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L’ANSE, Mich. (WLUC) - Students at a community college in L’anse are the first to try out a newly finished education room and new equipment.
Lizzie Campioni is in the middle of her third semester of prerequisites in the Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College’s nursing program.
As part of her education, she is required to take a microbiology course.
“Microbiology is one of the four, I believe, science classes for the pre-reqs of the nursing program,” Campioni said. “This is one of my final classes. The teachers really take time to listen to your concerns and try to help teach you in a way you understand.”
Because of this, she is among the first students to take advantage of the college’s new science laboratory. Before the lab was finished, students had to take the course digitally.
“They used to do it online, because we didn’t have that kind of equipment in a lab,” KBOCC Health Science Department Chair Ruby Alhajjar said. “But right now, we can do that, real experiments.”
Alhajjar is leading the course this year. Students now have access to equipment from lab protection gear to microscopes with viewing screens. They can also use a table-like touchscreen system. It allows them to view the human body and its systems under various conditions for better learning.
Alhajjar says she is especially grateful for the students to have these tools at their disposal.
“It’s really important for this area to have this kind of experience, and this lab, with all of this new equipment,” Alhajjar added. “It’s really opened the chance for us as a faculty to teach everything they need.”
Alhajjar hopes these new opportunities will help current and future students deepen their knowledge, strengthen their skills, and be prepared for whatever lies ahead.
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