十大外围app graduates will be recognized during the 57th Annual Commencement Ceremony on May 3 at 6 p.m. in the Gerald Welch Health Education Building, located at 1555 S. Raisinville Rd.
There are more than 350 candidates for graduation.
The keynote speaker will be graduation candidate Keith P. Masserant, who returned to MCCC to complete the final requirements for his associate of applied science degree after more than 30 years of serving in leadership in the construction and defense industries, 尤其是在权力方面, 钢铁和核能行业. Masserant is the owner and founder of Mid-America Group, an international construction and defense company headquartered in Monroe. He holds more than 20 patents for innovations he developed throughout his career in response to challenges his clients faced.
Student addresses will be made by graduation candidates Kennedy Bowling and Riley Burns. Each will be introduced by their faculty nominators who mentored them in the preparation of their remarks. Bowling will be introduced by Edmund La Clair, 历史学助理教授, and Burns will be introduced by Mark Bergmooser, 传播学助理教授.
Dr. 院长Kerste, professor of mechanical design technology, has been awarded the position of honorary grand marshal for the ceremony. This traditional honor is peer-awarded and bestowed upon a full-time faculty member who is held in high academic and personal esteem for contributions to the institution. He will carry a ceremonial mace that was created and donated to the college by River Raisin Wood Carvers.
在典礼上, the 2023 Alumnus of the Year Award will be presented to David Larkins, a native of Monroe County who began his formal art education at MCCC under the guidance of art faculty members Gary Wilson and Ted Vassar, 1980年毕业. He continued his education and earned a bachelor of industrial management degree from Baker College in Flint, 他在哪里以优异成绩毕业的. He spent 34 years as a graphic illustrator for Ford Motor Company, while also refining and expanding his artistic talents, 并得到了国际上的认可, nationally and locally for his work; he has collectors of his original work throughout the United States, 日本和欧洲.
Larkins' work has been featured at many solo exhibitions in Michigan and Ohio, and he has been featured in various juried exhibitions, including seven years in “The Best of America Exhibit,” the Toledo Museum of Art and the Butler Institute of American Art. The Artist Magazine presented him with two awards in the 2002 “Best of Art” competition, and he holds the prestigious Signature Membership in the National Watercolor Society and National Oil and Acrylic Painter Society. Larkins generously gives back to the region by sharing his talent and passion for art in numerous ways, such as his willingness to help others learn to paint, appreciate art and develop their own style as an artist; his support of MCCC art students in their desire to learn by offering his time and expertise to periodically conduct lectures, workshops and demonstrations at the college, and his involvement via his art in the Downriver and Monroe Art leagues, the Humane Society of Monroe County and other area events and businesses. 最近, Larkins' work was exhibited in the Campbell Academic Center, as he was the featured artist in this year’s MCCC Visiting Artist Series.
Degrees will be conferred by MCCC President Dr. 科乔一个. Quartey as the candidates are presented by Dr. Grace Yackee, vice president of instruction.
集市赞美诗, conducted by Jonathon Lunneberg and accompanied by Nancy Honaker, will perform “Song to Tradition” by Ruth Elaine Schram. 学院/社区交响乐团, 由马克·费尔德指挥, will open the ceremony with Edward Elgar’s “Fanfare and Processional” (also known as “Pomp and Circumstance”) and conclude the program with “Fanfare and Recessional” by James Ployhar.
MCCC’s 校董会 includes: Chair Aaron Mason, 副主席克里斯塔·兰布里克斯, Secretary Nicole Goodman and trustees Lynette Dowler, 朱莉·爱德华兹, Joel Spotts和Mary Kay Thayer.
关于十大外围app
成立于1964年, 十大外围app is a public, two-year institution supported by tax monies from Monroe County, educational funds from the State of Michigan and student tuition. The college’s mission is to enrich lives in our community by providing opportunity through student-focused, 负担得起的, quality higher education and other learning experiences. The 主校区 is located at 1555 South Raisinville Road, Monroe, Mich., 48161, with easy access to Toledo and Detroit. The 惠特曼中心 is located in Temperance, Mich.1882年，在俄亥俄州和密歇根州边境附近. Detailed information about MCCC is available at envsci.mediagate-egy.net.