MUSKEGON, Mich. (WZZM) - Muskegon Community College graduates will be asked to keep their talent in Michigan during their commencement address on May 4th.

Governor Rick Snyder will be the keynote speaker at the school's 83rd commencement cermony.  He is expected to also call on Muskegon area leaders to help make Michigan a hotspot for young talent and improve the quality of education in Michigan.

"We are pleased Governor Snyder accepted our invitation and is joining us in preparing our students for their next steps," stated MCC President, Dr. Dale Nesbary in a news story posted on the MCC website. "Our graduates, like the governor, are focused on the future. Commencement is a great time to look ahead and discuss how we can best reinvent ourselves and our communities."

NORTON SHORES, Mich. (WZZM)- Dozens of third graders from Muskegon Heights have a head start on understanding how to use the bank.  The students from Edgewood Elementary in Muskegon Heights were treated to a tour of the Norton Shores Comerica Bank branch. 

It was the bank's way of celebrating national Financial Literacy Month.  The bankers even allowed the students to open the bank vault and watch how large stacks of cash are counted.

Comerica Bank's Regional President Bruce Fox said, "In our role as a community bank we think it is important to help students and others learn about banking and learn about savings, and learn about their own financial affairs."

The bank employees also taught the students how to write and cash checks, as well as how to use a savings account.

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A team of middle school students from North Muskegon Public School in Muskegon, Michigan took first place in the Improvisation Challenge at the Destination Imagination© State of Michigan Tournament held at Holt High School in Lansing, Michigan on Saturday, April 16, 2011.  This special team includes both sixth grade and fourth grade students.  Two of the team members have allergic anaphylaxis.  The team will advance to the Global Finals tournament held at the University of Tennessee May 25-28.

According to the program coordinator, Dr. Missi Nadeau, “the Global Finals tournament is the Little League World Series of creative problem solving. We are proud to represent our school and our state.