By Iline Tang EP Editor Martin Castaneda EP Staff Reporter The No. 1-ranked Midland College men's basketball team continues their undefeated season with an overall 23-0 record, 7-0 record in the Western Junior College Athletic Conference. "Winning the championship is the ultimate goal," said MC Coach Ross Hodge.
From staff reports Spring 2010 marks an all-time high enrollment for Midland College. According to the office of enrollment management, the current spring total, combined with enrollment from fall flex entry courses (courses that begin after the regular fall semester started) and the winter interim session in December/January, means that MC enrollment for the spring reporting period totals 6,982.
By Ronnie Marley EP Staff Reporter The 2010 census forms will be mailed to more than 130 million addresses across the United States beginning in March of 2010, and census officials are looking to hire employees to help count the forms when they are returned.
By Mary Neufeld EP Page Editor One person looking at a particular photo framed on the wall, while another group discussed an arrangement of bowls on display was the scene at the opening reception for the Studio 3600 Series. The reception, art and sandwiches at high noon, was held at the McCormick Gallery Jan.
From staff reports Even with the abundance of technology in today's world, "teaching and learning is still a human endeavor," said Midland College (MC) President Steve Thomas, Ph.D., at the annual Teaching Excellence Award (TEA) ceremony. MC honored that endeavor when Claudia Hinds, assistant professor of biology, and Valerie Steiner, professor and interim director of the associate degree nursing program, were named this year's TEA winners on Jan.
By Chris Henkel EP Staff Reporter An overall average 3.69 GPA, a program with 113 students and a positive response from parents are results following the first semester of the Early College High School program at Midland College, according to Jeanette LaBouff, ECHS principal.
By Thomas Byrom EP Staff Reporter Need help with a research paper? Want to check out the newest issue of Rolling Stone? Or want to kill time between classes watching a DVD? Midland College's Murray Fasken Learning Resource Center(LRC) can probably help.
By Iline Tang EP Editor Midland College consisted of 5,340 students in 2008 with 4,503 freshmen and 837 sophomores, according to Tom Corll, MC's director of institutional effectiveness and planning. "The number of freshmen and sophomore at MC during the 2008 school year is close to the number of students for the 2009-2010 school year," Corll said.
By Tatiana Kundrat EP Staff Reporter College--a place people go to earn a higher education, meet new people and see their grandparents. College Classics is a Midland College program for senior citizens. It is a program that enables its participants to take as many classes as they want in the program for only $25.
By Karen Buenrostro EP Page Editor With scholarship opportunities becoming more competitive, students who are members of Phi Theta Kappa (PTK), Midland College's honor society, can more readily compete for such scholarships, according to Ed Penz, faculty advisor.
By Martin Castaneda EP Staff Reporter Midland College offers hundreds of academic courses that lead to associate or bachelor's degrees. What some people may not know is that MC also offers many continuing educations courses for those looking for something outside the "academic" area.
By Chris Henkel EP Staff Reporter An overall average 3.69 GPA, a program with 113 students and a positive response from parents are results following the first semester of the Early College High School program at Midland College, according to Jeanette LaBouff, ECHS principal.