Delta College’s former police chief awaits his day in court on his Whistleblower Protection Act wrongful firing lawsuit against the college. Michael Wiltse, now working as an instructor at Lansing Community College, refused comment when reached by the Collegiate other than to say “I did not violate FERPA.” Wiltse claims […]
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Local church invites young adults to gather
Young adults gathered to socialize and worship at Living Word Church on Friday, March 21. Young Adults Night has been happening monthly for about seven years. It is organized by the Young Adults Leadership Team at Living Word Church, 2010 Stark Road in Midland. Each Young Adults Night begins at […]
Master class gives singers tips
The Humanities Division Arts Festival exhibited a public master class on the final night of the festival, bringing the jazz choir from the University of Tennessee to Delta to sing with and constructively critique Delta’s jazz choir. Within the lecture theater, audience members observed the master class, hearing the descending […]
Tennessee singers wow Delta community
Delta hosted the University of Tennessee singers for a vocal jazz concert on March 18. The 11-man vocal group is led by music instructor and pianist Wendel Werner. The concert was accompanied by Werner on the piano and was lively with snapping and clapping worked into the arrangements. The audience […]
Local church invites young adults to gather
Young adults gathered to socialize and worship at Living Word Church on Friday, March 21. Young Adults Night has been happening monthly for about seven years. It is organized by the Young Adults Leadership Team at Living Word Church, 2010 Stark Road in Midland. Each Young Adults Night begins at […]
Frankenmuth bringin’ back the 80’s
The 1980’s return for the 10th time as “Bringin’ Back the 80s Festival” in Frankenmuth at Heritage Park raises money for the American Cancer Society and cancer related causes. Jeanna Rogner, president of the 80’s festival, began the event 10 years ago when her mother, Jill Ann Zehnder, passed away […]
Delta may face budget deficit
Delta may acquire $1.2 million less in revenue than usual due to declining enrollment and may face a budget deficit in the 2014-2015 school year. Debra Lutz, Vice President of Business and Finance, said Delta is trying to reduce expenses and lower losses in revenue. The college has an annual […]
Delta students search for wonder and experiences
Why would someone work an unsatisfying job or take classes they find boring? Those are just two questions brought up by and answered by the brown bag discussion on hunger on March 25. The event wasn’t about world hunger or physical hunger, but the psychological and physiological hunger for experience. […]
President speaker series explores the beginnings of the universe
The next chapter in the President Speaker Series is called “Listening to the Universe for the Sounds of Creation.” This event was hosted Janna Levin, a cosmologist who researches the early universe as well as the science and behavior of black holes. Levin is a professor of astronomy and physics […]
Professor William Ketchum retires after 37 years
After 37 years at Delta College, William Ketchum is retiring, effective May 1. Ketchum began his career at Delta in 1977 as news bureau chief and later switched to academics and rose through the ranks to associate professor of English. He said all he ever wanted to do was either […]