Student Profile: Zach Brukley, Biotechnology Student

Zach Brukley credits his new career as a scientist to HFCC’s Biotechnology Program, which he discovered working as a custodian. Brukley recently graduated with an associate’s degree in Biotechnology and has transferred to Wayne State University. He completed an internship at Enzo Life Sciences in Ann Arbor. “Because of a confluence of excellent instructors, the amazing resources for...

HFCC Celebrates 75 Years of Serving the Community!

This year HFCC celebrates 75 years of service to the Dearborn and southeast Michigan communities! The school was originally named Fordson Junior College when it was established in 1938. Later the college was adopted as Dearborn Junior College in 1946, before adopting its current institution name in 1952, which was named after the Henry Ford Trade School.  Since it was founded in 1938 as...

Henry Ford Early College has its First RN Graduate

It wasn’t the typical high school experience for Sarah Kazbour of Dearborn. She was determined to reach her goal – a goal that was almost unthought-of for a student her age. Registered Nurse—At 19! Kazbour became a registered nurse at age 19. She was a member of the first graduating class of the Henry Ford Early College program in May 2012. She is the first RN student to graduate from the...

Henry Ford Collegiate Academy

The Henry Ford Collegiate Academy is one of the most exciting opportunities that the Dearborn Public Schools and Henry Ford Community College have ever offered students! This program provides students a chance to earn BOTH a HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA and a two-year associate’s degree in only five years at NO COST to parents or students. The best part of the program is that it doesn’t matter if...

Student Profile: Zach Brukley, Biotechnology Student

Zach Brukley credits his new career as a scientist to HFCC’s Biotechnology Program, which he discovered working as a custodian. Brukley recently graduated with an associate’s degree in Biotechnology and has transferred to Wayne State University. He completed an internship at Enzo Life Sciences in Ann Arbor. “Because of a confluence of excellent instructors, the amazing resources for...

HFCC Celebrates 75 Years of Serving the Community!

This year HFCC celebrates 75 years of service to the Dearborn and southeast Michigan communities! The school was originally named Fordson Junior College when it was established in 1938. Later the college was adopted as Dearborn Junior College in 1946, before adopting its current institution name in 1952, which was named after the Henry Ford Trade School.  Since it was founded in 1938 as Fordson...

Henry Ford Early College has its First RN Graduate

It wasn’t the typical high school experience for Sarah Kazbour of Dearborn. She was determined to reach her goal – a goal that was almost unthought-of for a student her age. Registered Nurse—At 19! Kazbour became a registered nurse at age 19. She was a member of the first graduating class of the Henry Ford Early College program in May 2012. She is the first RN student to graduate from the...

MAT2® progam yields success for students

When attending Salem High School in Plymouth, Mich., Rebekka Neumann – a native of Germany – was part of Salem’s first (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) robotics team. That sparked her interest in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) field. From there, she found out about the MAT²® Program at HFC, where she enrolled upon graduation from...

HFC’s certified Ophthalmic Technician program = only accredited program in Michigan

The HFC Certified Ophthalmic Technician (COT) Program is the only accredited COT program in the state of Michigan. A COT works with ophthalmologists to provide patient care by performing numerous eye-related clinical tasks, including but not limited to: Performing vision and diagnostic tests; Instructing patients about medications and various medical procedures; Recording patients’ medical...

Student Engineering Team Finalist in National Competition

This past spring, a team of four Pre-Engineering students earned selection as a finalist in the Community College Innovation Challenge (CCIC) Boot Camp at the National Science Foundation (NSF) in Arlington, Va. The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) hosted this all-expenses paid event in partnership with the NSF. Innovation Boot Camp provided a hands-on learning opportunity for 10...

Grammy Winner and Former HFC Student Visits Campus

In late November 2015, HFC welcomed back to its campus Grammy-winning recording artist/music producer Noel Fisher, known professionally in the music industry as Detail. During his visit, Detail spoke with students and also received a recording from HFC students and alumni for his rendition of the classic holiday song “The First Noel” for his Christmas CD “Detail Presents Noel.” While on...

HFC Cisco Networking Academy student selected as a member of the “Dream Team”

Only 10 students throughout the U.S. and Canada selected for CiscoLive! Kenith Lewis III, a Cisco Networking Academy student at HFC, was one of 10 students throughout the United States and Canada – and the only one in Michigan – who was selected as a member of the “Dream Team” and went to CiscoLive! in San Diego this past June. More than 160 students applied to be part of the “Dream...

HFC’s Architecture/Construction Technology Program Logical Step for Richy Rodriguez

An alumnus of Dearborn’s Edsel Ford High School and Ferndale’s Joint Apprentice Training Center (JATC) where he was certified as a journeyman carpenter, Richy Rodriguez felt HFC’s Architecture/Construction Technology (ACT) program was the next logical step in his career. “I thought it was just a good path to follow. I’ve been on the building side of things – I know how a building...

Be More Than a Student – Be a Scholar!

The Henry Ford II Honors Program   The Henry Ford II Honors Program at HFC offers a challenging and demanding academic program in which students and faculty form a learning community. Students are expected to excel academically as they develop their skills in composition, speech, independent research and critical thinking. Henry Ford II Honors Program faculty members challenge students to...

Recent Student Honors

Three Acting Students Earn Nominations for Prestigious Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship by Kurt Anthony Krug [caption id="attachment_1524" align="alignright" width="320"] HFC acting students Zachary Ross (left) and Samantha Kenbeek (right) in a scene from HFC’s recent production of “Bug.” Ross and Kenbeek were nominated for the prestigious Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship. This is Ross’ second...

Engineering Team Finalist in Community College Innovation Challenge

The National Science Foundation (NSF), in partnership with the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), named a team of HFC Pre-engineering students as one of the 10 finalists in the second annual Community College Innovation Challenge (CCIC) this past spring. This is HFC’s second consecutive year of earning this prestigious honor as one of the CCIC’s 10 finalist teams. The HFC...