KCC baseball alumnus Phil Wheeler, now a junior at the University of Indianapolis, made history Saturday night by throwing the first recorded no-hitter at the 2012 Great Lakes Valley Conference Baseball Championship Tournament. Watch as the end of the game unfolds at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQwJ-YW1ScQ&feature=colike The KCC family congratulates Phil on his accomplishment. ...

Are you a Pinterest fanatic, or want to learn more about it? If so, check out KCC’s Pinterest Page.   For those of you who may not be familiar with the site, Pinterest is a pin board-style social photo sharing website. Users create and manage theme-based image collections – examples of themes are events, interests, hobbies and more. Users can browse other pinboards for inspiration,’re-pin' images to their own collections and/or 'like' photos.   Currently, KCC has a variety of pin board...

In all, 17 employees are celebrating KCC employment anniversaries in May.   The full-time employees celebrating anniversaries are:   Stella Mausehund, Physical Plant Department, 5/5/97Kenneth Crite, Small Business Development Center 5/7/90Shannan Carrell, Adult and Community Education, 5/7/10Bert Jacobson, Sustainability, 5/13/08Cynthia Riordan, Learning Services, 5/17/84Patrick Klette, Business/Technology Division, 5/17/04David Massey, Information Technology Services, 5/17/04Laurel Soper, M...

The father of Auston Minnich, supervisor of KCC’s food service provider, has died.   Robert “Bo” Minnich passed away Friday, May 11 in Michigan. The wake is 4-8 p.m. tonight (May 14) at the Gephart Funeral Home, Inc., 201 W. Midland St., Bay City, Mich. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 103 E. Midland St., Bay City, Mich.   Any donations made in lieu of flowers will be donated to the wishes of the Minnich family. Memorials can ...

Submitted by the KCC Business Office   Budget transfers for grants that end June 30 and all non-grant funds for fiscal year 2012 must be received in the Business Office by June 15.   For more information, phone Brenda Dressler at 815-802-8135.         ***   Go to Online Update  ...

The KCC Hammes Bookstore and Central Supplies, a subsidiary of the KCC Bookstore, will be closed June 25 through June 29 for inventory.  Therefore, June 14 will be the last day to receive central supply items to be deducted from this fiscal year's budgets. Please submit Central Supply requests to Linda Chouinard by June 7 to ensure timely delivery.  Any questions about these temporary closings can be taken to Jill Christy at 815-802-8592.           ***   Go to Online Update  ...

The KCC Diversity Committee has purchased a new work of art for the KCC permanent art collection.   Firefly, by Autumn Worth, a pastel on paper, was recently on display in the KCC student art exhibit and it was purchased at the closing reception on May 3.    "Autumn said that she feels really honored that her art was chosen and excited about having a piece of her still be here even though she won’t be here," said Nicki Depatis of Admissions and Registration, the department where ...

Public radio station WKCC 91.1 FM is holding its spring on-air membership campaign May 18 to 25. WKCC is the only full-service public radio station in the Kankakee area. “Listeners who become WKCC members help pay for public radio programs like NPR hourly news, A Prairie Home Companion, classical music and locally produced jazz and blues programs,” said Mike Savage, WKCC director and general manager. “Individual donations are a very important source of income for Kankakee’s only public radi...

Facility hours during the summer will be 6:30 a.m. - 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday. From May 18 to July 27 (except Friday, June 1; and Friday, July 6), the college's main campus will be closed on Fridays and Saturdays. Exceptions Exceptions include Fridays, June 1 and July 6. The college will be closed Memorial Day (May 28) and open Tuesday, May 29 through Friday, June 1. It will be open July 2 and 3, closed July 4 and open July 5 and 6. During those weeks, full-time employees will need ...

College 4 Kids is a summer learning program. Kids will learn a lot and still have time to enjoy the summer. Short-term classes will meet in June and July 2012.  View the College 4 Kids brochure (5 MB file)  View the College 4 Kids flier Summer 2012 brochures are available now. You can receive a brochure in the mail. To get on the mailing list, email ebillington@kcc.edu or phone 815-802-8206. Coming to College 4 kids in Summer 2012: The ABCs on My PlateJune 19 8-10 a.m.For kids enterin...