You wanted information on Kellogg Community College in Battle Creek, Michigan and its relationship with the Regional Technology Center in Fort Custer Industrial Park.

SUMMARY

Kellogg Community College was founded in 1956 by the Battle Creek Board of Education. It became fully reaccredited during the 1992 spring semester by the Commission on Institutions Higher Education of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

The college has 37 pre-professional college/university transfer curricula, 32 occupational associate degree programs, and 27 certificate programs. It has nine departments and offers courses in the following disciplines: Allied Health, Arts & Communication, Business, Engineering Technology, Information Technology, Political Science, Science & Mathematics, Social Sciences and Criminal Justice.

Today, the college is situated on four sites: Battlecreek, Coldwater-Grahl Center, Hastings-Fehsenfeld Center and Fort Cluster Industrial Park-Regional Manufacturing Technology Center. Battlecreek is the main campus. Both the Fehsenfeld and Grahl Centers have interactive learning classrooms connected to the main campus so that classes may be provided for students at both sites at the same time. The Fehsenfeld Center has science and computer labs.

Kellogg Community College provides industrial training at the Regional Manufacturing Technology Center. The Center provides the following skilled trades training: millwright and maintenance mechanic; avionics technician; machine tool and tool & die; refrigeration & air conditioning; electricity/electronic/instrumentation; industrial pipefitting; sheetmetal; industrial welding; industrial robotics; and industrial plastics.

The most recent enrollment information from the registrar's office for the 2001 spring semester showed that of the 9,741 total students enrolled, 8,274 were part-time students and 1,467 were full-time students. For the spring semester, 5,209 females and 3,681 males were enrolled; 851 students did not state their gender on the application and were marked as unknown.

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