Southwestern Michigan College News
Browse past news stories for Southwestern Michigan College in Dowagiac, MI:
- Drug dealing alleged from SMC dorm (The Herald-Palladium)
posted on March 18, 2010 at 12:30:19 am
DOWAGIAC - A 19-year-old Southwestern Michigan College student has been arrested for allegedly peddling marijuana from his dorm room, the Cass County Sheriff's Department reported Tuesday. - Teen arrested in drug charges in Southwestern Michigan College dorm (South Bend Tribune)
posted on March 17, 2010 at 11:05:21 am
DOWAGIAC -- A 19-year-old resident of the Mathews Street student housing complex at Southwestern Michigan College was arrested last week on drug charges, the Cass County Drug Enforcement Team reported Tuesday. - In brief (The Herald-Palladium)
posted on March 14, 2010 at 07:27:47 pm
BH High School gets mediation grant - Tuition, fees going up at Southwestern Michigan College (22 WSBT South Bend)
posted on March 11, 2010 at 07:18:12 am
NILES — Despite fall semester increases in tuition and fees approved this week by the Southwestern Michigan College Board, SMC still offers top-notch instruction at an affordable rate, says Fred Mathews, the board chairman. - Tuition, fees going up at Southwestern Michigan College :Institution still an outstanding value, board chairman says (South Bend Tribune)
posted on March 10, 2010 at 07:05:38 pm
NILES -- Despite fall semester increases in tuition and fees approved Tuesday night by the Southwestern Michigan College Board, SMC still offers top-notch instruction at an affordable rate, says Fred Mathews, the board chairman. - Cass County students compete in science Olympiad :Olympiad offers Cass County students adventures for the mind. (South Bend Tribune)
posted on March 3, 2010 at 12:05:08 pm
DOWAGIAC -- Fourth-graders Greyson Meyers and Matthew Hepler blew on their puff-mobile. - Edwardsburg team wins Cass County spelling bee (South Bend Tribune)
posted on February 25, 2010 at 09:49:46 am
DOWAGIAC -- Practicing for a spelling bee isn't nerve-wracking, according to fifth-grader Haley Bumgarner. But participating in one is. - Study estimates benefit to Niles from having depot at $5 million (Niles Daily Star)
posted on February 23, 2010 at 02:50:31 pm
Posted 4 minutes ago at 10:45 am. DOWAGIAC – Dowagiac’s historic train depot is garnering national notice, station host Ron Leatz reported to Dowagiac City Council Monday night. - Local nurse named Michigan Works Alumni of the Year (The Herald-Palladium)
posted on February 22, 2010 at 02:13:11 am
BENTON HARBOR - A Lawrence woman's success in taking advantage of the state's No Worker Left Behind program to move from unemployment to a job as a nurse earned her an Alumni of the Year award from Michigan Works. - Michigan Rep. John Proos running for senate seat (WNDU 16 South Bend)
posted on February 15, 2010 at 03:00:36 pm
Rep. Proos has represented house district 79 in northern Berrien County since 2004, but there is a term limit so he cannot run again. - Tarwacki scholarship a social media ‘movement’ (Niles Daily Star)
posted on February 13, 2010 at 05:05:11 am
Posted 12 hours, 31 minutes ago at 12:33 pm. The world of social media is now the forum for the community of Niles to give back and give in honor of Carolyn (McKnight) Tarwacki and her husband John. - Tarwacki Scholarship Fund established (FOX 28 South Bend)
posted on February 11, 2010 at 05:38:58 pm
Friends of a murdered Niles area woman are trying to set up a scholarship fund in her name. - New academic programs coming to Southwest Michigan College (South Bend Tribune)
posted on February 11, 2010 at 07:20:47 am
DOWAGIAC -- Academic offerings at Southwestern Michigan College are about to expand, with the launch in the fall of three new associate degree programs and four shorter-term certificate programs. - SMC Class of '89 raising money to set up scholarship fund in memory of Niles woman (WNDU 16 South Bend)
posted on February 11, 2010 at 03:01:28 am
There's an effort to set up a scholarship in the name of Carolyn Tarwacki. - Elkhart wins 12th Snowed Out Shoot Out (Niles Daily Star)
posted on February 9, 2010 at 02:40:42 pm
Posted 12 minutes ago at 10:27 am. Eklhart (Ind.) defeated Watervliet 55-22 in the championship game of the 12th annual Dowagiac Rotary Club Snowed Out Shoot Out on Sunday at Southwestern Michigan College. - Park effort wins award (The Herald-Palladium)
posted on February 5, 2010 at 11:12:33 pm
DOWAGIAC - The people behind creation of the Dowagiac/Silver Creek Youth Sports Park have won the 2010 Graham Woodhouse Intergovernmental Cooperation Award from the Southwest Michigan Planning Commission. - SMC student dies in crash (The Herald-Palladium)
posted on February 4, 2010 at 04:13:03 pm
DOWAGIAC - A 19-year-old St. Joseph man was killed Tuesday morning in a two-car collision in LaGrange Township, Cass County sheriff's deputies reported. - Dozens bundle up to "Hustle for Haiti" (WNDU 16 South Bend)
posted on January 31, 2010 at 10:00:36 pm
Despite the sub-freezing temperatures, Southwestern Michigan College and St. Paul's Episcopal Church held the Hustle for Haiti run this afternoon in Dowagiac. - Voluteers make valentines for veterans at Southwestern Michigan College (South Bend Tribune)
posted on January 31, 2010 at 03:35:37 pm
DOWAGIAC -- Elizabeth Martin hasn't made Valentine's Day cards since sixth grade. - Run, walk to help Haitian earthquake victims: Funds will go to hospital, other damaged sites (The Kalamazoo Gazette)
posted on January 27, 2010 at 10:21:10 pm
A Dowagiac church is hosting a walk and run on Sunday afternoon to raise money for a hospital, a school for the handicapped and a nursing school that were all devastated by the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti. - Students climbing the walls at Southwestern Michigan College :Climbing wall is high on list for SMC students. (South Bend Tribune)
posted on January 22, 2010 at 12:06:11 pm
DOWAGIAC -- Hands-on instruction? It doesn't get much more hands-on than at Southwestern Michigan College. - SMC/St. Paul’s join forces for Hustle for Haiti (Niles Daily Star)
posted on January 21, 2010 at 02:40:32 pm
Posted 13 minutes ago at 10:26 am. A special benefit run/walk for the people of Haiti will be at 1 p.m. Jan. 31 on the Roadrunner trails at Southwestern Michigan College in Dowagiac. - Student activities help Southwestern Michigan College to keep :President says enrollment up for several reasons (South Bend Tribune)
posted on January 13, 2010 at 12:05:18 pm
DOWAGIAC -- Kim Vaughn turned up his resistance work while taking laps in the pool in the Student Activity Center on the Dowagiac campus of Southwestern Michigan College. - Bowlers donate toward scholarship (Niles Daily Star)
posted on January 2, 2010 at 10:10:22 am
Posted 9 minutes ago at 6:00 am. It was a refreshing, seasonal change to witness two Niles bowling leagues, several sponsors and Niles Youth Bowling League coordinators “step up to the line” and exemplify the holiday motto: “It is better to give than receive.” - Single mom’s inspirational story earns her scholarship (Niles Daily Star)
posted on December 31, 2009 at 02:50:11 pm
Posted 10 minutes ago at 10:39 am. Teresa Lee always regretted not finishing her college degree. After she got married, she dropped out of school and began her life as a wife and mother. - SMC Shape-Up Program returns Jan. 11-Feb. 22 (Niles Daily Star)
posted on December 28, 2009 at 02:55:21 pm
Posted 0 minutes ago at 10:55 am. Tired of making New Year’s resolutions that you don’t keep? Still want to trim your waist and tone your body? Get a few friends together and try Southwestern Michigan College’s highly successful Shape-Up program. - Former Dowagiac resident ATA’s highest-ranked African-American (Niles Daily Star)
posted on December 2, 2009 at 02:50:11 pm
Posted 8 minutes ago at 10:41 am. Chief Master Richard E. Anderson cannot climb any higher in taekwondo on his own. - Two-story mural will tell story of 1847 slave raid (Niles Daily Star)
posted on November 27, 2009 at 02:50:11 pm
Posted 11 minutes ago at 10:38 am. CASSOPOLIS – The Minority Coalition of Cass County was awarded $15,000 for “Sanctuary and Deliverance in Cass County” by the Michigan Humanities Council. - 43rd annual SMC Turkey Trot Nov. 23 (Niles Daily Star)
posted on November 21, 2009 at 10:10:32 am
Posted 9 minutes ago at 6:00 am. Southwestern Michigan College is hosting the 43rd annual Turkey Trot Nov. 23 on the Roadrunner trails located on the college’s Dowagiac campus. - Dowagiac has tie to Earhart mystery :Navy pilot John Lambrecht led search for missing aviatrix. (South Bend Tribune)
posted on November 18, 2009 at 04:20:07 pm
DOWAGIAC -- How did Amelia Earhart die? No one knows but it turns out efforts to solve the mystery are ongoing and a Dowagiac resident may play a key part should it be solved.