Kalamazoo will soon be a hub for aspiring beauty professionals and barbers thanks to a new school opening soon. With the demand for personal care professionals growing, the new school will offer cosmetology and barbering classes to develop skills to thrive in the beauty industry. Opening the door for students to not only fill a need in the community, but also start hands-on training in a field that they love.
Michigan State Police are helping Western Michigan University students in the Cold Case Program with career opportunities as well as helping victim's families get some closure. The Cold Case program at WMU has been relying on donations to fund this work. And the program has already has a great reputation for helping detectives in unsolved homicides and missing persons cases.
We know the importance of a college education after high school, but we also know that it's not always an option for some students due to the cost of tuition. Fortunately, there are several Michigan Universities who offer a tuition-free promise to qualifying students. And now, Michigan State University has also joined that list.
They have only shared the competitive field for one year as teammates in high school for Zeeland west and now they have shared the pitch as rivals as well.
Obviously, there are a bunch of other schools that deserve a nod as well, but unfortunately, those schools and the ones above were all omitted from the list.
Maybe you were a little too busy to attend ESPN College GameDay, or maybe you were too busy actually trying to get into the stadium...but we have some of the shots from ESPN's College Gameday that maybe you missed out on.