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March 2, 2023

They’re not just students, they’re also MCC’s newest (unofficial) Capitol Hill lobbyists

Students Victor Harris and Robert Blann accompanied members of the MCC Board of Trustees on a visit to lawmakers in Washington, D.C.

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February 3, 2023

Speaker series, poetry workshop among MCC Black History Month events

Both events will be available on Zoom. The poetry workshop will also be held in-person at MCC-Penn Valley.

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January 12, 2023

Starting this year, MCC will have two commencement ceremonies instead of one … both on a Thursday

For the first time, Metropolitan Community College will hold two commencement ceremonies instead of one. This year, on Thursday, May 18, grads and their families can choose to attend either a 1 p.m. or 6 p.m. ceremony.

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January 11, 2023

MCC announces Dean's List honorees for Fall 2022 semester

Metropolitan Community College, Kansas City, has released the Dean's List for the Fall 2022 semester.

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November 21, 2022

MCC honors our (and the nation's) veterans

Two MCC student veterans, Melissa Thompson and Jose Collazo, were presented with the College's Reggie Helms Memorial Scholarship, named for Chancellor Kimberly Beatty's father.

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November 21, 2022

'First gen' college students meet Rep. Cleaver

U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II spoke at MCC-Penn Valley as the kickoff to a week of events celebrating first-generation college students.

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November 21, 2022

Political commentator Donna Brazile to speak at MLK scholarship lunch Jan. 13

Political commentator Donna Brazile to speak at MLK scholarship luncheon Jan. 13

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September 28, 2022

We knew Mr. 700, Albert Pujols, as a 19-year-old MCC baseball player

It's been a few years, but MCC is not likely to forget MLB star Albert Pujols, who in September 2022 hit his 700th career home run. Pujols spent the 1999 season, his first semester in college, playing baseball for MCC.

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