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Roadrunner Trails Revitalized

In honor of springtime, even the new Southwestern Michigan College Roadrunner Trails flexible standards spring back up like a Bozo Bop Bag if struck. The trails upgrade announced last May is dedicated to former SMC Athletic Director Ron Gunn and was undertaken by Zac Sartori, his successor as cross country and track and field head coach for men and women.

Kate Miles Visits SMC Green Club

Kate Miles didn’t lecture Southwestern Michigan College’s Green Club March 26. Instead, the 2023 SMC environmental sciences graduate, an environmental health and safety engineer for Metal Technologies, anchored an informal roundtable dialogue in the William P.D. O’Leary Building.

SMC Career Fair Connects Community

You never know who you might run into at Southwestern Michigan College’s Career Fair. Whether a community member seeking a new career or SMC students connecting with employers for their first post-college job, March 18’s event plumbed a diverse array of fields. Career Fair filled 1st Source Bank Fieldhouse in the Student Activity Center of the Charles O. Zollar Building.

SMC Previews Nursing Program

Former Army medic Austin Evans and Buchanan’s Jaime Meahl, following her twin sisters into nursing, offered student perspectives at March 19’s Southwestern Michigan College program preview. Meahl graduates in May. Evans is halfway through the flexible, nationally-accredited program.

Bosch Underwrites SMC’s June STEM Camp

Southwestern Michigan College has been awarded a Bosch Community Fund grant for the eighth Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Summer Camp the third week of June on the Dowagiac campus. This grant underwrites a two-day STEM summer camp for 120 upper elementary students (grades 4-6).

SMC’s ‘You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,’ Opens March 19

If you haven’t checked in lately with the “Peanuts” gang, you’re in for some surprises. Charlie Brown, at least some of the time, looks more like the little red-haired girl he’s pining for a Valentine from than the lovable loser getting undressed by line drives in comic strips. In fact, good grief! “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown’s” understudy plans to study nursing at Southwestern Michigan College, ran cross country and track for the Roadrunners and plays clarinet in the band.

SMC’s Brewer Reflects on Year as Interim President

Reflecting on his almost year at the helm of Southwestern Michigan College, Interim President Brent Brewer told the Board of Trustees March 11 that serving “has been one of the greatest honors of my professional life. It stretched me, challenged me and reminded me of why I chose to work in higher education — to make a difference in people’s lives and to be part of something bigger than myself.”

Save the Date: Ribbon-Cutting for New SMC Wrestling Facility

Southwestern Michigan College is proud to announce a Save the Date for the official ribbon-cutting of its new wrestling facility, a transformative addition that strengthens the college’s commitment to athletics, student success and community pride.

SMC Concert Features Living Composers, Low Brass

Southwestern Michigan College’s winter band concert Feb. 27 spotlighted living composers and lower brass provided by 14 musicians visiting from area high schools. Guest artist Dr. Paul Carlson of Grand Valley State University performed “American Muscle” on tuba by Inez McComas (born 1977).

SMC Hosts Five High School Bands for Clinic Day

Southwestern Michigan College’s sixth annual Clinic Day Feb. 20 featured five area high school bands and 200 musicians critiqued by Oakland University Assistant Professor of Music Dr. Pam Klena. The critiques polish March Southwestern Michigan Band and Orchestra Association (SWMBOA) festival programs.