Kalamazoo will soon be a hub for aspiring beauty professionals and barbers thanks to a new school opening soon. With the demand for personal care professionals growing, the new school will offer cosmetology and barbering classes to develop skills to thrive in the beauty industry. Opening the door for students to not only fill a need in the community, but also start hands-on training in a field that they love.
Michigan State Police are helping Western Michigan University students in the Cold Case Program with career opportunities as well as helping victim's families get some closure. The Cold Case program at WMU has been relying on donations to fund this work. And the program has already has a great reputation for helping detectives in unsolved homicides and missing persons cases.
We know the importance of a college education after high school, but we also know that it's not always an option for some students due to the cost of tuition. Fortunately, there are several Michigan Universities who offer a tuition-free promise to qualifying students. And now, Michigan State University has also joined that list.
The minimum requirement for to be eligible for the Bearcat Advantage Scholarship is that you attend all of high school (Freshman-Senior year) in BCPS. Although, the longer you are in BCPS the larger your scholarship fund becomes.