Leah Crandall
Thursday, November 11, 2021 8:00 AM by Macomb Community College
Alumni Stories
She’s travelled to Bora Bora, hiked through the Grand Teton and Yellowstone national parks, and rode in a one-day, 100-mile bicycle tour. Leah Crandall is always on the lookout for new adventures, but none will ever be as risky or as exciting as leaving behind a 20-year career and starting anew as her own boss.
Janice Fox, Speech
Sunday, September 19, 2021 8:00 AM by Macomb Community College
Faculty Stories
Speech. It’s an acquired skill, and one that takes time, effort and a little guidance and support. Thankfully, Macomb faculty member Janice Fox is more than up to the task.
Lanna Brasure
Wednesday, September 08, 2021 8:00 AM by Macomb Community College
Alumni Stories
If variety is the spice of life, Lanna Brasure’s spice racks should, by all accounts, be overflowing. The St. Clair County native, who now lives in downtown Detroit and is a software engineer at Little Caesars, has enjoyed more hobbies and careers than most people do in a lifetime. Perhaps this is due to her drive to reject complacency and reach for the stars.
Erica Wilson
Wednesday, August 25, 2021 8:00 AM by Macomb Community College
Alumni Stories
You might say that Erica Wilson stumbled upon her career path while a student here. The Warren Woods Tower High School graduate received a volleyball scholarship to attend Macomb in 2013, tore a ligament in her knee diving for a play in 2014 and discovered her calling while recuperating from the injury.
Carissa Hansen
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 8:00 AM by Macomb Community College
Alumni Stories
Carissa Hansen has played the guitar since she was 12, is interested in how music is made as well as how it sounds and would welcome a job in the recording industry. But it wasn’t until she took a class at Macomb that she discovered the game-changing nature of one of the 20th century’s most iconic sounds.
Tom Savage, Media and Communication Arts
Friday, June 25, 2021 8:00 AM by Macomb Community College
Faculty Stories
Tom Savage, both a Macomb alum and instructor, began drawing up plans for a career in art and design in the fifth grade. He envisioned cartoon characters, a comic strip and book illustrations. It ended up being all that and more.
Sarah Zanchetta
Monday, June 21, 2021 8:00 AM by Macomb Community College
Alumni Stories
Arizona is as different from Michigan as the Emerald City is from Kansas. The road Sarah Zanchetta followed to the Grand Canyon State, however, was paved not in yellow bricks, but in costing models, inventory controls and arrow diagrams. Not to mention a certain college logo depicting the turning pages of a book. (Yes, that would be Macomb’s.)
Kurtis LaHaie, Automotive Technology
Tuesday, June 01, 2021 8:00 AM by Macomb Community College
Faculty Stories
To relieve stress, Kurtis LaHaie likes to jump on one of his vintage tractors and tool around the 10 acres of land where he and wife Angela raised children Darby and Devon, and two Labrador retrievers now roam.
Tanya Balcom, Business Management
Tuesday, June 01, 2021 8:00 AM by Macomb Community College
Faculty Stories
When Tanya Balcom began teaching business management courses at Macomb in 2003, she had as much difficulty curbing her enthusiasm as a kid in a candy store or, more aptly, an ice cream shop.
Katlin Pfropper
Monday, May 24, 2021 8:00 AM by Macomb Community College
Alumni Stories
it is difficult to characterize Katlin Pfropper as either a Macomb alumna or a student because she is intensely good at doing both, as well as many other things, at one time.
Silvana Palazzolo
Wednesday, May 05, 2021 8:00 AM by Macomb Community College
Alumni Stories
When Silvana Palazzolo graduated from Dakota High School in 2017, joining the military was not on her radar. That changed her second year at Macomb when she was drawn to enlist by an ad on Facebook for the Michigan Air National Guard.
Alexis Perry
Thursday, April 15, 2021 8:00 AM by Macomb Community College
Alumni Stories
As a student at Benzie Central High School near Traverse City, Alexis Perry rode with the local police several times to clock observation hours for her government classes. By the time she graduated in 2018, she decided to turn those class assignments into a career.
Jennifer Manatine, Paralegal Program
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 8:00 AM by Macomb Community College
Faculty Stories
Jennifer Manatine knew from an early age that she wanted to go into law, and she mapped out a strategy with the same careful research and attention to detail as an attorney preparing a legal brief.
Jeremy Barnes-Smith
Friday, February 26, 2021 8:00 AM by Macomb Community College
Alumni Stories
At 30, Macomb alum Jeremy Barnes-Smith is living his dreams. After a decade in the automotive industry, he is now working at General Motors as a mobile software engineer. But it took more than a little dedication and a fair number of nearly sleepless nights for him to get to where he is today.
Francesca Pace
Friday, February 12, 2021 8:00 AM by Macomb Community College
Alumni Stories
Francesca Pace’s path to her current career as an events planner was scattered with figurative rose petals by the unlikely duo of David Tutera, of My Fair Wedding fame, and Nancy Butzu, Early Childhood Studies instructor at Macomb. But Pace never dreamed it would lead to twice monthly Zoom calls with Tutera, after being selected with 99 others for the celebrity wedding planner’s national mentorship.
Andrea Knesek, Nursing
Thursday, February 04, 2021 8:00 AM by Macomb Community College
Faculty Stories
Andrea (Ande) Knesek is a world traveler. She’s been throughout Europe, as well as China and Portugal. But it was a 2017 trip to Guatemala that was the most “eye opening.”
Cherie Noullet
Monday, January 04, 2021 8:00 AM by Macomb Community College
Alumni Stories
Despite the fact that she completed Macomb’s Veterinary Assistant program just last June, animals who find themselves under Cherie Noullet’s watch at Macomb Veterinary Associates in Utica are in the hands of a veteran caregiver.