Penn Valley English instructor shares social media reflections

Teaching on a college campus is not only fulfilling. It also keeps you in touch with youth and pop culture. Just ask MCC-Penn Vally English Instructor Anita Leverich, who recently wrote about social media popularity with the young and young at heart. Click here to read her amusing observations about texting in today's society.

Leverich is a "Midwest Voices" columnist with The Kansas City Star.

MCC-Longview students keeping KC parks clean

MCC-Longview students were featured over the weekend in The Kansas City Star as they worked all day Saturday to clean up Blue Valley Park.

The park, notorious for being an illegal dumping ground for tires and other trash in Northeast Kansas City, got some much needed attention as dozens of students from MCC spent the morning clearing out rubbish.

This is the 21st annual park clean up led by MCC-Longview and instructor Keet Kopecky's service learning program.

MCC-Penn Valley English teacher pens op-ed tribute to neighborhood bar

MCC-Penn Valley English Instructor Anita Leverich shared the sights and sounds of her neighborhood bar in this weekend's The Kansas City Star "Midwest Voices" column. Leverich took readers on a visit to Dotlanders of Wyandotte County, where people from different walks of life gather and enjoy good times. To read the column, click here.

MCC-Penn Valley Health Science Institute featured in KC Star

Simulation is what makes classes at MCC-Penn Valley Health Science Institute a realistic experience. The program's simulation approach was recently profiled in the Kansas City Star. To read more, click here