Brianna McMillian cares about color — she wants something that stands out. That’s why she is making her own prom dress. More importantly, that’s why she needs to make clothes for the entire world to wear and she's starting with Flint, where she wants to start her first clothing store.
Kettering University's Learning Commons, slated to be completed by early 2022, will be home to a digital library, dining area, and media resource centers. In combination with a design and entrepreneur lab, the space will feature student worker spaces with an emphasis on mobility and artificial intelligence.
Students and parents across Genesee County gathered at the Genesee Career Institute (GCI) on Jan. 30 to familiarize themselves with the institute’s many comprehensive programs spanning numerous trade and collegiate fields including veterinary medicine, Computer-Aided Design, and cosmetology.
On Monday, Jan. 27, the legendary Detroit Lions offensive tackle Lomas Brown presented a $250,000 check to the Sylvester Broome Empowerment Village (SBEV) that will be used to create a new synthetic turf field in the city that will be open to the entire Flint community.
The Bucks will have a full season as well as many new opponents. Grand Rapids FC is only one of the five new clubs to join the Great Lakes Division. The others include AFC Ann Arbor, Louisville City FC, Oakland County FC, and South Bend Lions FC. Chicago FC United and West Virginia Alliance FC have been relocated to other divisions for geographical balance.
Southwestern Classical Academy students are taking the lead in learning, teaching, and using their newly minted technology. In October of 2019, SCA was awarded a $200,000 investment part of a larger grant of nearly $3 million that has allowed for the purchase of 38 virtual reality headsets, two computerized sewing machines, two 3D printers, and many more devices designed to expand a student’s educational horizons.
Set for 3:30-6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30, the Genesee Career Institute open house is part of a multiphased approach to recruiting high school students for its college-track and trade programs in culinary arts, architecture, construction, and more.
On Jan. 9, the MLS held the first two rounds of the draft, during which the three defensive specialists, Nyal Higgins, Patrick Nielson, and Michael Wetungu, were named. The three players add to the list of over 80 former Bucks to be drafted to the MLS since 1999.
In the momentum of their USL League Two championship win, Dan Duggan, CEO and Chairman of the Bucks, and Costa Papista, president of the Bucks, was named the league’s co-Executives of the Year.
In tandem with Kettering University's centennial, a Georgetown University study found that Kettering has the highest return on investment of any higher education institution in Michigan. Out of 4,500 ranked by the study, Kettering is 32nd in the nation.
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