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Note: Regular bookstore hours are 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays. The bookstore is closed Saturdays and Sundays.

The Kellogg Community College Bruin Bookstore’s Annual Spring Sale runs April 1 through May 12, during which all �鶹��Ƶ clothing and gift items are 20% off. (�鶹��Ƶ employees get an additional 10% off through their employee discount, for a full 30% off.)

The bookstore’s regular business hours are 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays.

For more information about the Annual Spring Sale or other �鶹��Ƶ bookstore initiatives, contact the bookstore at 269-965-4128. General information about the Bruin Bookstore, including key textbook dates for students, is available online at kellogg.edu/bookstore.

Please note: The Student Art Show is free and open to the public during regular gallery hours, which are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursdays.

Kellogg Community College will exhibit nearly 140 works of art created by 60 student artists as part of the College’s annual Student Art Show running through May 2 on campus in Battle Creek.

The exhibit, which opened April 16, is on display in the Eleanor R. and Robert A. DeVries Gallery in �鶹��Ƶ’s Davidson Visual and Performing Arts Center, on campus at 450 North Ave. in Battle Creek. Art from the show can be viewed following the awards ceremony (see details below) online at .��

The exhibit is free and open to the public during regular gallery hours, which are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursdays.

An awards ceremony highlighting select artists and works from the exhibit will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, April 25, at the Davidson Center to recognize student artists. That event is also free and open to the public.

Every spring, �鶹��Ƶ Art, Photography and Multimedia and Graphic Design program students from the current academic year are invited to submit up to four entries for consideration for Student Art Exhibition awards. Media categories include:

> 2D Fine Art (drawing, painting, printmaking and 2D mixed media)
> 3D Fine Art (ceramics, sculpture, and 3D mixed media)
> Digital Design (digital illustration and graphic design)
> Photography (alternative print processes, black and white, digital, and digital composite)
> Time-Based Digital Media (animation and video)

A faculty committee reviews and organizes all submissions and the bulk of the work is juried independently by an art professional chosen from outside of the College. The juror selects the major media category awards and honorable mentions, with cash prizes made possible through a generous donation made to the �鶹��Ƶ Foundation by artist Kimiko Petersen and her husband Sherman Petersen.

This year’s juror is sculptor and �鶹��Ƶ alumnus Brian Nelson, a professor at Eastern Michigan University’s School of Art & Design whose work has been exhibited widely across the U.S. Nelson’s sculptures “16 Years (Paroxetine)” and “Zoloft (There Is Something About the Weather)” were displayed on �鶹��Ƶ’s North Avenue campus from 2022 through 2024 as part of the College’s fourth annual Biennial Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition.

For more information about �鶹��Ƶ’s Student Art Show, contact �鶹��Ƶ Graphic Design professor and Art Exhibits Director Penny Rose at 269-565-7961 or rosep@kellogg.edu.

Kellogg Community College will celebrate the accomplishments of more than 1,100 candidates for graduation during its 67^th commencement ceremony this month in Battle Creek.

The commencement program will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 15, at Kellogg Arena, 36 W. Hamblin Ave., Battle Creek, and will include addresses from �鶹��Ƶ staff and trustees as well as remarks from �鶹��Ƶ President Dr. Paul R. Watson II and graduate Maude Bristol-Perry, of Battle Creek, as commencement speaker.

Bristol-Perry, who graduated with an Associate of Applied Science degree in Early Childhood Education in December and will be 87 years old at commencement, is believed to be the oldest graduate in �鶹��Ƶ history.

The commencement ceremony, in which approximately 400 candidates for graduation have signed up to participate, is open to graduates, candidates and their guests; no tickets are required. Arena doors will open to guests at 6 p.m.

�鶹��Ƶ’s 2025 commencement ceremony will celebrate the accomplishments of 1,109 graduation candidates from four semesters at �鶹��Ƶ, including Summer 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025 and Summer 2025. The Class of 2025 is the 67^th graduating class at �鶹��Ƶ, which was founded in 1956.

Questions about commencement may be directed to the �鶹��Ƶ Registrar’s Office at 269-565-2612.