Schoolcraft College is proudly celebrating our 50th Anniversary throughout this school year. We wanted to honor the college’s 50-year legacy of serving this community by recognizing the people who have created that legacy and have helped make the college and the community what it is today; folks we have dubbed Schoolcraft College Difference Makers.

In seeking nominations earlier this year from our various constituent groups and the community, we defined Difference Makers as those who have made an impact on Schoolcraft College; and those, by virtue of their relationship to Schoolcraft College, who have had a significant impact on their community, professionally or personally. We were very pleased and impressed with the wide variety of nominations we received. Nominees and nominators included  current students, alumni or former students, instructors, staff members, retirees, administrators, donors, volunteers, board members, friends, community leaders, business leaders, and employers.

In addition to the special area of the website that was created to share all the stories about all the Difference Makers, the Observer & Eccentric and Hometown Newspapers published a special 24-page special section commemorating Schoolcraft's 50th Anniversary and announcing the Difference Makers on April 26, 2012.