Photos of the Lansing Community College mace and Presidential medallion. Both are metal with the college logo in the center. The mace has a replica of the Michigan State Capitol on the top and sits on the end of a long wooden staff; the medallion has the script Lansing Community College President around the edges and is suspended from a chain.

Three years ago, our college built a custom mace and medallion to tell the story of our college. Used at our annual commencement exercises, these items were designed and built by LCC employees. The mace contains building artifacts, including old growth pine from Old Central, built in the 1870s.

Chief Diversity Officers Are Struggling A recent report finds that CDOs are doing their best to navigate state-level DEI bans, but it’s affecting their mental and physical health.

Chief Diversity Officers Are Struggling

A recent report finds that CDOs are doing their best to navigate state-level DEI bans, but it’s affecting their mental and physical health. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3EWNxdX

🚨 #BreakingNews | What Trump's Proposed Budget Cuts Mean for Education, Research Programs

Science research funding and programs that help students access college are on the chopping block as Trump aims to cut at least $163 billion. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4iIDd7i

AmeriCorps Cuts Force College Access Groups to Reduce Staff At least 100 organizations focused on college access rely on funding from AmeriCorps—the latest victim of the Trump administration’s draconian funding cuts.

"Both programs have been successful, MCAN leaders say. In the 2023–24 academic year, students supported by AdviseMI advisers submitted 21,420 college applications and were awarded more than $32 million in financial aid." www.insidehighered.com/news/admissi...

COLUMN: Trump is bullying, blackmailing and threatening colleges, and they are just beginning to fight back - The Hechinger Report Patricia McGuire has always been an outspoken advocate for her students at Trinity Washington University, a small, Catholic institution that serves largely Black and Hispanic women, just a few miles f...

It was community college leaders who were among the first to speak out on the attacks facing higher education, especially my colleague Mike Gavin. #EndCCStigma hechingerreport.org/column-trump...