KELLOGG COMMUNITY COLLEGE

&
KC C F O U N DAT I O N

2018-2019
ANNUAL REPORT
close to
home,
affordable...
smaller
classes

D A M I A N J O H N S O N
is a 2012 graduate of Battle Creek Central High School. Johnson decided to attend KCC because it was close
to home and affordable, and the smaller classes facilitated better relationships with his professors. Johnson
continued his studies at KCC even after earning an associate degree, completing prerequisites with plans to
transfer into Western Michigan University’s Exercise Science Program.
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CONTENTS
KCC
ANNUAL
Friends of KCC
I am delighted to share with you the 2018-19
annual report from Kellogg Community

REPORT College and the Kellogg Community College

1 President’s Message Foundation. On behalf of both organizations,

thank you for your continued support of the
3 KCC Board and Leadership
College, where we are more committed than
4-13 The Year in Review
ever to providing our students with viable
14-15 KCC by the Numbers
opportunities for success.
17-24 On the Move

24 Financial Statement This past year, we continued to hone our

services, processes and curriculum to ensure students can navigate
smoothly through their higher education journey. We are working
KCC
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every day as an institution to strengthen partnerships and remove
FOUNDATION
ANNUAL obstacles so our Bruins can succeed in the classroom, complete
REPORT degrees, transfer to universities and begin fulfilling careers.

29 Directors Message
If you haven’t been on one of our campuses in a while, I invite you to
29 Board of Trustees
visit. In 2018-19, we finished a $4.3 million renovation of our Regional
30-31, 34 Donor Profiles
Manufacturing Technology Center, completed a $10 million rebuild
32, 35 KCCF Initiatives
of our Miller Physical Education Building and launched several other
33 KCCF Events
improvement projects, including a beautiful campus gateway at North
36-37 Scholarship and Project Funds and Roosevelt avenues in Battle Creek.
37 KCCF Financial Statement

40-43 Donor Recognition As always, it’s a great time to be a Bruin!

Mark P. O’Connell
President, Kellogg Community College

EDITOR Eric Greene, Chief Communications Officer

CONTENT Eric Greene, Chief Communications Officer;
Simon Thalmann, Digital Marketing Manager;
Andy Fitzpatrick, Communications Specialist
DESIGN Kathryn Jarvie, Manager, Media Design
PHOTOGRAPHY Simon Thalmann, Digital Marketing Manager
Bailey Scott, Marketing Intern
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“It put
me so
far ahead
of the
game....”

H A I L E Y P E G U E R O
graduated from Harper Creek High School in 2019 with 36 college credits, enough
to make her a college sophomore when she begins her studies at Michigan State
University. “Looking back at KCC, it’s helped me immensely,” Peguero said. “It put me
so far ahead of the game. KCC has really helped jump-start my schooling and saved me
lots of money!” In 2019, Hailey was featured in a new KCC television ad.
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KELLOGG COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING

ACCESSIBLE, HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATION TO ENRICH OUR COMMUNITY
AND THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUAL LEARNERS.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES KCC CORE TEAM

Steve A. Claywell Jill M. Booth Mark P. O’Connell Dr. Kay L. Keck Dr. Paul R. Watson, II
Chair Vice Chair President Vice President for Student Vice President for Instruction
and Community Services

Matthew A. Davis Jonathan D. Byrd Teresa M. Durham Tonya P. Forbes Bradley A. Fuller Eric J. Greene
Treasurer Trustee Executive Director, Dean, Arts and Sciences Director, Institutional Chief Communications
KCC Foundation Facilities Officer

Xenia C. McKay Patrick A. O’Donnell Nicole J. Jewell Jason R. Little Dr. Michele M. Reid Ali M. Robertson
Trustee Trustee Dean, Enrollment Services Director, Technology Dean, Institutional Chief Human Resources
and Financial Aid Operations Effectiveness and Officer, Title IX Coordinator
Library Services

Carla C. Reynolds Richard M. Scott Pauline M. Terah F. Zaremba Jorge L. Zeballos

Trustee Chief Financial Officer Sutliff-Rombaugh Dean, Student Services Chief Equity and
Manager, President’s Office Inclusion Officer

KCC LEADERSHIP
Kellogg Community College is governed by a seven-member, publicly elected
Board of Trustees. The KCC Core Team consists of administrative leaders who lead
strategic initiatives and operations in order to fulfill the mission of the College.

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KCC announces four new
Allied Health programs
KCC announced four new Allied Health
programs in July to be offered starting
in the Fall 2018 semester. The new
opportunities for students included
certificates in Computed Tomography
(CT) and Medical Assistant; certificate
and associated degree options in
Neurodiagnostic Technologist (EEG);
and a two-year Associate in Applied
Science in Surgical Technology degree
offered in partnership with Lansing
Community College.
Student landscape photos
featured in exhibit
KCC’s Eleanor R. and Robert A. DeVries
Gallery was host for most of the
review
summer to more than two dozen
photographs shot by 10 students
enrolled in KCC’s summer ART 220:
Landscape Photography class. The
exhibit, titled “The American
Southwest,” was on display from
June 25 through Sept. 6.
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Marshall Public Schools presents Golden Apple
to President O’Connell
Dr. Randy Davis, superintendent of Marshall Public Schools,
presented KCC President Mark O’Connell with the district’s
Golden Apple Award in recognition of O’Connell’s
commitment to collaborating with the district for years to
improve learning environments and opportunities for
students in the Marshall and Albion areas.
KCC simplifies technology services
with Bruin Portal upgrades
KCC simplified technology services for students
and employees with upgrades to the College’s
Bruin Portal system in the lead up to the Fall 2018
semester. The new system offers students and
employees a single digital space, accessible via
the KCC website, where they can complete
important school- or work-related tasks and access
College services, including planning and registering
for classes, accessing important financial information
and other documentation, requesting transcripts and
more, requiring just a single login.
10 new sculptures installed on campus
As part of an ongoing art project made possible through
a collaboration between KCC’s Art Department and the
KCC Foundation’s Art on Campus initiative, the College
installed 10 new sculptures from artists around the country
on the College’s North Avenue campus over the course of
the summer. The last, a bronze, steel, concrete and stone
sculpture titled “Sticks and Stones,” by sculptor
Matthew Davey, measured approximately 10.5 feet tall with
a 9-by-7-foot base, and was installed Aug. 13 outside the
entrance to the new Miller Physical Education Building.
Fall semester begins
The Fall 2018 semester began Aug. 30 and would
ultimately include 5,746 students. Of the entire student
population, approximately 20 percent were dual-enrolled
high school students. Among the new offerings for fall
semester students were a new articulation
agreement with Western Michigan University
and a new RN-to-BSN nursing education
partnership with Olivet College.
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KCC celebrates new Miller

Physical Education Building with
open house event
KCC formally welcomed the public
to the new Miller Physical Education
Building with an open house on Aug. 7.
KCC student-athletes, coaches,
instructors and other college and
community members were on hand
during the event, which included tours,
a ribbon cutting, remarks from college
and community officials, a display of the
contents of the old Miller Building time
capsule, refreshments and more. The
$10 million project began construction
in 2017 thanks to funds from a capital
millage approved by voters in 2012.
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The Bruin News
KCC offers new English Language Learning classes After more than 60 years as a print
KCC added six new English Language Learning classes beginning publication, KCC’s student newspaper,
with the Fall 2018 semester for students interested in enhancing The Bruin, transitioned to an online-only
their English language skills. The new classes included intermediate format rebranded as The Bruin News.
and advanced courses in reading and writing, grammar and In addition to posting original content
communication and speaking and listening. The College’s ELL on the Bruin News website at
offerings were later expanded to include introductory level classes thebruinnews.kellogg.edu, student
in each area. journalists also began reporting and
engaging with audiences via Bruin News
profiles on platforms including Facebook,
Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.

Bruin Open raises more

than $100,000
More than $100,000 in scholarship
money was raised for KCC students
during the KCC Foundation’s 21st annual
Bruin Scholarship Open on Sept. 7 at
Binder Park Golf Course in Battle Creek.
A total of 58 teams participated and 126
sponsors were represented in the event,
which was coordinated by more than 70
members of KCC staff, retirees, student-
athletes and honor students. The Bruin
Open is the largest fundraising event of
the year for the Foundation, raising more
than $1.2 million for student scholarships
since its inception in 1998.

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KCC opens campus to Fall into the

Arts patrons
KCC opened its North Avenue campus
to art lovers Oct. 19 as an official venue
for the Battle Creek Area Chamber of
Commerce’s 2018 Fall into the Arts Art
Walk. On-campus activities included
guided tours of the College’s permanent
art collection and new outdoor sculpture
installations, and a reception honoring
the Art on Campus Sculpture Initiative
sculptors and highlighting the
College’s current DeVries Gallery art
exhibit, “Tim Sykora 1958-2014:
A Retrospective Exhibition.”
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New Agricultural Science degree created
In 2018-19, the Kellogg Community College Board of Trustees
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approved the creation of the Associate Degree in Agricultural ‘All in the Timing’ performed at KCC
Science, designed for students enrolled in a partner program with KCC’s Theatre Department gave the
the Institute of Agricultural Technology at Michigan State University. public five comedic plays for the price
Completing students will be eligible to receive a KCC associate of one in “All in the Timing,” a collection
degree and an industry-recognized certificate from MSU. of five one-act plays by David Ives.
Audiences at the six performances saw
Annual Chili Cook-off raises $545 for United Way two strangers forced together by fate at
KCC’s annual Chili Cook-off to benefit the United Way was held on a coffee shop, three chimpanzees given
Oct. 25, raising more than $545 to support the United Way of the the task of writing “Hamlet,” a con man’s
Battle Creek and Kalamazoo Region’s 2018 fundraising campaign. scheme backfire, the many deaths of
The event included eight different chili recipes prepared by KCC Leo Trotsky and two friends experience
employees; for $5, patrons could sample all of the chili and vote the best and worst days of their lives.
for their three favorite entries. This year’s winning recipe was from
Career and Employment Services Specialist Sara Reed, for her recipe Bruins give back at Springfield
“The Zetterberg.” Middle School
The final Bruins Give Back volunteer
Thousands attend third annual Bruin Boo service event of the 2018 Fall Semester
Also on Oct. 25 was KCC’s third annual Bruin Boo community was a project that paired KCC volunteers
Halloween and trick-or-treating event for kids and their families. KCC with Springfield Middle School students.
employees and students again lined the halls of the College’s North The volunteers and kids created small
Avenue campus, dressed to impress in their Halloween best to hand gifts and ornaments for children in a
out candy and other giveaways to the nearly 2,000 community program at Battle Creek’s Haven of Rest
members who visited campus. Ministries, a mission that provides
shelter and programs for the area’s
KCC wins marketing award homeless population.
The National Council for Marketing and Public Relations awarded
a silver Medallion Award to the KCC Public Information and KCC alumni comic book
Marketing Department for its graphic design expertise while creations display
marketing the College’s Innovation Accelerated Credential (iACT) Aaron and Angie Warner, a husband
initiative in 2017-18. and wife team of comic book creators,
had their artwork featured in “Evolved
Board remembers Trustee Comics: The Reinvention of Sequential Art
Reba Harrington, appoints from Comic Strips to Comic WOW!,” an
Carla Reynolds exhibit that ran during November in KCC’s
KCC’s Board of Trustees voted Davidson Visual and Performing Arts
unanimously Oct. 30 to appoint Center in Battle Creek. A silent auction
Carla Reynolds, of Battle Creek, of original art, autographs and other
to fill the remaining two years of merchandise was held, with proceeds
the trustee seat left vacant with going to the Warners’ ArtWish program,
the September passing of Trustee providing art supplies for kids.
Reba Harrington. Harrington was
first elected to the KCC Board
of Trustees in 2007, and at the
time of her passing was serving
as secretary of the Board while
completing a six-year term that
expires on Dec. 31, 2020.
Reba Harrington
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Board of Trustees adopts official

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equity statement
The Kellogg Community College Board
of Trustees on Nov. 14, 2018, voted
unanimously to adopt the College’s first
equity statement, which reads:
“At Kellogg Community College, we
are committed to creating an inclusive
environment where we foster respect
for others and our differences, support
cultural understanding, demonstrate
ethical behavior and champion social
justice. We will accomplish this by:
· Deepening our understanding of
diversity, equity and inclusion through
learning, engagement with others and
personal reflection;
· Valuing the lived experiences and
perspectives of others while nurturing
and understanding the differences
between us;
· Rejecting all forms of prejudice,
discrimination and racism; and
· Advancing integrity, justice and civility
among and between us.”

Cross country teams go to nationals

The College’s new men’s and women’s
cross country teams ran their first race
in August, putting them on
a path to individual, team
and coaching success in
November. Both teams were
first-place at the Region XII
Division III regional meet,
sending them to the Division
III National Junior College
Athletic Association National
Championships. The men
came in fifth out of 39 teams
and the women placed
seventh out of 37 teams.
Head coach Erin Lane was
named the Region XII Division
III Coach of the Year.
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Scholarship for veterans grows Spring semester begins

The Kellogg Community College Foundation’s Calhoun County Veterans KCC’s Spring 2019 semester began
Affairs Scholarship received a financial boost, helping support the Jan. 11 and ultimately included
county’s veterans as they increase their education. The Calhoun County 5,675 students.
Veterans Affairs Committee gave $15,000 to the scholarship fund and
became available in January. Board of Trustees swears
in members
‘The Marriage of Figaro’ performed KCC Trustees Steve Claywell and
The story of love, marriage, suspicions of infidelity and jumping out of Xenia McKay were sworn in during the
bedroom windows in the court of Count Almaviva, scored by Mozart, Board’s Jan. 16 meeting. Claywell was
is one of the most performed operas of all time, and KCC joined those selected to continue as Board Chair.
performances with its presentation of “The Marriage of Figaro.” Such Claywell is president of the Michigan
productions bring together various talents from the College and the Building and Construction Trades
community; KCC’s student Art League and volunteers from Music Council as well as a U.S. Navy veteran.
Appreciation classes helped make it a reality. The show was part of the McKay, newly elected in 2018, is an
Opera Workshop program, which brings all aspects of opera to students. educational American Sign Language
interpreter for the Kalamazoo Regional
KCC gives back to the community Educational Service Agency and
A pair of charity events saw KCC provide donations to important has taught KCC’s Lifelong Learning
causes. More than a dozen Public Safety Education students and American Sign Language classes. Both
employees gave a collected $300 to Battle Creek’s S.A.F.E. Place, which members’ terms expire in 2024.
provides free shelter and resources to domestic violence victims. It was
done through the department’s No-Shave November event in which
participants don’t shave for a month to raise awareness for a cause. Also
in November, the Bruin Bookstore once again collected sweatshirts and
coats for its annual Hoodies for the Homeless campaign. The bookstore
collected 122 hoodies; later charity efforts at the bookstore collected 179
pairs of eyeglasses for the Lion’s Club and 117 pairs of sneakers.

KCC honors Al Bobrofsky at

basketball game
The man who was there at the
very beginning of KCC’s basketball
program in 1966 was honored in
a 2018 ceremony before the first
game played in the College’s new
Miller Physical Education Building.
Al Bobrofsky, former Battle Creek
mayor, was a referee at the first
KCC basketball game and officiated
for the Bruins for years after that.
With his wife, Ann, Bobrofsky was
honored on the court before the
women’s basketball game. The
team went on to defeat St. Clair
Community College 78-59.
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KCC and Olivet College expand nursing partnership
Students pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree found it
easier to transfer credits between KCC and Olivet College thanks to an
agreement that minimizes loss of credit and duplication of coursework.
In June 2018, the two colleges entered into a partnership establishing the
Olivet College RN-BSN program on the KCC campus. In only its second
semester, 22 registered nurses pursued their Bachelor of Science in
Nursing through Olivet College.

Thousands raised for Special Olympics through Polar Plunge
The KCC Police Academy and Emergency Medical Services program’s
tradition of jumping into icy water in the cold February air for charity
continued in 2019 with the Kalamazoo and Calhoun County Polar
Plunge. The event raises money through teams and individuals collecting
donations for Special Olympics Michigan. About two dozen Police
Academy cadets, EMS students and College employees raised over
$6,000 in 2019.
KCC publishes children’s book
Area children discovered how going to college is fun and a way to
follow their dreams in “Blaze Goes to College,” a fully illustrated, 32-
page picture book starring young Blaze, KCC’s mascot. Written by
Digital Marketing Manager Simon Thalmann and illustrated by student
Sara Parks, the book was produced in collaboration with the College’s
Graphic Design, Admissions, Lifelong Learning and Public Information
and Marketing departments. The book was made available at the Bruin
Bookstore and has been provided to area schools and
organizations. It was also available at
Blaze’s live appearances
and reading events.
Michigan’s governor visits KCC
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer saw firsthand how
KCC helps area businesses and organizations
train workers to fill job shortages during a
visit to the College’s Regional Manufacturing
and Technology Center in Battle Creek’s
Fort Custer Industrial Park. Educators and
employers talked about partnerships that
increase production while providing new
skills for workers. Whitmer also met several
KCC students and heard about their work in
robotics, manufacturing, welding, heating and
cooling and electricity.
Veteran outreach efforts recognized
The Michigan Veteran Affairs Agency named
KCC a Silver Level Veteran-Friendly School
for the 2018-19 academic year, recognizing
such features and programs as KCC Veterans
Success Counselor Brent Haddow and the
College’s veteran assistance group, the 1st
Battalion Support Division. About 120 student
veterans enrolled at KCC for the Spring
2019 semester.
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Shakespeare and hip hop meet at KCC
The musical “Bomb-itty of Errors,” a
modern take on William Shakespeare’s
“The Comedy of Errors,” brought a new
take on old material to KCC’s stage.
The show required actors who were
comfortable preparing for a musical
with no sheet music and able to deliver
fast dialogue, but that mixes well with
Shakespeare. “For folks who aren’t
necessarily hip-hop nerds, it might be a
little bit like watching Shakespeare,”
KCC Theatre Professor and director
Brad Poer said.
Bruins give back to veterans
As KCC’s campus-wide service initiative
continues to provide volunteer
opportunities, one of the beneficiaries
was Silver Star Apartments, a Battle
Creek housing facility for homeless
veterans. In other Bruins Give Back
events for the spring semester, volunteers
prepared the College’s community
garden, cleaned up around Spring
Lake and worked at Battle Creek’s
Charitable Union.
Student rep added to KCC
Board of Trustees
The Kellogg Community College Board
of Trustees welcomed KCC student
Jaylyn Taylor as the institution’s first-
ever student representative on the
Board of Trustees. As a non-voting
member, Taylor was selected to represent
students’ interests and give the student
body more of a voice on the Board.
Taylor, a graduate
of Lakeview High
School, said he
is completing his
general education
requirements at KCC
and plans to transfer
to Western Michigan
University to study
political science.
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New programs announce first graduates
KCC’s new Medical Assistant Program saw its first eight graduates in
April. The students completed a 32-credit hour certificate program
that featured mostly online classes with some on-campus visits.
The College’s first eight Agricultural Operations graduates obtained
Associate in General Studies degrees while earning an Agricultural
Operations Certificate through Michigan State University.
Paramedic Program re-accredited
The Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education
Programs awarded continuing accreditation to the KCC Emergency
Medical Services Paramedic Program. The successful re-accreditation
was the result of a site visit and self-study effort by the EMS team.
Outstanding Bruins recognized
KCC annually honors students who earn a 3.5 or higher GPA in a given
award area, show significant creative growth, participate or contribute
to such a department and major or exhibit in that area. In April 2019,
59 students were recognized with Outstanding Bruin Awards in
various academic departments and other categories.
Bruin Baseball ranked first
The KCC Bruins men’s baseball team achieved the top spot in
the Michigan Community College Athletic Association’s Western
Conference in April, with a then-14-2 record. By the end of the season,
nine players won awards in the MCCAA Western Conference and
the National Junior College Athletic Association, including freshman
Adam Henderson’s MCCAA Western Conference Player of the
Year award.
Dental students help the homeless
While students in the Dental Hygiene Program worked on raising
funds for use in their education, they didn’t forget about the
community. Using funds left over from those efforts, the students
created 50 care packages for the area’s homeless population. The
packages included oral health and other hygiene items, as well as rain
ponchos and storage bags.
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Summer semester begins College prepares renovation of

The Summer 2019 semester began May 13 and ultimately included Eastern Academic Center
2,278 students. The College announced it is preparing
to begin a $1.3 million renovation of the
President Mark O’Connell announces retirement Eastern Academic Center for the purpose
KCC President Mark O’Connell announced he will retire at the end of dedicating classroom spaces for
of 2019, turning a page on 29 years of service to the College. During healthcare and manufacturing programs at
his years at KCC, O’Connell oversaw more than $100 million in the facility near Albion. New programming
improvements, expansions and construction. He also led projects will be targeted to career- and technical-
that formed partnerships with area universities, oversaw projects to education (CTE) high school students
smooth students’ journeys to completing their goals and focused on from the Marshall and Albion areas. To
equity and inclusion throughout KCC. date, the renovation is partially funded by
the Cronin foundation.
Memorial Day service held
The memory of those who died while serving in the United States Five degree programs offered online
military continued to be honored at KCC every year with a ceremony KCC announced that five associate
on the North Avenue campus in Battle Creek. In 2019, Retired degrees — Arts, Applied Science
U.S. Air Force Col. John Di Pierro, who also is a former director of in Accounting, Applied Science in
Facilities and Public Safety at KCC, hosted the event that included Administrative Assistant, Applied Science
participation from Battle Creek’s 110th Air National Guard Wing, the in Business Management and Applied
Calhoun County Veterans Affairs Division and KCC staff members Science in Early Childhood Education —
who have served in the military. were available with the option to complete
them almost entirely online for the first
KCC Board adjusts tuition, fees time in the fall.
The KCC Board of Trustees authorized an increase in the College’s
tuition rates by 3.25 percent each semester for the upcoming Keck named Distinguished Woman in
four semesters, beginning with Fall 2019. Additionally, the Board Higher Education Leadership
authorized an increase in the Technology and Student Services fees The Michigan ACE Women’s Network
by $6 per credit hour and an increase in the online course fee by $15 presented Dr. Kay Keck, Vice President for
per credit hour. The College’s tuition and fee rates had been frozen Student and Community Services at KCC,
since Fall 2017. as the 2019 recipient of the organization’s
Distinguished Woman in Higher Education
First women’s soccer player joins Bruins Leadership Award. The award recognizes
The first player to join KCC’s new women’s soccer program was individuals who distinguish themselves
Baylee Willis, a 2018 Climax-Scotts High School graduate. Tryouts by providing outstanding leadership
were held June 8 and the season began Aug. 24. to women in their
institutions, in their
profession and in society.
The award recognizes
work on behalf of women
in higher education that
is beyond the scope of
a recipient’s formal
job responsibilities.
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The KCC Regional Manufacturing Technology Center in Battle Creek’s
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KCC and MSU expand Agricultural

Operations Program options
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Fort Custer Industrial Park has undergone a $4.3 million upgrade
and the College celebrated with an open house, giving the public a
chance to see the state-of-the-art facility. Funding for the renovation
included $2.15 million from the State of Michigan, $1.07 million
from the Battle Creek Tax Increment Finance Authority, $250,000
from the W.K Kellogg Foundation and $830,000 from KCC’s voter-
approved capital millage.
Michigan State University’s partnership
with KCC already yielded a valuable
Agricultural Operations Program, and it
became even more expansive in June.
Now, students can earn an Associate
in Agricultural Science degree at KCC
and either an Agricultural Operations
Certificate or a Food Processing,
Technology and Safety Certificate from
MSU. All coursework can be done at KCC.
Each path includes a 480-hour internship
in the field or the agribusiness industry.

KCC receives awards for wellness,

breastfeeding initiatives
KCC received the 2019 Choose Health
Calhoun Workplace Wellness Award
from the Battle Creek Area Chamber
of Commerce for an employee wellness
program that has been in place for the
past 13 years. The College also received
a silver-level award from the Michigan
Breastfeeding Network, recognizing
recent efforts to provide spaces for
nursing mothers to express milk in clean,
secure, private spaces.

KCC’s North Avenue campus

gets upgrade
Work began on one of the entrances
to KCC’s campus at 450 North Avenue,
Battle Creek, to beautify part of the
city’s North Side. At the intersection of
North Avenue and Roosevelt Avenue, a
new pedestrian path, a sculpture pad,
bike rental station and landscaping
will be topped with a large monument
welcoming people to the city.
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KCC
ABOUT OUR STUDENTS

ETHNICITY

ENROLLMENT

ENROLLMENT
GENDER

BY CAMPUS
RACE &

(FOR CREDIT)
STATUS

GPA
AGE

AVERAGE AGE FEMALE WHITE CURRENT NORTH AVENUE GRADE POINT

24.8 2879 70.3 % 2854

RETURNING AVERAGE

UNREPORTED
2252 ONLINE 2.6
MALE 14.0% DUAL ENROLLMENT

1140 1397
1836 BLACK/AFRICAN
AMERICAN FIRST-TIME
636
RMTC

UNREPORTED 8.5% 887

126
GRAHL CENTER
HISPANIC/LATINO

5.5%
GUEST
360

review
79 FEHSENFELD
TWO OR MORE PRIOR RETURNING CENTER
RACES

5.0% 483 234

NON-CREDIT EASTERN ACADEMIC
ASIAN CURRENT CENTER
KCC serves approximately 8,400 2.1% RETURNING

320 77
students annually through credit AMERICAN INDIAN/
and noncredit programs on five ALASKA NATIVE NON-CREDIT
campuses and through online
courses. Some students take
0.8 % FIRST-TIME

356
HAWAIIAN/
courses toward a specific degree or PACIFIC ISLANDER NON-CREDIT
certificate, while others take courses
with the intention of acquiring
0.1% PRIOR RETURNING

223
new skills or transferring credits
OTHER
to bachelor-degree programs.
Others take courses for professional 6
development or personal enjoyment.

ABOUT THIS DATA
This data is based upon students who took
courses for credit in Fall 2018. Data source:
Business Objects, Enrolled Student Analysis
2.0, run July 11, 2019.
Students are defined as current returning
if they have enrolled within the previous
three semesters. They are prior returning if
they have enrolled in the past, but not in the
previous three semesters.
Race/ethnicity data is for credit-bearing
students enrolled in Fall 2018. Total of the
percentages will exceed 100 due to the
way the data is reported from students to
the institution.
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RESIDENTS $ 122.75

TUITION
ACTIVE MILITARY 122.75
NON-RESIDENTS 189.75

& FEES INDIANA RESIDENTS

OUT-OF-STATE/INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTS 265.00
190.75

FALL 2017 – INDUSTRIAL TRADES INSTRUCTION 215.00

SUMMER 2019 K-12 SERVICE AREA DUAL
ENROLLMENT/EARLY COLLEGE 132.75 KELLOGG COMMUNITY
COLLEGE SERVICE AREA
INCLUDES BARRY, CALHOUN
HEALTH PROGRAMS AND BRANCH COUNTIES.
RESIDENTS $ 215.00
ACTIVE MILITARY 215.00 FEHSENFELD
CENTER
NON-RESIDENTS 282.00
INDIANA RESIDENTS 283.00 HASTINGS
NORTH AVENUE
OUT-OF-STATE/INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTS 357.25 CAMPUS
BARRY
K-12 SERVICE AREA DUAL COUNTY RMTC
ENROLLMENT/EARLY COLLEGE 225.00
BATTLE CREEK
ALBION
EASTERN
Please note: CALHOUN
ACADEMIC
• Online courses are charged an additional fee of $20 per credit hour upon registration. COUNTY CENTER
• Health courses (Nursing, Allied Health and EMT) are charged an additional tuition rate
COLDWATER
of $92.25 per credit hour at registration, which is included in the above costs. GRAHL
• K-12 Service Area Dual Enrollment/Early College rates are rates paid by institutions BRANCH CENTER
for students participating in dual-enrollment and/or early college programming COUNTY
and are equal to the residential tuition rate plus $10.

KCC VS. UNIVERSITIES

AVERAGE YEARLY TUITION AND FEES AT
MICHIGAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES FULL-TIME,
FIRST-TIME, IN-DISTRICT UNDERGRADUATE

STUDENT / $12,871*
FACULTY
RATIO 15/1 VS.
AVERAGE YEARLY TUITION AND FEES AT KCC
FULL-TIME, FIRST-TIME, IN-DISTRICT STUDENT
$3,928**
300 ARE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES,
950
EMPLOYEES
INCLUDING 88.5 FACULTY POSITIONS.

300 ARE PART-TIME EMPLOYEES OR

ADJUNCT INSTRUCTORS. 350 ARE STUDENT

WORKERS, TEMPORARY OR CONTRACT EMPLOYEES

* Source: Michigan Association of State Universities, 2018-19.

** Source: National Center for Education Statistics, 2018-19.
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“It taught me to love

myself and that I could
be who I wanted to be,
and I’m hoping to do
that for others.”

N I K E E S H A S E T T L E S
As a teen mom, Nikeesha Settles did not attend college
immediately after graduating from Battle Creek Public Schools
in 1992. More than a decade later, with two young boys at home,
Settles decided it was time to enroll at Kellogg Community
College and begin a professional career. After taking an
introductory class in Human Services and meeting
Dr. Sheila Matthews, she was hooked on social work. She
earned an Associate in Applied Science in Human Services from
KCC and a Bachelor of Social Work from Western Michigan
University. She currently works at Family and Children Services
and as an adjunct Human Services instructor at KCC. “The
program taught me about myself, which opened so many doors
for me. It taught me to love myself and that I could be who I
wanted to be, and I’m hoping to do that for others,” Settles said.
KCC ON THE MOVE
Areas of Study
Arts, Communication and English
O N

Admissions and
Financial Aid
T H E M O V E | 17

Business and Computer Information Technology KCC maintains an open

Health Sciences admissions policy, meaning
Manufacturing, Skilled Trades and Applied Technology admission is granted to anyone
Science, Mathematics and Engineering who is at least 18 years old and
Social Sciences, Human Services and Criminal Justice has a high school or general
Teacher Education and Early Childhood Education education diploma. Admission
also is granted to people younger
than 18 through a dual-enrollment
General Education and Certificates process or early college program.
Transfer Associate Degrees Accounting
Associate Degree in Arts Administrative Assistant KCC is one of the most affordable
Associate Degree in Criminal Justice Art Enrichment community colleges in Michigan
Associate Degree in Elementary Education Basic Emergency Medical Technician and distributes millions of dollars
Associate Degree in General Studies Business Management in aid each year via grants,
Associate Degree in International Studies Computed Tomography Technology scholarships, campus employment
Associate Degree in Science Computer Programming funds and loans. Financial aid
Corrections experts guide students through
Associate in Applied Science Degrees English for Enrichment processes including completing
Accounting Entrepreneurship the Free Application for
Administrative Assistant Graphic Design Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
Business Management Human Services Technician to determine eligibility for a
Computer Engineering Technology Industrial Electricity and Electronics variety of offerings, including Pell
Computer Networking Industrial Heating, Ventilation, grants, work-study and veterans
Computer Programming Air Conditioning and Refrigeration assistance. KCC also participates
Computer-Aided Drafting and Industrial Machining Technology in the Legacy Scholars program
Design Technology Industrial Pipefitting and offers early college and dual-
Corrections Industrial Technology enrollment opportunities for high
Dental Hygiene Industrial Trades school students, all of which allow
Early Childhood Education Industrial Welding students to attend KCC while
Emergency Medical Services Medical Assistant paying little to no tuition.
Graphic Design Microsoft Office Specialist
Human Services Music Enrichment
Industrial Electricity and Electronics Neurodiagnostic Technologist
Industrial Heating, Ventilation, Paramedic
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Photography and Multimedia
Industrial Machining Technology Renewable Energy
Industrial Pipefitting Sacred Music
Industrial Technology Web Design and Development
Industrial Welding Degree
Law Enforcement Professional Certifications
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Child Development Associate
Neurodiagnostic Technologist Computer Engineering Technology
Nursing – Advanced Placement Computer Networking
Nursing Industrial Trades
Photography and Multimedia Medical First Responder
Physical Therapist Assistant Nursing Assistant
Public Safety
Radiography
Skilled Trades
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K C C
| O N T H E M O V E

A T H L E T I C S
ON THE MOVE
Nearly 20 student-athletes were awarded
postseason athletic awards from the Michigan
Community College Athletic Association
and/or National Junior College Athletic
Association last year and more than two
dozen earned postseason academic awards.
The year was particularly notable for the
baseball team’s conference, state and regional
titles; the men’s and women’s cross country
teams ending their inaugural season with
regional championships; MCCAA and NJCAA
All-Academic Team honors for the baseball,
women’s cross country and volleyball teams;
and coach-of-the-year honors for Head
Baseball Coach Eric Laskovy and Head Cross
Country Coach Erin Lane. KCC also added a
new women’s soccer team to begin play in Fall
2019, signing its first recruit in May.

Baseball
KCC’s baseball team continued to impress
this year, ending the spring 2019 season as
conference, state and regional champions and
finishing seventh in the nation in the NJCAA’s
Division II Baseball World Series in May. The
Bruins finished with an overall record of 40-15
and a conference record of 26-2. Nine players
earned postseason athletic awards from
the MCCAA and/or the NJCAA, including
freshman Adam Henderson, of Vicksburg,
whose awards included NJCAA Division II
First-Team All-American and MCCAA Western
Conference Player of the Year awards.
Henderson is the 16th NJCAA All-American in
KCC baseball history. Fifteen Bruins baseball
players also earned postseason academic
awards for exemplary achievement in the
classroom, while the team earned MCCAA
and NJCAA All-Academic Team honors with
a 3.02 team GPA. Sophomore Mark Scannell,
of Grand Rapids, was named KCC’s 2019
Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Additionally,
KCC’s Head Coach Eric Laskovy earned his
ninth MCCAA Coach of the Year award this
year and was also named NJCAA North
District Coach of the Year. This season marked
Laskovy’s 20th year of coaching baseball at
KCC and 13th as head coach.
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Basketball women’s soccer recruit in May. The

The men’s and women’s basketball seasons ended in February after addition of the new team is part of a
a year that saw marked improvement on the court. After winning just new strategic vision for the College’s
three games the previous season, the men’s basketball team finished Athletics Department announced in 2017
their first year under new Head Coach Gary Sprague with an overall that included five new sports teams.
record of 11-16 and a conference record of 6-12. After winning just two Men’s and women’s cross country teams
games the previous season, the women’s basketball team finished the were added in Fall 2018, women’s soccer
year with an overall record of 7-21 and a conference record of 4-14. One begins play this fall, and men’s and
men’s basketball player and two women’s basketball players earned women’s bowling teams will form in the
postseason athletic awards from the MCCAA; one men’s basketball coming year to begin competition
player and one women’s basketball player earned postseason in Fall 2020.
academic awards from the MCCAA.
Volleyball
Cross Country The women’s volleyball team ended
KCC’s men’s and women’s cross country teams had a banner fall, its first season in the new Miller Gym
finishing their inaugural seasons as regional champions and bringing with a conference record of 4-12 and
home several individual awards. Two runners on each team were an overall record of 8-16. The team
awarded MCCAA and/or NJCAA athletic honors; freshman Kyle Strong, finished on a high note with a home win
of Vicksburg, was named an NJCAA Division III Honorable Mention over Lake Michigan College in October.
All-American, and freshman Maggie Wood, of Battle Creek, was named Three volleyball players were awarded
an NJCAA Division III Second Team All-American. Additionally, Head postseason athletic awards from the
Coach Erin Lane earned the NJCAA Region XII Division III Coach of the MCCAA, and four earned postseason
Year award in her first year of coaching at KCC. Two runners on each academic awards from the MCCAA and
team also earned postseason academic awards, and the women’s cross NJCAA. The volleyball team also earned
country team earned MCCAA All-Academic Team and NJCAA MCCAA All-Academic Team and NJCAA
All-Academic Team honors with a 3.22 team GPA. All-Academic Team honors with a 3.31
team GPA – the highest of all KCC’s
athletics teams. Sophomore
Soccer Kirby Frodge, of Battle Creek, was
KCC hired Eierí Jordán Salivia, a former professional soccer player,
named KCC’s 2019 Female Scholar-
last fall in a full-time position to coach the new women’s soccer team
Athlete of the Year.
and to serve as the coordinator of the College’s Physical Education
Program. Salivia signed Baylee Willis, of Climax, as the College’s first
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P E R F O R M I N G
M O V E
A N D
Several arts initiatives are held on Kellogg
Community College’s campuses each year,
including art exhibits, plays and musicals,
concerts and recitals and more. KCC students
and staff participate and perform in
off-campus initiatives off campus, as well,
bringing the arts to community members
of all ages through initiatives including
children’s theatre productions and
choir tours.
Art
KCC hosts several art exhibits in the College’s
Eleanor R. and Robert A. DeVries
Gallery in the Davidson Visual and
Performing Arts Center each year. Major
exhibits in the gallery last year included
a retrospective exhibit of nearly three
dozen works of sculpture, mixed media and
assemblage by the late Marshall artist Tim
Sykora in September and October; works
by comic artists Aaron and Angie Warner in
November; and photographs by University
of Notre Dame photography professor
Martina Lopez in March 2019.
The gallery also hosted student and faculty
art. Student landscape photography created
in KCC’s summer ART 220: Landscape
Photography class was featured in an exhibit
titled “The American Southwest” from late
June through early September. A variety of
work created by KCC art faculty during the
Faculty Biennial Art Exhibition was on display
in January and February 2019. Outstanding
student work was exhibited as part of the
College’s Annual Student Art Exhibition in
April 2019.
Again this year, KCC’s investment in the
arts went well beyond just hosting exhibits.
In August, the College installed the last of
10 new sculptures from artists around the
country on the College’s North Avenue
campus, a project made possible through a
collaboration between the Art Department
and the KCC Foundation’s Art on Campus
initiative. KCC opened its doors to art lovers
in October as an official venue for the Battle
V I S U A L
ON THE MOVE
A R T S
Creek Area Chamber of Commerce’s 2018 Fall into the Arts Art Walk,
which included guided tours of the new sculptures and the College’s
permanent art collection. And the College again sponsored the annual
Color the Creek mural and street art festival, among other art events
and initiatives in the community.
Music
KCC’s Music Program produces an average of nearly 50 musical
presentations each year. Over the course of the 2018-9-18 academic
year, singers and musicians from KCC’s various choirs and music
initiatives again presented dozens of performances on and off
campus, ranging from solo faculty, student and alumni recitals to jazz
and concert band performances and more.
Major annual choral and musical initiatives and productions during
the year included the College’s Music Open House on Aug. 31; the
Sounds of the Season concert on Dec. 1 in Coldwater, titled “This
Christmastide”; the Opera Workshop Ensemble’s presentation of
the first two acts of “The Marriage of Figaro,” also in December;
the Communitywide Hymn & Spiritual Sing-Along event in the
Binda Performing Arts Center on Feb. 3; an Open Student Master
Class and Guest Artist Recital featuring internationally recognized
voice teacher and soprano Dr. Maureen A. Carlson, of the St. Louis
Symphony Chorus, on April 17; and the Singing in the Spring concert
in downtown Battle Creek on April 28. The latter concert served as
the official fundraising kickoff for the program’s 2020 Canadian
Concert Tour.
Theatre
The 2019-20 academic year was another vibrant and varied year
for theatre at KCC. The College produces two major theatrical
productions each year in the Binda Performing Arts Center, with
auditions open to students and community members alike. Last
year’s season opened with KCC’s fall comedy “All in the Timing” in
November, a collection of five comedic one-act plays by David Ives.
KCC’s spring musical was a mashup of Shakespeare and hip-hop with
“The Bomb-itty of Errors,” which ran in March. As is tradition for the
past several years, theatre students also produced a “Mich-Mash”
performance each semester, a performative showcase featuring 30
unique plays performed in just 60 minutes. Additionally, the College’s
Intro to Children’s Theatre class students engaged in performance-
based, interactive theatre projects, including a performance at
Wattles Park Elementary.
KCC’s student-run Encore Theatre Company was also active,
presenting a completely student-led production of the noir comedy
“Kill Me, Deadly” in April in the auditorium of the Davidson Visual and
Performing Arts Center, among other projects.
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O N T H E M O V E | 21

Service-Learning
KCC’s service-learning initiative continued to engage students and
staff with the greater community in Battle Creek, Coldwater, Albion,
Hastings this past year though classes, student projects and initiatives.

A campus-wide initiative of the College’s service-learning office, Bruins

Gives Back, brings KCC students and employees together to volunteer
at locations in and around Battle Creek three times each fall and spring
semester. Bruins served at off-campus locations including Binder Park
Zoo, the Charitable Union, Springfield Middle School and Silver Star
Apartments. On campus, Bruins Give Back participants served at the
College’s Regional Manufacturing Technology Center campus, helping
prepare Binder Park Zoo’s ZooLights holiday displays, and worked
often in the College’s on-campus community garden.

KCC’s biannual Volunteer and Civic Engagement Fairs were held

in conjunction with the College’s welcome-back events; Bruin
Blast on Sept. 18 and Bruin Boost on Feb. 6. The events included
representatives from community organizations and offered students
and others the opportunity to visit tables and displays and sign up for
specific service or volunteer opportunities.

KCC began offering service-learning endorsements on graduate

diplomas in 2010. Beginning in 2012, a service-learning endorsement
requiring at least 15 hours of service-learning experience tied to an
academic course and reflection activities became a requirement for
every KCC graduate pursuing a degree outside of the applied sciences.
Now hundreds of KCC students serve thousands of hours in their
communities each semester as part of their service-learning studies. To
date, 4,442 service-learning endorsements have been earned by KCC
graduates, and 343 service-learning endorsements were earned during
the 2018-19 academic year alone.

The 2018-19 academic year was also a year of change for KCC’s
service-learning, which moved under the banner of the College’s
new Integrative Learning Department along with international travel
and honor student projects at KCC. Service-Learning manager Kate
DeGraaf took over leadership of these experiential learning initiatives
as the new director of Integrative Learning.
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Workforce Solutions
The Workforce Solutions department is the business, industry, and
job-training arm of Kellogg Community College. The department
serves the business and industry community by developing and
delivering cost-effective, high quality and flexible learning solutions
specifically customized to meet the unique learning objectives and
needs of employers. In 2018-19, Workforce Solutions concentrated its
service in the manufacturing, health care, business, service, gaming,
entertainment and government sectors.

Lifelong Learning
KCC’s Lifelong Learning Department offers credit-free courses,
workshops, seminars and camps to all members of the community,
with no homework, no tests and no grades. Class topic areas include
the arts, computers and technology, financial health, fitness, hobbies,
home and garden and much more. The department also offers a
membership option including benefits like discounts on classes, access
to a Lifelong Learning book club and invitations to luncheon activities
with guest speakers and other performances.

Over the course of the 2018-19 academic year, more than 1,100
individuals — from elementary-school-aged youth to retirees and older
adults — participated in a Lifelong Learning class or camp.

Bruin Youth Programming

KCC’s Bruin Youth Programming initiative, administered through
the College’s Lifelong Learning Department, is part of a long-term
outreach strategy to build the next generation of Bruins. The initiative
was launched in 2016 to expand the College’s regular offerings of
sports camps and Bruin Bots robotics initiatives held throughout the
year on campuses in Battle Creek, serving kids from kindergarten
through high school.

In 2018-19, Bruin Youth Programming activities saw more than 630

registrations, an 80 percent increase over the summer of 2018. KCC
offered more than 40 youth summer camps and after-school programs
that included the Bruin Bots robotics team and camps focused on
topics including college and career exploration; app and video game
design; study strategies; sports; and more.

82% LIKELY
SAID THEY ARE MORE
TO COME TO KCC
BRUIN YOUTH AS A RESULT OF CAMPS.
SUMMER CAMPERS
71% THEM
SAID THE CAMPS HELPED
SURVEYED IDENTIFY FUTURE
CAREER PATHS.
FOLLOWING
94 FOUR OUT OF FIVE
% RATED THE CAMPS
EACH CAMP:
STARS OR HIGHER.
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O N G O I N G I N I T I A T I V E S
O N T H E M O V E | 23

Many of KCC’s strategies are implemented, evaluated and refined on an

ongoing basis. In 2018-19, several of those ongoing initiatives involved
modernizing campus facilities, improving access to a high-quality
college education through early college and transfer opportunities,
and improving the institution’s effectiveness in fulfilling its mission.
Equity and Inclusion
Kellogg Community College is on a journey to become an equity-
minded organization by building capacity for equity and inclusion
within faculty, staff and students and by creating and modifying
policies and practices that benefit all. In recent years, KCC has created
and supported an Equity and Inclusion Committee, Accessibility Task
Force, Women’s Network and other initiatives which have equity as a
common goal. In 2018-19, the College provided a series of facilitated
equity discussions to most employees in an effort to build capacity
and shared understanding of the importance of equity in higher
education. The College also partnered with the Washington Consulting
Group to conduct an employee survey and focus group discussions
to assess the climate at the institution. Data from this assessment will
guide equity-related strategic planning in 2019-20.
New Construction, Renovations
In 2018-19, KCC improved numerous instructional areas, restrooms,
parking lots and heating and mechanical systems.
One of the most complex projects was a $4.3 million renovation of
the Regional Manufacturing Technology Center, 405 Hill Brady Road,
Battle Creek. The RMTC is a 48,400-square-foot facility where KCC
provides hands-on training in the areas of robotics, mechatronics,
heating, cooling, machining, pipefitting, welding, renewable energy and
other trades. KCC opened the RMTC in 1990, then expanded it in 1992,
1999 and 2015 before completing a major renovation this year.
Early College/Dual Enrollment
By the end of the 2018-19 fiscal year, KCC had
active agreements with 15 school districts to
collaborate on the delivery of early college
programming, which enables high school
students to complete a structured sequence
of college course-work over several years at
little or no tuition cost. When early college
was first available at KCC in 2015-16, there
were 28 students enrolled. In 2018-19, there
were 331. Active agreements include Battle
Creek Public Schools, Bellevue Community
Schools, Branch County Intermediate
School District, Calhoun Area Career Center,
Coldwater Community Schools, Eastern
Calhoun Early College, Gull Lake Community
Schools, Harper Creek Community Schools,
Hastings Area School System, Homer
Community Schools, Lakeview School
District, Pansophia Academy, Pennfield
Schools, Quincy Community Schools and
Union City Community Schools.
In addition to formal early college programs,
hundreds of students from dozens of area
school districts dual enrolled at KCC in
2018-19. In the Fall 2018 semester, there were
848 dual enrolled high school students; in
the Spring 2019 semester, there were 909.

The renovation completed in 2019 was a $4.3 million

upgrade designed to prolong the life of the facility. It
included a reconfiguration of classrooms and offices to
serve local employers, dedicated space for Michigan Works!
personnel, replacement of the building’s heating and
cooling system, replacement of electrical infrastructure,
expansion of instructional space and repaving of drives
and parking lots. Funding for the renovation included $2.15
million from the State of Michigan, $1.07 million from the
Battle Creek Tax Increment Finance Authority, $250,000
from the W.K Kellogg Foundation and $830,000 from
KCC’s voter-approved capital millage.
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Transfer Opportunities
KCC maintains articulation agreements
with colleges and universities in Michigan
and surrounding areas. Partner institutions
include Central Michigan University,
Eastern Michigan University, Ferris State
University, Franklin University, Grand
Valley State University, Lake Superior
State University, Kettering University,
Michigan State University, Michigan
Technological University, Northern
Michigan University, Oakland University,
Olivet College, Siena Heights University,
Spring Arbor College, Trine University,
University of Michigan, University of
Phoenix and Walsh College.
Guided Pathways
KCC is working with most other
community colleges in Michigan on the
ongoing Guided Pathways Initiative.
The goals of the initiative are to
increase student success, retention and
completion through a targeted First Year
Experience course, acceleration through
Developmental Education, and increased
structure in program pathways leading
to degree completion and/or transfer.
Building on the momentum of previous
work, KCC will join other institutions in
embedding equity considerations into the
Guided Pathways effort. The institution
will use data to understand equity gaps
among students in order to address non-
academic needs and connect students
with public resources or benefits.
Accreditation
KCC’s reaffirmation of accreditation
began in Spring 2019. Under the
supervision of a Steering Committee,
Criterion Groups were formed and are
continuing their research, investigation
and preliminary analysis. With regular
reports to the KCC community and
opportunities to solicit feedback, the
Steering Committee continues to
prepare for a successful Higher Learning
Commission visit in October 2021.
F I N A N C I A L S
K C C F I N A N C I A L S
NET POSITION IN MILLIONS AS OF JUNE 30, 2019
2019 2018 2017
Assets
Current assets $23.3 $25.9 $22.7
Restricted cash — 3.0 7.6
Long-term investments 2.8 2.9 4.9
Capital assets — Net 68.6 64.3 57.7
Total assets 94.7 96.1 92.9
Deferred outflows of resources 16.2 8.7 4.7
Liabilities
Current liabilities $ 9.4 $10.4 $8.6
Noncurrent liabilities 73.0 70.7 57.2
Total liabilities 82.4 81.1 65.8
Deferred inflows of resources 9.5 5.5 2.5
Net Position
Net investment in capital assets $ 54.3 $51.6 $48.5
Expendable restricted for:
Scholarships & fellowships 0.1 0.1 0.1
Capital improvements 3.9 2.1 2.9
Unrestricted (deficit) (39.3) (35.6) (22.2)
Total net position 19.0 18.2 29.3
General fund revenue by source The tax district includes most
Tuition and Fees 42% of Calhoun and small areas
State Appropriations 33% of Barry, Branch, Hillsdale,
Property Taxes 29% Kalamazoo and St. Joseph
Other 1%
counties. Property owners in
Operating revenue by source the tax district contribute
Tuition and Fees 64% directly to KCC’s operating
Private Grants and Contracts 15% and capital millages.
Auxiliary 8%
Federal Grants 9% Barry
Other 4%
Jackson
Calhoun
Bedford Pennfield Convis Lee Clarence
Nonoperating revenue by source
State Appropriations 44% Battle Emmett Marshall Marengo Sheridan
Kalamazoo
Property Taxes 38% Creek
Federal Pell Grant 19%
Investment Income 1% Leroy Newton Fredonia Eckford Albion
Operating expenses by source
Instruction 37% Athens Burlington Tekonsha Clarendon Homer
Student Services 16%
St. Joseph
Instructional Support 13% Hillsdale
Institutional Administration 9% Branch
Physical Plant Operations 11%
Auxiliary Enterprises 3%
Depreciation 5%
Information Technology 4%
Public Service 2%
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“The electrical
program has
helped me
out a lot to
understand more
of electricity/
electronics
and help me
in machine
building.”

M A R T I N G R A Y
is a 1994 Battle Creek Central High School graduate and engineering tech at Musashi Auto Parts. He’s completed
several training modules across disciplines at KCC’s Regional Manufacturing Technology Center to help him in his
career. “It’s been positive,” Gray said of the impact of the RMTC training on his life. “The electrical program has
helped me out a lot to understand more of electricity/electronics and help me in machine building.”
K C C F O U N D A T I O N
2018-2019
A N N U A L R E P O R T

Friends of the KCC Foundation

Opening doors and changing lives is more than just a motto. We live it each day with the
support of many donors whose scholarship and project funds enable us to enrich the lives of
students at Kellogg Community College.

Funds held at the KCC Foundation help students in a multitude of ways: to financially support
tuition, fees and book needs, to provide emergency and/or food assistance, to help enhance
learning in the classroom, and to allow KCC to create and maintain safe and functional
buildings and grounds.

The KCC Foundation is particularly excited about four projects that began during the
2018-2019 academic year:
• A lighted KCC gateway sign on the northwest corner of campus, replacing the former brick
sign. Set in a landscaped micro-park, the sign includes six banners and a digital message
board. Trees and plant beds will surround a new sculpture to commemorate the American
Association of University Women’s 100 years of service in greater Battle Creek.
• The Bruin Basket Pilot Project. Four basket locations provide students access to free
healthy snacks. Our project philosophy is “take what you need, leave what you can” in an
effort to curb food insecurities and boost success in the classroom for all.
• A grant from the Coldwater Township Sunrise Rotary Foundation and Club allowing us to
administer scholarship awards to students enrolled in one of KCC’s Allied Health, Nursing
or Industrial Trades programs and to help build a greater culture of educational giving in
Branch County.
• A six-panel mural, created by local artist and KCC student, Jaziel Pugh. These panels,
installed on the south exterior wall of the Davidson Visual and Performing Arts Center,
creatively depict the college programming that takes place in the building: Music, Theatre,
Photography, Art, Graphic Design and Communication.

Over the coming year, we will focus our attention on funding initiatives that support student
retention and completion. With rapid changes in higher education delivery and requests for
financial aid, scholarships and emergency assistance growing, we are committed to increasing
our efforts to make a more significant impact for students.

Being Bruin is more than a state of mind. It is a way of life and a path to a brighter future. Your
continued support helps our students along their journey and provides them opportunities to
discover what they are today and what they will be tomorrow.

Teresa Durham
Executive Director
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Foundation
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THE KELLOGG COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION GENERATES

AND ENCOURAGES PHILANTHROPIC GIVING AND MANAGES
FUNDS EXCLUSIVELY FOR KCC TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF
EDUCATION WHILE BUILDING STRONGER COMMUNITIES.

Back L to R: Eric Greene, Mark O’Connell, Steve Claywell, Dr. John Schwarz, Richard Scott and Chad Smith.
Front L to R: Joseph Lopez, Andrew Schweitzer, Teresa Durham, Jacqueline Hallahan, Jill Booth and Catherine Yates.
Not pictured: Alex Carlson, Adam Dingwall, Matthew Davis, Vivian Davis, John Dilworth and Erick Stewart.

Kellogg Community College Kellogg Community College

Foundation Board of Directors Foundation Representatives
Mark P. O’Connell, President Teresa M. Durham, Executive Director
Andrew D. Schweitzer, Chair Alex A. Carlson, Program & Events Coordinator
Steve A. Claywell, Vice Chair Jacqueline N. Hallahan, Department Assistant
Joseph R. Lopez, Secretary
Richard M. Scott, Treasurer
Jill M. Booth
Matthew A. Davis
Vivian L. Davis
John F. Dilworth
Adam R. Dingwall
Eric J. Greene
Dr. John J. H. Schwarz
Chad W. Smith
Erick J. Stewart
Catherine A. Yates

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“I have a special
place for this
school in my heart.”

J O S E P H L I N
Fashion designer Joseph Lin attended KCC from 2014
to 2016 and now studies menswear at the Fashion
Institute of Technology in New York City. Lin received
KCC Foundation Scholarship awards in the Fall 2015
and Spring 2016 semesters to help him with his studies.
The funds covered a lot of his tuition, which he would
have otherwise had to pay out of pocket. Lin was also a
student worker in KCC’s Emory Morris Library, which he
called a “second home.” “I have a special place for this
school in my heart,” Lin said. “Every time I am in town, I
have to make a stop at school.”
The library offered Lin space to exhibit his latest
collection in June, when he held a fashion show featuring
several of his designs with the help of nearly a dozen live
models. His ultimate goal is to work as a fashion designer
for well-known brands in New York or Europe.
“My time at KCC was very wonderful,” Lin said. “I love
KCC, and leaving that place was hard. But we have to
grow at some point.”
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DONOR PROFILE

“Creating opportunities for

people to give them the means
to realize their potential.”
L to R: Norma Sly, Ken Weimer, Irma Dunton and Alma Weimer.
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Lewis and Alta Weimer Family Memorial Scholarship
Lewis and Alta Weimer’s formal education ended at the eighth grade.
Lifelong farmers based in the Tekonsha area, both would’ve
liked to continue their schooling, but a lack of resources limited
their opportunities.
Today, thanks to the KCC Foundation’s Lewis and Alta Weimer
Family Memorial Scholarship, the Weimers’
legacy is helping to ensure that new generations
of students are able to pursue the educational
opportunities the Weimers couldn’t.
“I just look within my own family in terms of
the things that I was able to accomplish, and
that my children were able to accomplish,
and they have really done some fascinating
things,” Ken Weimer said. “And it’s only
through education and the connections that
they’ve made through that that make
it possible.”

Ken Weimer, Lewis and Alta’s son and a donor to

the fund, said the scholarship is about “creating
opportunities for people to give them the means
to realize their potential.”

The fund was established in 1989 and has been

managed by the KCC Foundation since 2002.
Originally awarding $1,000 to a Calhoun County
resident studying education, business, agriculture
or information technology, the award amount
has since doubled. There are now two $1,000
recipients each academic year – one award for
students studying education and one for students
studying business, agriculture or IT – and 16 KCC
students have benefited from the scholarship.

Ken, of Ceresco, is among four of the Weimer children who continue

their parents’ legacy through the scholarship fund. Alma Weimer,
Irma Dunton and Norma Sly, all of Battle Creek, also contribute to the
fund. And all have ties, in one way or another, to KCC.

Ken is a KCC graduate and was a professor at the college for 31 years.
Irma, another KCC grad, went on to study education at Michigan State
University and Western Michigan University and taught for 29 years,
mostly elementary education in the Lakeview School District. Alma
and Norma both took classes at KCC at one point or another, and
many of the family’s kids and grandkids have taken classes or even
earned degrees from KCC, including Norma’s daughter – a physical
therapist assistant whose degree is from KCC – and all three of Irma’s
children, who all earned associate degrees at KCC before transferring
to four-year schools.
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P R O G R A M
I N I T I A T I V E G R A N T S
KCC employees and retirees have the opportunity to apply for small
grants through the KCC Foundation’s Program Initiative Grants
Program. These grants are awarded yearly based on innovative
concepts, the grant’s ability to directly impact students, and the
connection between the College and Foundation missions.
Grants Awarded In 2018-2019
Nursing Stress Management Program and Capstone Project
To help combat an increased level of anxiety and stress in their
students, the Nursing Department faculty provided a stress
management program offered by Elle Ingalls. It involved a three-
step method to quickly and effectively reduce stress and anxiety
for improved mental and physical health and performance. The
program was delivered to graduating nursing students at the annual
Senior Capstone event, with new nursing students at orientation
and for KCC faculty and staff. The grant also supported the Senior
Capstone program for marketing and duplication of materials, awards,
certificates and food during the event.
Blaze Goes to the RMTC
Following the success of the book “Blaze Goes to College,” this project
highlights more areas of KCC with “Blaze Goes to the RMTC.” Set to
launch in Fall 2019, the author, Simon Thalmann and artist, Sara Parks,
remain the same, keeping a consistent look and feel for this series. The
story follows Blaze, KCC’s mascot, as he joins his female friend, Bella,
and her mom on a tour of the Regional Manufacturing Technology
Center. They will learn much of what the RMTC has to offer, with
specific focus on robotics, electronics, HVAC, Welding and Bruin Bots.
Bruin Baskets Pilot Project
Food insecurity is a hardship that millions of people living in the United
States face; community college students are not immune to this. This
pilot program introduces snack baskets, “Bruin Baskets”, in three
locations on the North Avenue campus and one at the RMTC. The
intent of these stations is to provide healthy food options that help
everyone get through until they have a chance to get more food. This
pilot program launched in June 2019 and will run through May 2020.
First Year Seminar Academic Planner and E-Book
For the 2019-2020 academic year, all participants in the First Year
Seminar program will receive a Bruin Reminders academic planner, as
well as a digital copy of Teach Yourself How to Learn: Strategies You
Can Use to Ace Any Course at any Level by Sandra Yancy McGuire. The
planner includes pertinent dates, events on campus, as well as quotes
of support and encouragement from past faculty and participants. The
planner will help students apply what they are learning in the course,
specifically from their time management section, as well as foster a
community of planning and preparation.
Flash Drive Information Toolkit
In an effort to increase access to resources,
KCC’s Morris Library is distributing Flash
Drives pre-loaded with KCC specific
resources. These resources include The
Pocket Prof, essay templates for various
citation styles, and information about other
services around campus (Morris Library, The
Bridge, Financial Aid, Counseling, Advising,
etc.). The flashdrives will be distributed to all
students participating in a First Year Seminar
course and at various college events.
My Favorite Intersection:
A Photographic Documentary Project
This project highlights the four buildings
at the intersection of Capital Avenue
and Van Buren Street in Battle Creek. A
collaboration between retired KCC History
Professor Elizabeth Neumeyer and KCC
Photography Professor Ryan Flathau, this
project photographically showcases a variety
of architectural styles (Graeco-Roman
Romanesque and Gothic), as well as the
stained glass windows. This project will not
only be used as part of a course, but will
be used in other related courses, by KCC’s
Lifelong Learning program, by the Battle
Creek Historical Society and as an exhibit at
the Art Center of Battle Creek.
Interactive Cameras for
Student Engagement
To enable the College to cost-effectively
run certain courses at its regional sites and
serve students in a more consistent manner,
Learning Technologies is implementing
an interactive digital pilot project. Using
web conferencing software and Owl Labs
interactive cameras, faculty are able to hold
class sessions at one site while connecting
and interacting with students at other sites.
This allows students to consistently have
access to the courses required for their
programs at a geographically convenient
location thereby potentially increasing
persistence, retention, and overall enrollment.
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F O U N D A T I O N
E V E N T S

The KCC Foundation hosts several

S T A R F I S H
events yearly to raise funds for
scholarships, student emergency needs
and College projects and to thank the
generous donors and members of the
KCC Community. In 2018-2019, those
events included the 21st Annual Bruin
Scholarship Open, a signature event,
with 240 golfers, 130 sponsors and
nearly 70 KCC employees and students
contributing their time and treasure to
raise more than $100,000. Other events
included the Celebration of Donors
and Scholars with more than 400 in
attendance, and Bid a Brighter Future,
an employee auction and raffle. Started
in 2004, this event has raised nearly
$150,000 to support scholarships and
A W A R D S student needs.

The KCC Foundation’s Starfish Awards recognize KCC faculty, staff and
administrators for their significant contributions to education. For more
than 20 years, the KCC Foundation has asked graduating KCC students
to nominate KCC employees who have made a different in their lives.
In 2019, five winners were selected from among the 18 nominees and
were presented with a Starfish Award during the College’s annual
Commencement Breakfast held May 9 at Kellogg Arena.

Pictured are the five 2019 Starfish Award winners and the students
who nominated them, including, in the back row, from left to right,
English instructor and Academic Support Staff Assistant
Jeff Houldsworth and student nominator Nina Bagi; Biology professor
Faith Vruggink, student nominator Cara McConnell and Chemistry
professor Jennifer Smith (McConnell nominated both Vruggink and
Smith); and KCC Foundation Executive Director Teresa Durham. In
the front row, from left to right, are Counselor Tim Bond and student
nominator Kayla Humphries; and student nominator Ashanti Waters
and Early Childhood Education instructor Anjanette Webb.
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“The basis of
our church
when we first
started was
we wanted
to give.”

G E N E R O U S D O N O R S master’s degree and teaching certificate.

He was a police officer from 1966 until 1973,
when he became an administrator at Albion
The Christian Fellowship Bible Church of Marshall Public Schools; he’d ultimately retire from the
It’s a congregation small in number, but big in generosity.
school system after a career spanning more
than three decades.
The 20 or so regular members of Christian Fellowship Bible Church of
Marshall faithfully give a percentage of the church’s weekly offerings
Giving has always been important to the
to several charitable organizations locally and beyond, including to the
members of the congregation, Nichols said.
KCC Foundation.

“Their mindset was if we’re gonna worship

“For a small congregation we give quite a bit,” Senior Paster
the Lord we should be a blessing to others,”
Walt Nichols, Jr., said. “The basis of our church when we first started
he said. “And you’re a blessing to others
was we wanted to give.”
by giving.”

And give they have. The group, which meets weekly on the lower
The Beyond Tuition Fund provides
level of the Franke Center for the Arts, has been supporting the KCC
emergency financial assistance to
Foundation’s Beyond Tuition fund since 2016. The fund provides
students recommended by KCC’s
emergency assistance for students experiencing immediate barriers
Support Services Department. In 2018-
to academic success.
2019, 17 students received assistance
for needs related to housing, child care,
In addition to the KCC Foundation, the church gives to organizations
transportation, heating, food, recovery
including Doctors Without Borders, the South Michigan Food Bank and
from a fire, and clothing. Without this
the SHARE Center in Battle Creek, among others.
helping hand from organizations like
Christian Fellowship Bible Church
Nichols himself is a KCC alumnus. He graduated from KCC in 1970
of Marshall, their education may be
with an associate degree in criminal justice and transferred to Albion
interrupted or halted altogether.
College and later Western Michigan University, where he earned a

Kellogg Community
College students
worried about going
to class hungry can
rest a little easier thanks
to a new initiative launched
by KCC.
The College’s Bruin Basket project
addresses food insecurity among students
by piloting “snack pantries” at four campus
locations in Battle Creek. Each Bruin Basket
location includes a shelving unit fully
stocked with healthy snacks, free for
the taking.
Food insecurity is the state of being without
reliable access to a sufficient quantity of
affordable, nutritious food, which can pose
a significant barrier to student success
on college campuses. The Bruin Basket
initiative was spearheaded by KCC’s
Food Insecurity Task Force (FITF), which
formed this spring as the result of College-
wide discussion throughout the Fall 2018
semester as employees noted an increasing
need to meet food insecurities for students.
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The formation of the FITF was also based in
part on a December 2018 report from the U.S.
Government Accountability Office, which reviewed
31 studies of food insecurity among college students
and found that 22 of the studies estimated food
insecurity rates among students higher than 30 percent.
KCC sociology professor Dr. Megan Ward, on behalf of the FITF,
applied for and was awarded a Program Initiative Grant from
the KCC Foundation to fund the pilot project from Summer 2019
through Spring 2020 at a total cost of $5,200. KCC employees,
individuals and companies have also contributed to the project.
“Food insecurity is a hardship that millions of people living in the
U.S. face. In light of rising tuition costs, it is no surprise that college
students are not immune,” Ward wrote in her grant proposal.
“Specifically, community college students face unique challenges,
including limited access to consistent and nutritious food. In turn,
this naturally affects any aspect of a student’s life, including their
ability to be a successful student in and outside of the classroom
and their chances to graduate.”
The observations and feedback collected during the pilot project
will inform the future of the program, including the possibility of
establishing a permanent food pantry on campus. The project also is
supported by the Morris Library’s “Food for Fines” campaign.
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S C H O L A R S H I P
SCHOLARSHIPS & PROJEC
AMBUCS Veterans Scholarship
American Legion Post 54 Nursing Scholarship
American Sign Language Scholarship
Dr. Norman O. Amos Memorial Scholarship
Carl Angelo Annual Baseball Scholarship of the
Mary R. Angelo “Last Pitch” Memorial Fund
Aspiring Journalist Scholarship
Bernita Bartlett Nursing Scholarship
Battle Creek Society of Artists Scholarship for Fine Arts
Edward P. and Kathryn M. Bellas Scholarship
Edward P. and Kathryn M. Bellas Gold Key Scholarship
Sara L. Bilecke Memorial Scholarship
Marie E. Billeter Fine Art Scholarship
Guido A. and Elizabeth H. Binda Scholarship for Fine
and Performing Arts
Elizabeth H. Binda Gold Key Scholarship
Elnora A. Bowers Scholarship
Robert L. and Lois H. Brenner Memorial Scholarship
Scott Brockman Memorial Scholarship*
Al Brown Memorial Scholarship
C.O. Brown Memorial Scholarship
Wilda E. Brown Piano Scholarship
William Brown Memorial Music Scholarship
John M. and Emilia J. Burke Memorial Scholarship
Calhoun County Veterans Affairs Scholarship
Doris Olive Campbell Nursing Scholarship
Cereal City Sunrise Rotary Club September 11th
Memorial Scholarship
James E. Cook Endowed Scholarship
Kim R. Cortright Memorial Scholarship
Phillip G. and Bonnie S. Cortright Endowed Scholarship
Sidney V. DeBoer Memorial Scholarship
Sidney V. DeBoer Science Project Fund
Robert and Eleanor DeVries Fund for the Visual
and Performing Arts
Deborah A. Dilworth Memorial Scholarship
Julia C. Dilworth Memorial Scholarship
Leonard W. and Dorotha C. Dott Gold Key Scholarship
Leonard W. and Dorotha C. Dott Memorial Scholarship
Eldon and Emma Draime Memorial Scholarship
Lindsay B. Draime Business Scholarship
Lindsay B. Draime Gold Key Scholarship
Melvin H., Doris A. and Fovette E. Dush Gold Key Scholarship
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Scholarship
Sally Faggan Memorial Scholarship
Finkbeiner Business Scholarship
Arthur J. and Lucille B. Finley Gold Key Scholarship
First Presbyterian Church Scholarship
F U N D S
A N D P R O J E C T
Firekeepers Local Revenue Sharing Board Scholarship
Andrew and Ethel Ford Memorial Scholarship
Vera Forrest Memorial Scholarship
Sheldon B. Frank Scholarship
Franke Family Gold Key Scholarship
Leo F. and Eleanor R. Frey Memorial Scholarship
Alta Greene Memorial Nursing Scholarship
Ernestine Greenman American Legion Auxiliary
Post 298 Memorial Scholarship
Ethel Gross Gold Key Scholarship
Richard T. Groos Scholarship
Mick Haley Volleyball Scholarship
Murl E. and Mary R. Hammond Scholarship
Drew J. Haring Memorial Scholarship
Dr. G. Edward Haring Memorial Scholarship
Walter and Lucille Harper Transfer Scholarship
for KCC Graduates
Amyiah J. Harris Memorial Scholarship
Hastings City Bank Scholarship
David Haylock Memorial Scholarship
Joseph J. Hempel Memorial Scholarship
Virginia M. Hensley Gold Key Scholarship
Virginia M. Hensley Education or Health Care Transfer
Scholarship for Highest Achieving KCC Graduate
Cynthia Herbrandson and Kathy Mann Allied
Health Scholarship
Emmett Herrington Memorial Scholarship
Robert F. Hites Transfer Scholarship for the
Highest Achieving KCC Graduate
Earl and Lyliene Hoehne Scholarship
Mildred E. Hoover Gold Key Scholarship
Mildred E. Hoover Memorial Scholarship
Jackson Dental Scholarship
Lela M. Karcher Gold Key Scholarship
Lela M. Karcher Memorial Scholarship
KCC Alumni Scholarship
KCC Art Department Scholarship
KCC Art Supplies Project Fund
KCC Beyond Tuition Project Fund
KCC Community Garden Project Fund
KCC Foundation Bid a Brighter Future Project Fund
KCC Early Childhood Education Innovations Project Fund
KCC Endowment Scholarship
KCC Foundation Art on Campus Initiative Project Fund
KCC Foundation Bruin Open Fund
KCC Foundation General Scholarship
KCC Foundation Program Initiative Project Fund
KCC Graphic Design Scholarship
F U N D S
KCC Human Anatomy and Physiology Project Fund
KCC Industrial Welding Scholarship
KCC ITC Project - 21st Century Building Project Fund
KCC/MSU Institute of Agriculture Technology Scholarship
KCC Music Department Scholarship
KCC Seeds For Success Fund
KCC Trustees Endowment Fund
KCC Veterans “Lest We Forget” Scholarship
KCC Visual and Performing Arts Scholarship
Diane and John Kellogg Education Scholarship
John Harvey Kellogg Memorial Scholarship
KFA/Steven R. Severin Memorial Scholarship
Dr. William and Mrs. Helen Kirkland Memorial Scholarship
Rita M. Kline Memorial Scholarship
Kopf Family Scholarship*
Bridget Korpela Scholarship
Kourt-Martin Academic Scholaship*
Franklin E. Kuhn Memorial Scholarship
Lois E. Kuhn Memorial Scholarship
John G. Lane Industrial Electronics Memorial Scholarship
Lois L. Lane Early Childhood Education Scholarship
Lawrence Family Scholarship
Douglas A. and M. Christine Leatherman Scholarship
Hazel Lewis Memorial Nursing Scholarship
Lifelong Learning Institute Operational Fund
Lifelong Learning Institute Scholarship in Honor
of G. Edward Haring
L. Michael and Karla Love Scholarship
Rob “Robbie” B. Lyman Memorial Scholarship*
Marshall Lions Club Memorial Scholarship
Marshall Opportunity School Scholarship
Rose M. Martin Memorial Scholarship
Jean Masters Memorial Adult Scholarship
McCauley Family Scholarship
Hugh McPherson Gold Key Scholarship
Hugh McPherson Memorial Scholarship
Mary McQuiston Nursing Scholarship
Melges Family Scholarship
David Melges Memorial/Raymond James Scholarship
Brenda Mercer Memorial Scholarship*
Pattricia Miller Scholarship for KCC Police Academy
Dr. Keith L. Morrill, D.D.S. Dental Hygiene Clinic Project Fund
Mary C. Morris Learning Resource Center Project Fund
Dr. Donald B. Morrison Memorial Scholarship
Judy Ann Mullens Memorial Scholarship
Never Too Late Scholarship
Nursing Alumni Scholarship
Nicholas and Rose V. Offenbacher Memorial Scholarship
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JECT FUNDS
Dr. Paul R. Ohm Technology Scholarship
Dr. Paul and Sharon Ohm Gold Key Scholarship
Jim Owens Memorial Industrial Trades Scholarship
Lois Pennock-Brown Maple Valley Student Scholarship
Kimiko Petersen Annual Fine Arts Award Project Fund
Pharailde Thorrez-Maes Lumen Christi Scholarship*
John V. Phares Memorial Scholarship
Richard S. (Clair) Poole Memorial Scholarship at the K C C F F I N A N C I A L S TAT E M E N T
Battle Creek Community Foundation BALANCE SHEET AS OF MAY 31, 2019
Practical Nursing Scholarship
Public Service Careers Scholarship
MAY 2019 MAY 2018
QIRT Home Health Care Coding Project Fund
Randall-Coverdale Tuition Scholarship*
Rincôn-McCaleb Family Scholarship Assets
ROBBEN Scholarship Cash and cash equivalents $ 417,942 $ 274,252
Beatrice E. Rosenbaum Nursing Scholarship
Investments 9,591,457 9,609,727
Richard and Kelli Scott Business Administration Scholarship*
Contributions receivable 62,934 399,917
Bertha Smith Gold Key Scholarship
Southern Michigan Bank & Trust Gold Key Scholarship* Total assets 10,072,333 10,283,896
Southwest Michigan Rehabilitation Foundation
Physical Therapy Assistant Scholarship
Dr. C.M. Spencer Scholarship
Liabilities
STARR Early Childhood Education Scholarship
Susan L. Stetler Scholarship for Nontraditional Students Payable to KCC $ 67,322 $ 259,522
Jill Stewart Scholarship for Grahl Center Students
Suresh Family Endowed Scholarship*
Marjorie Storkan Tompert Memorial Scholarship
Donald J. Taft Memorial Scholarship
Net Assets

Bryan R. Thomas Memorial Scholarship Without donor restrictions $ 2,619,123 $ 2,673,684
Robert R. Thomson Memorial Scholarship With donor restrictions 7,385,878 7,350,690
Floyd W. Tyler Memorial Scholarship
Union Electric Scholarship
Watson H. Vanderploeg Memorial Scholarship
Verrette Family Scholarship Total net assets $ 10,005,001 $ 10,024,374
Lewis and Alta Weimer Family Memorial Scholarship Total Liabilities/Net Assets 10,072,333 10,283,896
Kay White Memorial Nursing Scholarship
Dr. Richard F. Whitmore Memorial Scholarship
Danette Wilkins Memorial Scholarship
Maxine V. Williams Memorial Scholarship
W.R. Wooden Memorial Scholarship
Frank and Elizabeth Zanetti Scholarship at the
Battle Creek Community Foundation
Santo and Maria Zanetti Capital Improvement Project Fund
Santo and Maria Zanetti Scholarship
Edward Zentera Music Man Scholarship

* New Funds in 2018-2019

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V I R G I N I A O N T I T A
came to the U.S. from Kenya in 2016 looking
for greener pastures.

She found them at KCC.

Ontita, 39, initially came to the country

looking for work and better opportunities for
her family, including her two children, who
were still living in Kenya. She started working
and saving money to bring them to the
States to live with her and her mother, but it
took time. At one point Ontita had gone two
years and six months without seeing her kids.

So when Ontita received scholarships

from the KCC Foundation for the 2018-19
academic year, it not only meant that she
could afford tuition and textbooks, but it
meant that she could send money back to
Kenya for her kids. Without the help from the
KCC Foundation, school would not have been
possible, Ontita said.

“When I joined KCC, this became like my

big family,” she said. “Every hurdle I had,
it had a way out, and I felt like I had an
extended family.”

In September, after years of waiting, Ontita

was reunited with her family as her 12-year-
old son, Kristian, and 10-year-old daughter,
Livaniah, finally made it to Battle Creek.

This fall, Ontita, who works as a CNA at an

“When I joined KCC,
assisted living facility, also entered KCC’s
Nursing Program. She hopes someday to
this became like my
maybe teach nursing or even work as a
missionary nurse, perhaps helping others find
big family.”
greener pastures of their own.

“This is the first place where I got settled,”

Ontita said of KCC. “I have the peace of
mind that one would want to have, and I got
focused in life. My lost hope is now revived.”
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“I’ll be able
to leave with
an associate
degree in law
enforcement
with zero debt.”

T R I S T E N R I V E R A the aspect of local law enforcement.” “I want

Future police officer Tristen Rivera entered Kellogg Community to be able to go out and help people and
College’s Police Academy this summer a little lighter thanks to a boost make a difference in people’s lives,” he said.
from the KCC Foundation. “I think it’s an officer’s responsibility and duty
to get out in the street and meet its citizens
Rivera, 19, was awarded the KCC Foundation’s Bertha M. Smith Gold and be looking for something more than just
Key Scholarship as a freshman in 2018. Gold Key Scholarships are the tickets or finding trouble.”
College’s most prestigious, awarding full-time freshman entering KCC
$4,500 for each year for up to two academic years to use toward Starting his education at KCC made
tuition, fees and books. sense because it was local and affordable,
he said, particularly thanks to the Gold
“It’s awesome. It takes a lot of stress off,” Rivera said. “All last year was Key Scholarship. “I’m completely debt-
completely paid for. My books were paid for, my classes were paid for. free because of the scholarship, which
It was really a blessing.” is awesome,” Rivera said. “I’m going to
graduate debt-free. I’ll be able to leave with
Rivera, a 2018 graduate of Athens High School, had dual-enrolled an associate degree in law enforcement with
at KCC since the spring semester of his junior year. He’d known he zero debt.”
wanted to enter the Police Academy since taking KCC’s Intro to
Criminal Justice course his senior year. And his dad was a road officer After KCC, Rivera plans to look for work as a
for several years with the Battle Creek Police Department, so he was road officer, and eventually go on to earn his
familiar with the work. bachelor’s degree.

As a future police officer, Rivera said he hopes to get out and meet the
community, “to be a positive face and try to change people’s minds on

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D O N O R R E C O G N I T I O N
The Kellogg Community College
Foundation recognizes and appreciates
the generous support of the following
donors whose gifts of money, goods
or services were received from June 1,
2018 to May 31, 2019.
Through special events, employee
pledging, grants, memorials and annual
giving campaigns these individuals,
businesses, foundations, and
organizations help make the continued
fulfillment of our mission possible.
Thank you.
Every attempt has been made to ensure the
accuracy of this information, Please forgive
any errors or omissions and inform us of any
inaccuracies by calling 965-4161.
T
A P P R E C I A T I O N
A N D A P P R E C I A T I O N
INDIVIDUAL DONORS Phillip Dilworth
Steven Dilworth
Matt and Anne Amos Anthony DiPonio
Gene Andrews Dic Doumanian
Kimberlee Andrews-Bingham Lindsay Draime
Joyce Andrews-McKinney Rose and Patrick Dulaney
Dennis Arnold Kathryn and Bill Dunham
Karel Asbury Thomas and Irma Dunton
Charles Bard Samuel and Teresa Durham
Mike and Margaret Beckwith Jim Eash
Kenneth and Eileen Behmer Richard and Carole Edmonds
Angela Bess Janis Emery
Jamie Bishop Casey Fairley
Patrick Bobolts Julia Faist
Dr. Diana and Dr. Daniel Bonfiglio Ryan and Stacy Flathau
Russell Bortell Yanira Flores
Roberta Brawley Elizabeth Fluty
Dr. Debra Buck Tonya Forbes
Dayton Buhs Catherine Forman
Barbara Burdick Norman and Mary Anne Frey
Kay Calley-Martin Rebecca Gallimore
Marcia Campbell Joseph Garrett
Carol Cappuccio Pernell Gibson
Dave Carey Eric and Julie Greene
Alex Carlson Patricia Halder
Dr. Gerald Case-Blanchard Dr. Lynne Haley
Patrick Casey Lori Haley
Jason Hall
Theresa Casey
Thomas and Darlene Chisholm Melinda and Matthew Hall
Verlene Clark Jackie Hallahan
Angela Cleveland Eugene and Alice Hamaker
Ronald Coller Lisa Harvey
Mary Collopy Danaisa Henderson
Patricia Collopy-Mullin Cynthia Herbrandson
Robin Hunter
Joanne Colyn
JJ Combs Linda Iriel
Charles and Helen Coverdale Catherine James
Kelli Cowell Kathryn and Mark Jarvie
Anna Cox John and Amanda Jones
Jonathan Crane Eierí Jordan Salivia
Matthew Crane Elyse Jozlin
Dr. Chester and Brenda Dalski Dr. Janis Karazim
Ronald Davis Dr. Kay and John Keck
Vivian Davis Donald Kern
Julie Dawes Patricia and Randall Kopf
Shari Deevers Timothy Krueger
Kate DeGraaf Jake Labrecque
Robert and Eleanor DeVries Lois and Ross Lane Brown
John Di Pierro Dawn Larsen
Brandon and Emily Dilworth Lisa Larson
Dr. John Dilworth Eric Laskovy
THANK YOU
D O N O R R E C O G N I T I O N A N D A P P R E C I A T I O N | 41

Susan Leask Alice Robertson Dr. Paula Westdorp

Norm and Ann Tom Rose Leon White
David Lewis Penny Rose Craig and Susan Whitmore
Hazel Lewis Trust Judith Rowe Dennis Wilkins
Naomi Livengood Karen Rutenber Peter and Janet Williams
Joseph and Lisa Lopez Molly Ryan Jonathan Williams
Donna Malaski William and Vicki Ryan Joseph Wolf
Doug and Kathy Mann Matthew and Becky Samra Tracy Wood
Robert and Geraldine Mann Susan Sawyer Colleen and Dennis Wright
Jack and Norma Mawdsley Jeffrey Scarpelli Anne and Harry Yerby
Tim and Cecilia McCaleb Sally and Charles Schuckel Derek Yoder
Marilyn and Walt McCauley Ruth Schultz Linda Younglove
Holly McKee Dr. John Schwarz Adam and Joann Youngman
Dr. Renee Mielke Richard and Kelli Scott John and Anne Zanetti
Pattricia Miller Robert Secrist Terah Zaremba
James Miller Scott Seppala Edward and Ruth Zentera
Robert Miller Trevor Seyka David and Mary Zirkle
Natala Mohl Lisa Shanks
Donald Montgomery Tom Shaw
Kimberly Montney Esther Shaw
Kevin Moody Brady Shields BUSINESSES, FOUNDATIONS
Lee Moser Roderick Simmons AND ORGANIZATIONS
Rob Mulligan Norma Sly
Darren Musolf Graham Smith 313 Presents
Connor Myers Justin Smith Acro Service Corporation
Elizabeth Neumeyer Richard and Susan Smith Allied Eagle Supply Company
Kathy Newton Lynn Smolarkiewicz AmazonSmile Foundation
Mark and Janet O’Connell Bernie and Becky Stankewicz Approved Protection Systems
Patrick O’Donnell Jennifer Stegenga Atlas Sales
Dr. Paul and Sharon Ohm Susan Stetler Avalon Behavioral Health
Michael and Lee Papke Jill Stewart-Sluyter Battle Creek Area Chamber of Commerce
Andrew Parris Tracy Stivason Battle Creek Community Foundation
Sean Paskett Kristen Stolz Battle Creek Community Foundation
Deborah and Timothy Paul George Stone Melvin H., Doris A. & Fovette E. Dush
Martha Perkins Sarah and Clint Stout Education Fund
Jennifer Philp Temple Stovall Battle Creek Community Foundation
Rodney Price Barbara Sudeikis Stetler-Piper-Vanderveer Family Fund
Dr. Kevin and Karen Rabineau Liia Thatcher Battle Creek Family YMCA
Patricia Ralph Georgina Thomas Battle Creek Glass Works
Judy Reed Trevion Thomas Battle Creek Society of Artists
Sara Reed Eugene and Margaret Verrette Battle Creek Tile & Mosaic
Dr. Michele Reid Kathy-Sue Vette Belle Tire
Mike Remesnik Benjamin Vrobel Bendzinski & Co. Municipal Finance Advisors
Jean and Phil Rice Faith Sanchez Vruggink Best Buy Battle Creek
Brenda Richards Mitchell Walinski Billing Solutions
Adam Rider Dr. Megan Ward Binder Park Golf Course
Jen Ridge Greg and Nikki Watts Binder Park Zoo
Ross Riley Danny Webb Blue Stem
Vicki Rivera Leo and Marilyn Weeks BlueOx Credit Union
Carl Roache Alma Weimer Blufish Consulting
Jamie Roberts Brian Wensauer Bosker Brick
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BUSINESSES, FOUNDATIONS
AND ORGANIZATIONS continued
A N D A P P R E C I A T I O N

Guido A. and Elizabeth H. Binda Foundation

Gull Lake View Golf Club and Resort
THANK YOU
Pepsico Food Services
PFM - Michael Barry
Heat and Frost Insulators Local 47 Plante Moran
Bowman’s BBQ and Meat Market Helpnet Employee Assistance Program Post Consumer Brands
Bracy & Jahr Henderson Roofing Group Real Estate One Rosemary Davis
Branch Area Career Center Heritage Chevrolet Recognition, Inc.
Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers Local 2 Hilltop Securities Redman Agency Meemic Insurance
of Michigan Hoekstra Roofing Company Sam’s Club
Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Hoffman Bros Schroeder Degraw PLLC
Iron Workers Local Union 25 Holtyn & Associates Schuler’s Restaurant & Pub
Brightview Landscape Hub International Midwest - John Avery Schweitzer
Bronson Battle Creek Hunter-Prell Company Sheet Metal Workers Local 7
Bronson Health Foundation IBEW Local 445 LMCC Shouldice Electrical
Calhoun County Veterans Affairs Impact Solutions Siena Heights University
Calhoun County Visitors Bureau International Union of Painters and Allied Simonds Wealth Advisors of Hilliard Lyons
Canteen Services Trades District Council 1M South Central Michigan AFL-CIO
Cardinal 15 Photography Jack Pearl’s Team Sports Southern Michigan Amateur Baseball Association
Centennial Acres Golf & Banquet Center Jbara and Rogers Financial Management Southern Michigan Bank & Trust
Cereal City Advertising Group at Morgan Stanley Southwest Michigan Building and
Cereal City Sunrise Rotary Club K Drive Greenhouse Company Construction Trades
Chemical Bank Kalamazoo Wings Southwest Michigan Insurance Agency, LLC
Christian Fellowship Bible Church of Marshall King Jewelers Southwest Michigan Rehabilitation Foundation
Circa 6 Salon - Tom Carpenter Knappen Milling Company Springfield Machine and Tool
Coldwater Chamber of Commerce Knight Watch State Farm Agency - John Chmiel
Continental Pastries & Deli Laborers’ Local Union 355 Suggs Family Foundation
Cook/Jackson Company Lagunita’s Brewing Company Sweetwater’s Donut Mill
Cronin Foundation LifeCare Ambulance Service Torti Taco
CSE Morse Lowe’s Home Improvement Trane West Michigan
CTI Mechanical Mall City Mechanical Tree House Private Brands
CTS Telecom Marshall Area Firefighters Ambulance Authority Trivalent Group
Current Electric Marshall Community Credit Union TRMI
Detroit Lions Marshall Framing Studio U.A. of Plumbers & Pipefitters’ Local 333
Detroit Red Wings Mathison/Mathison Architects UAW Local 1294
Dickman Road Veterinary Clinic McGraw Hill Companies UAW Region 1-D Cap
Dig-in Cafe and Catering Mega-Bev Union Electric
DK Security Meijer United Way of the Battle Creek
Duncan Aviation Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Kalamazoo Region
Eaton Corporation Local 525 W. Soule
Eckert Wordell Engineering Mid-Michigan Mechanical Contractors W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Edward Jones Financial – David Hoppe Association Walbridge
Eisele Family Foundation Miller Foundation Zanetti Family Foundation
Ermisch Travel of Battle Creek Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone
Fifth Third Securities Moore Theaters (JC Cinema)
Final Curtain Escape Room Motor Shop Electrical Construction
Firekeepers Casino Hotel Music Center of South Central Michigan MATCHING GIFT PROGRAMS
Fisher, Spiegel Kunkle & Gerber Network For Good
Flexfab Horizons International North Country Land Consulting MILLER FOUNDATION
Franke Center Oaklawn Hospital Dr. Paul and Sharon Ohm
Franke Family LLC Olivet College
Gallagher Benefit Services Omni Community Credit Union W.K. KELLOGG FOUNDATION
GDI Omni Operating Engineers Local 324 LMEC Robert and Eleanor DeVries
Gilmore Car Museum Otis Elevator
Gordon Food Service Marketplace Otterbox
Grand Rapids Griffins Panera Bread Company
Graphix 2 Go Pastrami Joe’s Deli
U MEMORIALS AND
HONORARIUMS
STEVEN FRANKLIN
Elizabeth Neumeyer
D O N O R R E C O G N I T I O N A N D

DENNIS MINGUS
Holly McKee
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MARY ANGELO LEO AND ELEANOR FREY DR. KEITH MORRILL, DDS
Russell and Micki Bortell Norman and Mary Anne Frey Anonymous
Eric Laskovy Greg and Nikki Watts
BARBARA GRAY
STEVEN BELSON Matt and Anne Amos for JoAnne Amos Trust SCOTT NAGEL
Robert and Geraldine Mann Samuel and Teresa Durham
DR. G. EDWARD HARING
MICHAEL BESS Dr. John Dilworth MATTHEW PIERCE
Samuel and Teresa Durham Dr. Lynne Haley Elizabeth Neumeyer
Dawn Larsen
WALTER AND LUCILLE HARPER STEVEN SEVERIN
JAMIE BOLAND Anonymous Roberta Brawley
Samuel and Teresa Durham Dr. John Dilworth
REBA HARRINGTON Eugene McKay III
SCOTT BROCKMAN Elizabeth Neumeyer Robert Secrist
Dr. Debra Buck
AMYIAH HARRIS LANCE SQUIER
CALHOUN COUNTY VETERANS Judy Reed Richard and Carole Edmonds
Calhoun County Veterans Affairs Sara Reed
Sarah Stout SUSAN STETLER
BETTY CHRIST Joseph Garrett
Matt and Anne Amos for JoAnne Amos Trust KAWINN “KAY” HOPKINS Stetler-Piper-Vanderveer Family Fund
Robert and Geraldine Mann at the Battle Creek Community Foundation
PARNELL “BUD” CLARK Elizabeth Neumeyer
Verlene Clark KATHY TARR
CARLENE INMAN Dr. Lynne Haley
WILLIAM COLLOPY Robert and Geraldine Mann
Mary Collopy Marilyn and Walt McCauley LEWIS AND ALTA WEIMER
Patricia Collopy-Mullin Thomas and Irma Dunton
Robert and Geraldine Mann THEORA KARNS Norma Sly
Elizabeth Neumeyer Samuel and Teresa Durham Alma Weimer

FRANK DICKSON SHARON KOBS KAY WHITE

Kimberly Montney Elizabeth Neumeyer Norm and Ann LeMaire
Leon White
DEBORAH DILWORTH LOIS KUHN
Gordon and Teri Allen Dr. David Lewis DR. RICHARD AND RUTH WHITMORE
Brandon and Emily Dilworth Molly Ryan
Dr. John Dilworth CHRISTINE LEATHERMAN William and Vicki Ryan
Donald Kern Vicki Rivera Craig and Susan Whitmore
Ken and Dawn Larsen
Judith Rowe A.D. “AL” LEIBERT DANETTE WILKINS
Jonathan Williams Elizabeth Neumeyer Dr. Diana and Daniel Bonfiglio
Dennis Wilkins
JULIA DILWORTH RONALD MAEHRE Adam and Joann Youngman
Brandon and Emily Dilworth Samuel and Teresa Durham
Dr. John Dilworth SANTO, MARIA AND FRANKIE ZANETTI
Phillip Dilworth DR. SHEILA MATTHEWS John and Ann Zanetti
Steven Dilworth Avalon Behavioral Health Zanetti Family Foundation
David and Mary Zirkle
JIM MILLER
ELDON AND EMMA DRAIME Robert and Geraldine Mann
Lindsay Draime
44 | M E S S A G E F R O M T H E P R E S I D E N T

With Great Gratitude to Community Partners

In May 2019, I announced my plans to retire after 29 years of service at
Kellogg Community College. These years have been a gratifying and humbling
experience. During the past four years as President, I have built upon what I
quickly learned back in the early 1990s when hired by the College, which is to
always place emphasis on building and maintaining key relationships in the
communities that we serve. After all, “community” is in our name, and fully
meeting the needs of our community is why we are here. This approach is time
tested and proven in meaningful ways as we often receive overwhelming support
from our community when we ask to extend a capital millage or launch new
program initiatives.

KCC is often referred to as the “gem” of our community. As federal and state
grants continue to dwindle, the College increasingly needs to count on local
support from our area foundations if we are to keep this “gem” polished. During
these past years, KCC has been blessed with the generous support of the
W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Battle Creek Community Foundation, the Binda
Foundation, the Miller Foundation, the Zanetti Family Foundation and the Cronin
Foundation. All have stepped forward in significant ways to assist us in forging
paths for students to directly transfer to four-year institutions and moving
toward offering industry-recognized credentials in our technical programs. This
directly assists our local employers in filling their job openings with qualified
workers. This continued and unwavering support dates back to the very
beginning of our College. The vision and support of our local foundations helped
provide the bricks and mortar to build the College in the late 1950’s and 60’s.

Going forward, with the help of our local foundations and the continued,
collaborative support of our Board of Trustees, KCC will continue to place
emphasis on developing innovative programs that meet the full spectrum of
our student needs — academic excellence for our dual-enrolled, certificate or
degree-seeking and four-year transfer students, industry credentials that assure
our technical students are readily employable, and activities that recognize and
address the needs of our students outside the classroom.

Warmly,

Mark O’Connell
President
 “The self-paced
style just really
fits me and how
I work.”

J E S S I C A G A L E M O R E
U.S. Navy veteran Jessica Galemore started attending KCC in May 2018 and spent the summer
studying electricity/electronics at the College’s Regional Manufacturing Technology Center,
building up her electrical background. Galemore was awarded KCC’s 2019 Outstanding
Industrial Trades Award and 2019 Breaking Traditions Award at the College’s annual Awards
Ceremony in April. “I love it,” she said of her KCC training. “The self-paced style just really fits
me and how I work. I don’t have to wait on anybody. I can come and go as I please.”
 BATTLE CREEK
NORTH AVENUE CAMPUS
450 North Avenue
Battle Creek, MI 49017-3397
269.965.3931

REGIONAL MANUFACTURING
TECHNOLOGY CENTER
405 Hill Brady Road
Battle Creek, MI 49037
269.965.4137

EASTERN ACADEMIC CENTER

14055 26 Mile Road
Albion, MI 49224
517.630.8169

FEHSENFELD CENTER
2950 West M-179 Highway
Hastings, MI 49058
269.948.9500

GRAHL CENTER
125 Seeley Street
Coldwater, MI 49036
517.278.3300

If you have questions about this publication or want additional

copies, contact Eric Greene at 269.966.4088 or greenee@
kellogg.edu. A digital copy is available online at kellogg.edu kellogg.edu