Student Success

Clare Durina, a member of the first cohort to graduate from the HFC Lactation Consultant program, said the HFC program helped her start her own business.

HFC alumnus and former instructor Jimi Varner is an ACE-Certified Personal Trainer with a storied athletic career. He is offering free fitness classes remotely during the pandemic.

Ascension Health System will conduct a virtual nursing recruiting seminar today from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.

HFC alumnus Byron Brooks continues to champion the homeless and many other social justice causes.

Hawks Guard Leon Ayers, who will graduate and play for UW-Green Bay, was named an NJCAA Men’s Basketball Division II Second Team All-American.

HFC alumna wins Women in Business Success Award for her culinary studio.

Surgical Technologist program director Keambra Pierson will become the Associate Dean of BEPD in July.

Kimberly Perlongo joins HFC as a new staff accountant in Financial Services.

HFC alumna Helen Gaus' artwork is on display at the Tucson Jewish Community Center Fine Art Gallery in an exhibit called "The Space We Inhabit."

Political science instructor Robert Yahrmatter will become Associate Dean of SoLA July 1.

HFC alumna Chelsea Rook's photography has been selected for the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art in Missouri.

HFC alumna Kyla Bazzy, who was in the first class of the Henry Ford Collegiate Academy, is the editor-in-chief of The Michigan Journal, the University of Michigan-Dearborn’s student-run newspaper.

After 30 years in the corporate sector, HFC alumnus Jim Handley takes his first foray into higher ed as the vice president of human resources at Rock Valley College.

Dearborn Heights police officer Mehdi Ayoub, who earned his criminal justice degree from HFC, was recently honored for saving a young child's life.

Saladin Ahmed creates Marvel Comics' newest character: a superhero from Dearborn called Amulet. Signing at Green Brain Comics March 4!

Mohamed Saleh, a nurse, describes how HFC teaching, scholarships, and diversity changed the course of his life. He plans to return as a teacher one day.

HFC alumna Jennifer Amilivia beats the odds and earns her doctorate in special education from the University of Kansas, becoming a special education advocate along the way.

Eric Thomas, who studied graphic design at HFC, is the new Chief Storyteller for the City of Detroit.

HFC art student Shanzae Malik's sculpture took third place in the 3-D category in this year's Liberal Arts Network for Development conference.

Women are still a minority in STEM fields, but are gaining ground. Hana Beydoun found the path to her STEM career through courses and mentors at HFC.

Former Airborne Ranger Tom Demerly -- ultramarathoner, cyclist, mountain climber, aviation writer, business owner -- sees earning an HFC degree as a way to be agile and adaptive in the workforce.

Elke Doom, Eastpointe's new city manager, attended HFC three times, earning two degrees. Two of her daughters followed suit.

HFC alum/ex-State trooper talks about his time at HFC, being a cop, and playing in a local band during retirement.

HFC student veteran Sandra Wilkins served in the U.S. Navy from 1999-2003. She is a culinary arts student who hosts WHFR’s “Feast of Folk” radio show as D.J. Quicksand.