Lapeer Golf
Outing
Each year, the Foundation sponsors an Annual
Golf Outing to raise funds for the Lapeer Learner Scholarship. The
scholarship is designated to meet the needs of deserving Lapeer
County students who wish to pursue higher education at MCC. Scholarship
monies may be used for tuition, books and fees at MCC. The MCC Financial
Aid office selects the awardees based on recommendations from the
Lapeer Campus. Candidates must be a Lapeer County resident and be
enrolled for at least six credits including one class at the Lapeer
Campus.
Ballenger Lecture Series
In 2005 The Foundation for Mott Community
College announced the return of the Ballenger Lecture Series, an
impressive line up of speakers since it began in 1955 that has
included national and international leaders such as Rocket Scientist
Werner Von Braun, Journalists Alistair Cooke and Peter Jennings,
Art Critic Stanley Kaufman, Talk Show Host Geraldo Rivera, Writers
Alex Haley and William Buckley, Humorist Art Buchwald and Black
Activist Julian Bond.
The Ballenger Lecture Series was created
in 1955 through a generous gift by the Ballenger Trust to enhance
educational opportunities for students of MCC as well as create
a public discussion of issues facing the greater Flint community.
The Ballenger Trust underwrites the necessary finances to offer
a free lecture series and create a Ballenger Chair at MCC to provide
in depth instruction into urban studies.
In April of 2005, the
series was launched with nationally renowned Film Director Spike
Lee.
Other speakers since then have included Bill Johnson, Mayor
of Rochester, NY; Lech Walesa, former President of Poland and the
author of the Solidarity Movement.
On April 3, 2007, Harry Belafonte was warmly received on campus. Comments included: "Inspirational; thought-provoking; educational and fun"; "Something positive for the community and city of Flint"; "He planted seeds that will grow & create positive change".
 
Morris Dees of the Southern Poverty Law Center spoke on cultural and racial tolerance on October 4, 2007. Comments included: "Mr. Dees was very inspirational.” “I liked most his passion for fairness and justice."
Dr. Jared Diamond, professor of Geography at UCLA and Pulitzer prize winning author of "Guns, Germs and Steel", which explains the environmental and geographic reasons why certain human populations have flourished, was The Ballenger's guest speaker on April 17, 2008. One attendee commented, "What I liked most about Dr. Diamond's lecture was, apart from specific examples, his insistence that the future is in our decisions." Another attendee noted, "I liked his bolder metaphor for larger global problems — also his examples about the problem of gated communities."
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