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West Shore Community College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• West Shore Community College was established by a vote of the people in the college's district on March 6, 1967. West Shore Community College offers a comprehensive general education curricula designed to meet the needs of students desiring to transfer to senior institutions and many occupational programs are available for students desiring to pursue immediate employment.
• West Shore Community College is located near Ludington, Manistee, and Scottville at the intersection of North Stiles and Sugar Grove Roads in Mason County. The 360 acre campus is approximately four miles north of US 10 and four miles west of US 31. Each semester evening classes are offered at high school buildings in locations such as Bear Lake, Hart, Ludington, Manistee, Onekama, and Pentwater.
• At West Shore you'll get more than a degree. You'll have access to top notch learning resources, including state-of-the art computer labs, library and media resources. Even with all these great resources our greatest resource is our faculty. At West Shore Community College, student learning is our highest priority.
• At West Shore we encourage our students to become active members of our learning community - to enter into a partnership in which students are asked to work hard at making learning their number one priority. We have an outstanding faculty, every member of which is ready to make each student's time on the campus one of special inspiration. These outstanding teachers, and all the other members of the WSCC team, are vitally interested in our students' success.
• West Shore is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. West Shore earns its accreditation by participating in the Academic Quality Improvement Project (AQIP). This new accreditation model is one that uses quality principles based on the Malcolm Baldrige Quality Criteria to judge its accreditation status.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Students want more activities in Scottville (Ludington Daily News)
  posted on March 20, 2010 at 04:09:07 am
  SCOTTVILLE — Local students want to see more nightlife and things to do in Scottville to keep them living there after college. They also know they need to be able to find a job locally to be able to stay here, and that can be a challenge.
• Weekly wrap up 2.25.2010 (Oceana's Herald-Journal)
  posted on February 25, 2010 at 09:28:39 pm
  PENTWATER, Feb. 16 — Sophomore Shawn Alvesteffer scored 40 points and had 11 steals and five assists as he led Pentwater in a Western Michigan D League contest.
• Residents pack Shelby meeting to voice opposition to offshore wind farm proposal (The Muskegon Chronicle)
  posted on January 19, 2010 at 03:14:50 am
  Citizens packed the Shelby High School auditorium Monday night to hear the developers of a proposed Lake Michigan wind farm say their plans are years away from becoming a reality. View the photo gallery
• Opposition organizes against Lake Michigan wind farm (Oceana's Herald-Journal)
  posted on January 13, 2010 at 07:46:51 pm
  As Scandia Wind LLC readies for its 1,000 megawatt Lake Michigan wind farm presentation next week, an opposition group has organized and is ready to present lots of questions.
• Education In Brief: 12/29/2009 (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
  posted on December 29, 2009 at 12:28:14 pm
  WSCC sets hours during holiday break; Adoption and foster care meetings set; Learn to ski this winter through NMC; IAA boasts for YoungArts finalists. NCMC offers memoir writing class; plus more.

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