Note: Regular bookstore hours are 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays. The bookstore is closed Saturdays and Sundays.

The Kellogg Community College Bruin Bookstore’s Annual Spring Sale runs April 1 through May 12, during which all KCC clothing and gift items are 20% off. (KCC employees get an additional 10% off through their employee discount, for a full 30% off.)

The bookstore’s regular business hours are 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays.

For more information about the Annual Spring Sale or other KCC bookstore initiatives, contact the bookstore at 269-965-4128. General information about the Bruin Bookstore, including key textbook dates for students, is available online at kellogg.edu/bookstore.

Please note: The Student Art Show is free and open to the public during regular gallery hours, which are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursdays.

Kellogg Community College will exhibit nearly 140 works of art created by 60 student artists as part of the College’s annual Student Art Show running through May 2 on campus in Battle Creek.

The exhibit, which opened April 16, is on display in the Eleanor R. and Robert A. DeVries Gallery in KCC’s Davidson Visual and Performing Arts Center, on campus at 450 North Ave. in Battle Creek. Art from the show can be viewed following the awards ceremony (see details below) online at rosep9.wixsite.com/kccstudentartexhibit. 

The exhibit is free and open to the public during regular gallery hours, which are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursdays.

An awards ceremony highlighting select artists and works from the exhibit will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, April 25, at the Davidson Center to recognize student artists. That event is also free and open to the public.

Every spring, KCC Art, Photography and Multimedia and Graphic Design program students from the current academic year are invited to submit up to four entries for consideration for Student Art Exhibition awards. Media categories include:

> 2D Fine Art (drawing, painting, printmaking and 2D mixed media)
> 3D Fine Art (ceramics, sculpture, and 3D mixed media)
> Digital Design (digital illustration and graphic design)
> Photography (alternative print processes, black and white, digital, and digital composite)
> Time-Based Digital Media (animation and video)

A faculty committee reviews and organizes all submissions and the bulk of the work is juried independently by an art professional chosen from outside of the College. The juror selects the major media category awards and honorable mentions, with cash prizes made possible through a generous donation made to the KCC Foundation by artist Kimiko Petersen and her husband Sherman Petersen.

This year’s juror is sculptor and KCC alumnus Brian Nelson, a professor at Eastern Michigan University’s School of Art & Design whose work has been exhibited widely across the U.S. Nelson’s sculptures “16 Years (Paroxetine)” and “Zoloft (There Is Something About the Weather)” were displayed on KCC’s North Avenue campus from 2022 through 2024 as part of the College’s fourth annual Biennial Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition.

For more information about KCC’s Student Art Show, contact KCC Graphic Design professor and Art Exhibits Director Penny Rose at 269-565-7961 or rosep@kellogg.edu.

Kellogg Community College will honor the recipients of the College’s annual Outstanding Bruin Awards during a ceremony beginning at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 23, at the Binda Performing Arts Center, recognizing the College’s top students for outstanding achievement in their field of study and extracurricular activities.

The event is free and open to the public.

To qualify for an academic Outstanding Bruin Award, students must major or exhibit interest in their award area; earn a specified GPA in their award area; evidence significant growth; and exhibit a high degree of participation in and/or contributions to the department activities in one or more capacities.

Awards are also given to the overall outstanding full- and part-time graduates in each of the College’s two academic divisions: Arts & Sciences and Workforce Development. Winners are selected by faculty and administrators from the department that corresponds with each award.

In addition to academic departmental awards, several awards are also given to students by the Student & Community Services Division.

The event will also recognize the honorees receiving this year’s KCC Alumni Awards, which will be presented by the KCC Foundation.

Individuals interested in a career in health care or looking for work in the nursing industry can connect with area recruiters at Kellogg Community College’s annual Nursing Capstone & Networking Event on campus in Battle Creek this week.

The event will be free and open to the public from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, April 24, in the Binda Performing Arts Center, on campus at 450 North Ave.

In addition to offering students and the general public an opportunity to network with dozens of area hospital and clinical partners and local businesses hiring in the health care field, the event will also give graduating KCC Nursing Program students an opportunity to showcase their senior projects to the public.

Representatives from four-year universities will also be onsite with information about transfer programs. Anyone interested in the health care field is encouraged to attend.

For more information, contact KCC Career and Employment Services Director Patrick Casey at caseyp@kellogg.edu or 269-565-2636.

Please note: The Student Art Show is free and open to the public during regular gallery hours, which are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursdays.

Kellogg Community College will exhibit nearly 140 works of art created by 60 student artists as part of the College’s annual Student Art Show running through May 2 on campus in Battle Creek.

The exhibit, which opened April 16, is on display in the Eleanor R. and Robert A. DeVries Gallery in KCC’s Davidson Visual and Performing Arts Center, on campus at 450 North Ave. in Battle Creek. Art from the show can be viewed following the awards ceremony (see details below) online at rosep9.wixsite.com/kccstudentartexhibit. 

The exhibit is free and open to the public during regular gallery hours, which are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursdays.

An awards ceremony highlighting select artists and works from the exhibit will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, April 25, at the Davidson Center to recognize student artists. That event is also free and open to the public.

Every spring, KCC Art, Photography and Multimedia and Graphic Design program students from the current academic year are invited to submit up to four entries for consideration for Student Art Exhibition awards. Media categories include:

> 2D Fine Art (drawing, painting, printmaking and 2D mixed media)
> 3D Fine Art (ceramics, sculpture, and 3D mixed media)
> Digital Design (digital illustration and graphic design)
> Photography (alternative print processes, black and white, digital, and digital composite)
> Time-Based Digital Media (animation and video)

A faculty committee reviews and organizes all submissions and the bulk of the work is juried independently by an art professional chosen from outside of the College. The juror selects the major media category awards and honorable mentions, with cash prizes made possible through a generous donation made to the KCC Foundation by artist Kimiko Petersen and her husband Sherman Petersen.

This year’s juror is sculptor and KCC alumnus Brian Nelson, a professor at Eastern Michigan University’s School of Art & Design whose work has been exhibited widely across the U.S. Nelson’s sculptures “16 Years (Paroxetine)” and “Zoloft (There Is Something About the Weather)” were displayed on KCC’s North Avenue campus from 2022 through 2024 as part of the College’s fourth annual Biennial Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition.

For more information about KCC’s Student Art Show, contact KCC Graphic Design professor and Art Exhibits Director Penny Rose at 269-565-7961 or rosep@kellogg.edu.

Kellogg Community College history students are curating an exhibit of 1920s items and more that will be on display at the Kimball House Museum in Battle Creek starting in April.

“Speakeasy: A Party at the Kimball House” will be open for viewing starting with an opening event held from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at the museum, which is located at 196 Capital Ave. NE. Admission is $5 per person for the general public and $3 per person for students, but individuals 12 and under get in free.

Refreshments — Kool-Aid and pineapple upside-down cake, both invented in the 1920s — are included with admission.

The exhibit was planned and curated by Spring 2025 HIST 210: History of Michigan students at KCC as part of the class’s embedded experiential service-learning requirement.

The exhibit will include historical items of significance including:

1920s fashion including clothes, jewelry and other accessories

A special exhibit of items from Battle Creek baseball teams

A room dedicated to items owned by the Kimball family

The exhibit will be on display through the end of the spring semester, when a new HIST 210 exhibit will take its place.

“Speakeasy” was a term used to describe “illicit” establishments — usually that served alcohol illegally — during Prohibition in the 1920s.

KCC History Professor Ray DeBruler said, “We call the exhibit ‘Speakeasy: A Party at Kimball House’ because we have our mannequins dressed up in 20s clothes and positioned around the house as though they are at a party. All of the clothes and accessories are from the 20s. And we are using a black and gold color palette. Those were the colors that speakeasy owners used.”

The Kimball House Museum is a historical home built in 1886 by Dr. Arthur Herbert Kimball and later donated to the city of Battle Creek to be used as a community museum.

For more information about the exhibit, contact DeBruler at debrulerr@kellogg.edu. For more information about the Kimball House Museum, visit https://hsbcmi.org/cpage.php?pt=5.

More information about studying history at KCC can be found on the KCC website at kellogg.edu/history.