Macomb Community College Transforming Tomorrows fundraising campaign raises more than $18 million

Funds will support student success, academic and workforce development, technology and innovation, and arts and culture

Macomb Community College’s Transforming Tomorrows fundraising campaign exceeded its $15 million goal by 20%, raising more than $18 million to support four priorities: student access and success, academic and workforce development, technology and innovation, and arts and culture. Transforming Tomorrows was a five-year campaign that launched in July 2021 and concluded in June 2026.

“The success of the Transforming Tomorrows campaign highlights the shared commitment of employees, retirees, community members and funders to Macomb Community College’s mission, enhancing the capability and capacity of the college while providing essential financial support that assists individual students in achieving success and completing their degree,” said Diane Banks, director, Macomb Community College Foundation. “It also reflects the trust donors have in Macomb to strategically use resources to do the right thing at the right time to help our residents and community successfully navigate in times of rapidly escalating change.”

Campaign highlights include:

• Generous support from Macomb Community College employees and retirees: $5.2 million
• Largest individual contribution in Macomb’s history from the estate of Shirley Glass, a longtime accounting professor at the college: $3.2 million
• 39% growth in endowment: $45 million
• 1,467% increase in Greatest Need Fund: $4.7 million

“I realize that scholarships I received meant much more than simply helping with tuition or expenses as they gave me a sense that someone I had never met believed in me,” said Vincent Vitale, 27, a college alumnus from Macomb Township who spoke at a recent campaign celebration for donors. “Someone believed that my education was worth investing in; someone believed that I had the potential to do something meaningful with that opportunity.” Vitale is completing his bachelor’s degree in accounting at Walsh College while working at a local CPA firm.

For more information on the Macomb Community College Foundation, visit www.macomb.edu/Foundation.

Media contact: Rachel LePoudre, APR, 586.445.7271, lepoudrer417@macomb.edu.