Continuous improvement drives SMC planning process
The Southwestern Michigan College Board of Trustees conducted its annual day-long strategic planning session March 25.
All seven trustees joined college administration at Mathews Conference Center West on the Dowagiac campus to review the detailed SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis, a tool used to ensure continuous quality improvement.
SMC graduates to hear Dr. Hamel May 4
Dr. Loren B. Hamel
Southwestern Michigan College Board of Trustees April 15 announced Loren B. Hamel, M.D., as speaker for SMC’s 52nd Commencement on May 4.
Dr. Hamel serves as president of Spectrum Health Lakeland, based in southwest Michigan, and is chief strategy officer at Spectrum Health. Prior to the two health systems integrating in 2018, he served as chief executive officer of Lakeland Health for nine years, holding various other executive roles with the organization over the previous decade.
