Events & Information
ACC Student Food Pantry Receives Donation from First Presbyterian Church of Alpena - October 15, 2024
Farming The Sun in Northeast Lower Michigan: A Proposal For a 6-Acre Solar Array - October 16, 2024
Student Services Newsletter - October 17, 2024
Fall 2024 Learning Technology Training Sessions - October 17, 2024
Take a look at our Life After High School Video Series October Session with Alpena Alcona Area Credit Union!
Education Shadowing Week - Oscoda Campus - October 21, 2024
ACC Introduces Addition of Men's and Women's Soccer - October 25, 2024
AAACU Donates to ACC Foundation - December 4, 2024
Workforce Development Monthly Newsletter - December 6, 2024
ACC Introduces Lumberjack Legends Athletics Hall of Fame
The Office of Alumni Relations at Alpena Community College is pleased to announce the inaugural class of honorees for the school’s new Lumberjack Legends Athletics Hall of Fame. Five alumni athletes, a team, and a legendary coach will be honored as Lumberjack Legends on Saturday, September 7 inside ACC’s Besser Technical Center.
This year’s Lumberjack Legends are:
- James Dutcher, Athletic Director & Coach, 1958-1966
- John Stosick, Swimming, NJCAA champion (200-meter backstroke), NJCAA runner-up (100-meter backstroke), 1968
- Alonzo Weatherly, Men’s Basketball, NJCAA honorable mention All-American, 1979
- Diana Flakes, Women’s Basketball, NJCAA 2nd team All-American, 1981
- Jimmie Holliday, Men’s Basketball, NJCAA honorable mention All-American, 1987
- Josh Walker, Men’s Basketball, NJCAA 3rd team All-American, 2003
- 1966 Men’s Basketball Team, Region 12 Champions
The 2024 class includes four ACC athletes who achieved All-American status, a national champion in swimming, plus ACC’s most successful basketball team, which played in the 1966 national junior college championship tournament. That team was Coach Jim Dutcher’s last at ACC before he departed for head coaching duties at Eastern Michigan University. He went on to be an assistant coach at the University of Michigan before taking the helm at the University of Minnesota as their men’s head basketball coach.
ACC Aligns Spring Break with Area Schools
Date: July 15, 2024
ACC and school districts in the Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona Educational Service District now have the same spring break dates for the upcoming year! This scheduling coordination will enable high school students from Alpena, Alcona, Hillman, and Atlanta to attend ACC courses with minimal disruption while still being able to get away for spring break or participate in high school activities like athletics.
ACC Spring Break 2025: March 17-21, 2025!
ACC would like to thank everyone who was involved in the discussions and planning for aligning our academic calendars, including ACC faculty, our academic partners in the local schools, and the AMA-ESD. We believe this change will make participation in dual enrollment and early college opportunities at ACC even better for local high school students.
ACC President Receives Phi Theta Kappa Award
Posted: February 7, 2024
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK) will recognize Donald MacMaster, President, Alpena Community College (MI), along with 18 other college administrators with the Shirley B. Gordon Award of Distinction during PTK Catalyst 2024, the Society’s annual convention in Orlando, Fl, April 4-6, 2024. To be eligible for this award, college presidents and CEOs must have served in their role for at least five years. Recipients are nominated by students on their campus and are only eligible to receive the award once over the course of their career.
ACC Ranks #1 in Graduation Rate and Spring Semester Enrollment Increase
Posted January 20, 2023
Alpena Community College is riding a wave of student success this year as shown in two recent Michigan community college metrics for success: ACC earned the highest graduation rate of all Michigan community colleges in the 2022 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) Data Feedback Report and ACC ranks number one in enrollment increases for Spring Semester 2023.
ACC and SVSU Announce New Partnership for Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree in Alpena
Posted December 8, 2022
Alpena Community College and Saginaw Valley State University will collaborate to expand nursing education opportunities and grow the talent pool of nurses in Northern Michigan through a partnership supported by a grant from the State of Michigan.
ACC Announces New Social Work Bachelor's Degree Partnership with Western Michigan University
Posted October 27, 2022
Alpena Community College is announcing a new articulation agreement with Western Michigan University to provide a 2+2 agreement in Social Work. Under this agreement, students will complete the first two years of their program at ACC and then finish their degree with WMU.
ACC History
- Founded in 1952, Alpena Community College brought higher education to Northeast Michigan by offering college classes at Alpena High School as part of the K-14 school district.
- The first class of 23 students graduated in June 1954.
- The current Alpena campus was established in 1957, when 23 acres of land were granted to ACC by philanthropist Jesse H. Besser, founder of Besser Company.
- In the 70 years since the college was created, the Alpena campus has grown to include eight buildings scattered across 400 acres of land along the Thunder Bay River, plus a second campus in Oscoda.
About ACC
Alpena Community College provides affordable higher education in Northeast Michigan to students with diverse backgrounds and academic goals. Each semester, ACC educates over 2000 students spread between campuses in Alpena and Oscoda, along with students taking advantage of the college’s distance learning offerings. In addition to providing two-year degrees and one-year certificates in over 75 programs of study, ACC offers a bachelor’s degree program in electrical systems technology, customized workforce training, continuing education courses, dual-enrollment studies for area high school students, cooperative on-campus four-year degree programs, and community education.
For more information about ACC’s Lumberjack Legends program, please contact the Director of Alumni Relations Mary Eagan at 989-358-7344 or email alumni@alpenacc.edu.