Henry Ford Community College News
Browse past news stories for Henry Ford Community College in Dearborn, MI:
- 3 Chamber members celebrating 85 years (Dearborn Press & Guide)
posted on March 19, 2010 at 10:18:39 am
DEARBORN -- Three organizations — Querfeld Funeral Home, Raymond James & Associates, and Exchange Club of Dearborn — will mark their 85th year during the Dearborn Chamber of Commerce 2010 Business Recognition Award Luncheon & Expo next month. - HFCC conducting free job search skills workshop (Dearborn Press & Guide)
posted on March 18, 2010 at 10:36:34 pm
DEARBORN -- As a community service, Henry Ford Community College will present a free workshop on job search skills from 10 a.m. to noon March 24 at its Michigan Technical Education Center, located at 3601 Schaefer in Dearborn. - DPS asking community leaders, residents, parents, teachers to help conceive 21st Century schools (Dearborn Press & Guide)
posted on March 18, 2010 at 10:36:23 pm
DEARBORN -- What should children be learning to succeed in today’s society? What technology should schools use or skip? How can schools and education in Dearborn be improved? - Henry Ford Health System, HFCC, DPS all part of unique early college program (with video) (Dearborn Press & Guide)
posted on March 18, 2010 at 10:35:03 pm
DEARBORN/ DEARBORN HEIGHTS -- One hundred forty students work and learn in labs, pharmacies and clinics spread across the Henry Ford Health System as part of a unique combined high school and college program. - DPS approves contract, talks 2010-11 budget (Dearborn Press & Guide)
posted on March 15, 2010 at 08:16:40 pm
DEARBORN/DEARBORN HEIGHTS -- Dearborn’s middle and high school libraries will again be staffed five days a week and most elementary school libraries open half the week or more with the district’s approval of a new contract with the Dearborn Federation of School Employees. - Wayne RESA considering countywide tax question (Dearborn Press & Guide)
posted on March 15, 2010 at 08:16:20 pm
DEARBORN/DEARBORN HEIGHTS -- Wayne Regional Educational Service Agency (RESA) is measuring support as it decides whether to ask for a countywide school tax of 1.9 mills to help local schools. - New business coalition, HFCC involved in retraining program (Dearborn Press & Guide)
posted on March 15, 2010 at 08:16:11 pm
DEARBORN -- AT&T has teamed up with Henry Ford Community College and others to create the Michigan Alliance for High-Tech Skills Training, an industry-led job re-training program that will be available to displaced workers and interested students in Michigan this year. - Police Dept. cooperating with HFCC, UM-Dearborn, others (with video) (Dearborn Press & Guide)
posted on March 12, 2010 at 11:26:44 pm
DEARBORN -- While there has been a 2.2 decline in the overall number of crimes committed in Dearborn over the last year, authorities say incidents involving residents’ personal property are on the rise. - Filmmaker visits Dearborn High (Dearborn Press & Guide)
posted on March 12, 2010 at 11:25:34 pm
DEARBORN -- Award-winning filmmaker Tom McPhee has updated the old adage that the pen is mightier than the sword. - HFCC works on campus security upgrades (Dearborn Press & Guide)
posted on March 9, 2010 at 06:16:37 am
DEARBORN/DEARBORN HEIGHTS -- Henry Ford Community College is upgrading security including emergency notification systems and lockdown capabilities less than a year after a murder-suicide occurred on campus. - HFCC to host third annual Alternative Energy Summit (Dearborn Press & Guide)
posted on March 9, 2010 at 06:14:16 am
DEARBORN -- Henry Ford Community College will host its third annual Alternative Energy Summit from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 19 in the Andrew A. Mazzara Administrative Services and Conference Center on the main campus at 5101 Evergreen Road in Dearborn. - Best of the best: Shirley Jones, Chocolate Tastefest in Dearborn (Detroit Free Press)
posted on March 4, 2010 at 08:33:34 am
Long before she played Shirley Partridge and sang backup on "I Think I Love You," Shirley Jones won an Oscar for 1960's "Elmer Gantry." On Sunday, just before this year's Oscars, she'll be in Dearborn with the 32-piece Hollywood Concert Orchestra to present a program of music from Academy Award-winning movies. - Snow closes schools again (Dearborn Press & Guide)
posted on February 28, 2010 at 05:40:10 pm
DEARBORN HEIGHTS/DEARBORN — Students across the area enjoyed an extended weekend Monday after school was cancelled for heavy snow. - People Count: Quick, anonymous forms mean big dollars for local cities (Dearborn Press & Guide)
posted on February 28, 2010 at 05:40:00 pm
DEARBORN — Filling out Census 2010 should be quick and anonymous for you, but could mean serious money for your community. - Senior Girl Scouts have stayed together through thick and thin (Dearborn Press & Guide)
posted on February 28, 2010 at 05:39:40 pm
DEARBORN — Girl Scout Senior Troop #264, which includes members from Divine Child, has had lots of fun, badges and growing up over their 12 years together. - HFCC art exhibit celebrates now-closed Michigan Gallery/Zeitgeist Gallery (Dearborn Press & Guide)
posted on February 26, 2010 at 01:08:13 pm
DEARBORN -- Michigan Gallery was a cornerstone of the Detroit art scene throughout much of the 1970s, 80s and 90s. - Dearborn attorney joins firm (Dearborn Press & Guide)
posted on February 23, 2010 at 05:27:01 am
BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Strobl & Sharp PC has announced that two veteran attorneys have joined the firm’s growing southeast Michigan prac-tice. - A really grand tea party: Proud grandparents at preschool (Dearborn Press & Guide)
posted on February 22, 2010 at 11:47:25 pm
DEARBORN — There was plenty of juice, water, finger foods and love to go around at the Grandparents’ Tea at the University of Michigan-Dearborn’s Early Childhood Education Center on Friday morning. - Pummill nets 19, but Ocelots still fall (Garden City Observer)
posted on February 21, 2010 at 12:08:12 pm
In an MCCAA Eastern Conference game played Wednesday night, Aaron Felsner poured in a career-high 34 points to go along with 12 rebounds, but host Schoolcraft College (3-21, 1-13) fell to Henry Ford Community College (23-2, 13-2), the No. 3-ranked team in the latest NJCAA Division II poll, 98-68. Ron Pummill (Garden City) contributed 19 points for the Ocelots, who trailed 49-29 at halftime. Five ... - On the budget, space chopping block? Dearborn studying fate of at-risk preschool program (Dearborn Press & Guide)
posted on February 20, 2010 at 02:44:53 am
DEARBORN -- Dearborn Public Schools is weighing carefully whether to keep next year a popular preschool program for at-risk students. - Snow returns: Crews clear 6 inches of snow from roads (Dearborn Press & Guide)
posted on February 19, 2010 at 06:30:53 pm
DEARBORN HEIGHTS/DEARBORN -- There were no major accidents reported in Dearborn or Dearborn Heights following Tuesday’s snowstorm, which dumped between six and 10 inches of snow across the region. - Bench keys MU men's hoop win (Canton Observer)
posted on February 18, 2010 at 12:29:00 pm
Sophomores Mike Clark and Tyler Coker came off the bench to score 12 points apiece Wednesday night as the Madonna University men's basketball team held off the University of Michigan-Dearborn, 69-67. - DPS layoffs reduced by retirements (Dearborn Press & Guide)
posted on February 13, 2010 at 08:57:33 pm
DEARBORN -- Fewer than 60 Dearborn teachers were ultimately laid off at the beginning of the month after a slight funding reprieve from the state and 26 early retirements. - District 7 dropping accreditation plans (Dearborn Press & Guide)
posted on February 13, 2010 at 08:57:23 pm
DEARBORN HEIGHTS -- Dearborn Heights District 7 is dropping plans to become an accredited district in the hopes saving thousands of dollars in expenses. - Making, keeping peace discussed, demonstrated at HFCC forum (Dearborn Press & Guide)
posted on February 11, 2010 at 06:41:53 pm
DEARBORN -- Hundreds of area educators and students gathered at Henry Ford Community College on Thursday and Friday to learn about making and keeping peace. - D7 looking at advertising signs in AHS (Dearborn Press & Guide)
posted on February 9, 2010 at 11:58:04 pm
DEARBORN HEIGHTS -- An outside company is offering tens of thousands of dollars if Dearborn Heights District 7 allows “very tasteful” advertising inside the high school and on the district Web site. - Task force members (Dearborn Press & Guide)
posted on February 9, 2010 at 11:57:44 pm
DEARBORN -- The following individuals are volunteer members of the city’s new Community Task Force: - District 7 throwing doors wide open for more school of choice students (Dearborn Press & Guide)
posted on February 6, 2010 at 12:35:14 pm
DEARBORN HEIGHTS -- Parents of younger students will have all summer to sign up for school-of-choice in Dearborn Heights District 7, instead of the usual three-week spring registration period. - League of Women Voters marking 90 years of service in 2010 (Dearborn Press & Guide)
posted on February 6, 2010 at 12:34:34 pm
DEARBORN -- The League of Women Voters of the United States is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year. - Dearborn Schools restore a few teachers (Dearborn Press & Guide)
posted on January 30, 2010 at 05:35:34 pm
DEARBORN/ DEARBORN HEIGHTS -- Even as staff cuts and changes are still being settled for this school year, Dearborn Public Schools on Monday took its first look ahead to next year’s budget.