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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s proposed education budget plan focused mostly on the state’s struggling K-12 schools. But Michigan universities and community colleges would also get a big spending bump, assuming GOP lawmakers buy in.
cnelson@thealpenanews.com News Photo by Crystal Nelson Alpena Community College graduate Lilly Lewis attended the college’s drive-through commencement on Thursday via a school bus. Her family accompanied her to the ceremony on the bus, where they cheered her on, honked, and rang cow bells. ALPENA — About 70 Alpena Community College graduates participated in a drive-through commencement ceremony on Thursday. College officials decided to hold commencement in a drive-through format this year because coronavirus restrictions would not allow large gatherings in Park Arena, where the ceremony i...
May 4, 2021 Courtesy Photos Alpena Community College’s Student Leadership Commission put together a denim clothesline exhibit as part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Students and staff were encouraged to sign or decorate jeans as a way of standing up to sexual violence and showing their support for survivors. ACC and Hope Shores Alliance hosted a virtual vigil on Facebook Live on Wednesday, April 28th. This event featured live music, interviews with community members, a moment of silence, sharing of resources, a candle lighting ceremony, and learning more about how we can all work toget...
ALPENA -- Alpena Community College officials announced on Monday a drive-through commencement ceremony will be held for graduates this spring. The graduation ce
jriddle@thealpenanews.com News Photo by Julie Riddle Alpena County Emergency Services Coordinator Mark Hall walks through the Emergency Operations Center at the Alpena County Central Dispatch building in March. ALPENA — There were too many people to list, they said. The people who led Alpena County’s charge in the war against the coronavirus spoke fervently, stories tumbling and blending as they described the systematic whirlwind that was the past 12 months. Name after name slipped from their lips, list upon list of local residents who played a role in silently, selflessly, keeping Apena ...