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164 Attend SMC's Seventh STEM Camp
Whether you’re landing rovers on Mars, coding with artificial intelligence (AI), populating Abigail Craft’s math-based zoo to learn fractions or testing pH levels, hands-on activities help develop problem-solving, critical thinking, communication, creativity and collaborative teamwork. Southwestern Michigan College’s seventh STEM Camp was held in the William P.D. O’Leary Building on the Dowagiac campus June 16-18 for 164 Michiana students entering grades 4-6 this fall.
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51st Steve's Run Starts Downtown July 18
The 51st running of the Original Road and Trail Race takes place on Friday, July 18, at 6 p.m. in downtown Dowagiac, in conjunction with the Summer Festival and BBQ Competition.
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SMC Continues Enrollment Growth, Trustees Adopt Budgets
Following a public hearing on June 11, the Southwestern Michigan College Board of Trustees unanimously adopted balanced 2025-26 fiscal-year budgets. The $28.6 million general fund for July 1, 2025-June 30, 2026, anticipates $11.7 million from tuition and fees, $8.1 million from property taxes on 2.365 mills, $8.3 million in state appropriation and $500,000 from other revenue.
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SMC Brass Band, DUHS Choir Lead Off City Summer Concerts
Southwestern Michigan College Brass Band and Dowagiac Union High School’s Chamber Choir kicked off the 12 Thursday-evening “Music in the Park” concerts June 5 in the Dowagiac Library Event Pavilion, 206 Main St. The free Thursday series co-sponsored by SMC, Lyons Industries, Honor Credit Union and MonaCo Cleaning Service, continues at 7:30 p.m. June 12 with Van Dyke Revue’s “Tribute to the Beatles.”
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Wrestling Coach Jim Judd SMC’s Ted Lasso
James Judd casts a towering shadow over Southwestern Michigan College wrestling — past and future. “He was like Ted Lasso,” his son, Todd, said. “It’s nice to win, but he was more about developing good young men than winning and losing.”
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SMC Begins Search for New Women’s Basketball Coach
Southwestern Michigan College announced today that it is conducting a nationwide search for a new full-time head coach to lead its women’s basketball program for the 2025-2026 season and beyond.
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SMC Transforms Older Graduate's Life
Jake Smith, 32, who spoke at Southwestern Michigan College’s 58th Commencement May 10, is a non-traditional student who praised Michigan Reconnect, a scholarship program that pays to attend an in-district community college tuition-free. Smith, of Niles, who graduated from Buchanan High School in 2012, entered SMC in Spring 2023.
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SMC History Students Explore Pioneer America
This year’s Southwestern Michigan College extended learning experience exposed history students to “Pioneer America” in Galena and Springfield, Ill., and St. Louis, Mo.
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215 SMC Students Named to Honor Rolls
Southwestern Michigan College named 67 students to the President’s List for the Spring 2025 semester. Students honored on the President’s List must earn a perfect 4.0 grade-point average (GPA) on a 4.0 scale while carrying a full study load of at least 12 credits.
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Nate Zolman of Zolman Tire Donates to New SMC Wrestling Space
Nate Zolman has pledged $25,000 to help with construction of locker rooms in Southwestern Michigan College’s wrestling facility.