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Southwestern Michigan College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• We offer small class sizes, ensuring you will receive significant personalized attention from your instructors. We have campuses conveniently located in Dowagiac and Niles - close to home and work. We also have academic support services that offer assistance every step of the way from the time you apply for admission to SMC to the completion of your degree and beyond.
• We have high quality transfer courses and curricula for students who wish to pursue their first two years of a four-year degree at SMC before transferring to a four-year college or university. Plus, SMC is committed to offering the highest quality academic experience at less than half the cost of most four-year colleges and universities.
• Southwestern Michigan College offers two-year transfer programs (Associate in Arts and Associate in Sciences degrees) and professional technical programs. In addition, students can now complete a bachelor's degree in one of six areas right on our campuses.
• Southwestern Michigan College offers many scholarships, including generous awards for academically talented students in the most recent high school class.
• Southwestern Michigan College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, a commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
• Profile last updated: 04/29/2009.

In the News:

• 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.
• ‘Unrest’ postpones computer certification (Niles Daily Star)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 02:35:23 pm
  Posted 7 minutes ago at 10:28 am. CASSOPOLIS – “Unrest” postponed action Thursday night on requiring IC3 (Internet and Computing Core Certification) for 168 Cass County employees in 2010.
• BUSINESS PEOPLE (South Bend Tribune)
  posted on October 26, 2009 at 11:04:04 pm
  MISHAWAKA -- Baird, an international, employee-owned wealth management, capital markets, private equity and asset management firm, announces that it has added John Pezzanite, vice president, financial adviser to its Mishawaka office. Baird has two offices in Indiana.
• Amtrak's Blue Water celebrates its 35th year :Area residents rely on passenger train route. (South Bend Tribune)
  posted on October 22, 2009 at 01:36:07 pm
  DOWAGIAC -- Train travel has been around a long time but there was a period only a few decades ago when the passenger variety didn't exist in southwestern Michigan.
• Amtrak’s Blue Water celebrates 35 years (Niles Daily Star)
  posted on October 22, 2009 at 01:20:14 pm
  Posted 8 minutes ago at 9:11 am. DOWAGIAC – Dowagiac developed because of the railroad.

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