LMC to celebrate partnership with Siena Heights University

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Siena Heights University and Lake Michigan College will host an open house celebrating 40 years of partnership this month. The two have teamed up so LMC students can take classes not available locally. Lake Michigan College was the first community college in Michigan to partner with Siena Heights. Now, the Adrian-based private university has seven such campus centers at community colleges across the state. The partnership began in 1982 when Siena Heights championed creating a bachelor’s degree program to complement community colleges’ associate degrees in applied science. Today, 45% of students from the Siena Heights Benton Harbor Campus Center at LMC graduate with a bachelor’s degree in applied science. The two partners will mark the progress they’ve made at a reception on March 30 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Culinary Reception Room of Lake Michigan College’s Benton Harbor Campus.