Services Day Jan. 28. ACATEC students visited from William Baker’s criminal justice (CJ) program.

Celebrating 30 Years at the Niles Campus

Southwestern Michigan College’s Niles Campus opened in 1992, just in time for summer session. It’s been serving SMC Roadrunners and the community ever since. As we approach this special anniversary, it’s good to remember why and how it all happened. It went something like this...

Dowagiac Area History Museum, SMC Collaborate on Black History Month Police Panel

In honor of Black History Month, Southwestern Michigan College’s Diversity Committee and Dowagiac Area History Museum will host a panel discussion at SMC Feb. 24 with homegrown police leaders.

Former SMC Communications Student Owns Ethereal Entomology Art

Allissa Corak’s business, Ethereal Entomology Art, creates “realms” with natural sculpture art and taxidermy capturing where life ends and the “otherworldly” begins. All specimens, such as longhorn beetles, are ethically sourced through conservatories and butterfly houses.

SMC Board of Trustees Approves Budgets

Following a public hearing, the Southwestern Michigan College Board of Trustees June 8 adopted 2022-23 fiscal-year budgets. The balanced $24,556,000 general fund for July 1, 2022-June 30, 2023, anticipates $8,950,000 from tuition and fees, $6,770,000 from property taxes on 2.3936 mills and a $7,882,000 state appropriation.