Fred L. Mathews Library at Southwestern Michigan College

06/19/2026

Happy Juneteenth!

Opal Lee was one of the driving forces in establishing a national observance of Juneteenth. Learn more about her role in the celebration of :

Juneteenth is a time to gather as a family, reflect on the past and look to the future. Discover ways to celebrate this African American cultural tradition of music, food and freedom.

06/18/2026

Join us one week from today for our first Book Buzz of the summer! It’s going to be an ice cream social! 🍨

06/03/2026

It’s not true that there’s no life on campus in the summer! Listen closely for the squeak in reply when we ask if they’re coming to the library. 🦝🦝📚

06/01/2026

Welcome, summer semester students and faculty—and happy Pride Month!

05/21/2026

The library will be closed on Monday for Memorial Day. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday.

Memorial Day, a federal holiday in May, honors the men and women who died serving in the U.S. military. It began as D...

05/11/2026

In case you're wondering, we do stay open during intersession! Our hours are 8:00 a.m. till 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. These hours will continue through the summer semester and until our later hours resume in the fall. The Roadrunner Kitchen also remains open for students.

05/10/2026

Congrats to all our new alumni!! We were especially excited to celebrate our recent library clerk, Kaylyn Moore, and current library clerk, Michael Burks, at commencement yesterday!

Both Kaylyn and Michael completed their associate degree programs after the fall semester. We were sad to see Kaylyn go at that time, but happy to celebrate her exciting addition to her family with baby Juliette. 💚💛

We are fortunate to have Michael continue with us as he works toward a bachelor’s degree with the Ferris at SMC program. Pictured with Michael is his girlfriend, Nevaeh Hemminger, who also graduated and worked with our neighbors in the TLC.

Kaylyn, Michael, AND Nevaeh ALL were named as Outstanding Graduates!! 🤩

We’d also like to give shout outs to a couple more favorite former student library staff members. It was great to once again have Hunter Schuur as the guest conductor of the choir for commencement! And we’re so proud of Courtney Mathews, who just graduated this weekend with her Master of Public Administration degree!

04/29/2026

We were so happy to have our therapy dog friends join us for our Stay, Study, & Play event again yesterday!

04/26/2026

It’s doggo day tomorrow!!

We want to help you relieve stress while studying as you prepare for final exams, papers, and projects! All day long, as you work/study in the library, give yourself little breaks with Legos, games,etc. See if you can figure out how to open our mysterious puzzle box and grab some treasure!

For as long as supplies last, enjoy refreshments. We’ll have donuts starting at 8:00, and we’ll have turtle brownies and lemon bars starting at noon.

Between 1:00 and 2:30, jump over to MCC West to snuggle with the therapy dogs!

04/07/2026

Congrats to our March reading program drawing winner, Kaylynn!! You can fill out entries for our April drawing every time you read a book of poetry, a book from ANY of our library displays, any nonfiction book, or a book with nature on the cover!