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2005 SMC Alumna Joins Cass County Conservation District

Cass County Conservation District’s new district administrator, Lori Whitmyer, is a 2005 Southwestern Michigan College alumna.

Alumni Help Honors Program Celebrate Anniversary

Four Southwestern Michigan College graduates helped the Honors Program celebrate its fifth anniversary April 19 with a Student Activity Center theatre panel discussion.

Pandemic ‘Plants’ Ash Kapala on Landscape Design Pathway

Now that Ashley “Ash” Kapala designs landscapes for Granger’s Ginger Valley garden center, crossing Southwestern Michigan College’s Dowagiac campus means pausing outside the David C. Briegel Building to admire the gigantic beautyberry shrub laden with clusters of purple berries.

SMC Career Fair Returns in a Big Way

In addition to chatting with 56 employers offering a multitude of job opportunities, Southwestern Michigan College students attending March 16’s Career Fair in Mathews Conference Center heard from mother-daughter entrepreneurs and Watervliet’s Trident Dock and Dredge.

SMC Presents ‘Godspell’ This Weekend

Southwestern Michigan College presents its spring musical, “Godspell,” four times this weekend in the theatre of the Dale A. Lyons Building on SMC’s Dowagiac campus.

Traveling Bookseller Discovers Her ‘Pandemic Passion Project’

One byproduct of COVID-19 pandemic uncertainty is re-examining priorities and charting disrupted lives in new directions. In Jocelyne Tuszynski’s case that meant embracing her inner entrepreneur, combining two lifelong passions into something new and hitting the road.

MiLEAP Hurdles College Barriers

Southwestern Michigan College students can qualify for financial assistance and support services through Michigan Works’ on-campus “navigator,” Jenni Leich.

SMC’s NoTED Talks Highlight Honors Program Research

Southwestern Michigan College Honors Program’s four “NoTED Talks,” plus poster presentations April 21 in the Student Activity Center, delved into a smorgasbord of topical issues. Research ranged from aerial orthomosaics to the psychology of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, climate change, food waste, criminal profiling and using motor oil to detect engine malfunctions.

It's Been a Busy Year for First Group of Grady Scholars

Southwestern Michigan College Grady Scholars’ first class enters the final month of its inaugural academic year with Jose Medina graduating April 30 thanks to dual enrollment with Dowagiac Union High School’s Class of 2021, plus classes last summer.

SMC’s PTK Chapter Inducts 17 Honor Students

Life is a series of short stories. English Professor Cody Miller shared two of his with 17 Psi Sigma Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa honor society inductees April 22 in Southwestern Michigan College’s Mathews Conference Center West.