{"id":138859,"date":"2026-03-15T11:32:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T11:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/138859\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T11:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T11:32:07","slug":"erie-woman-to-be-inducted-into-black-hawk-colleges-alumni-hall-of-fame-shaw-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/138859\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie woman to be inducted into Black Hawk College\u2019s Alumni Hall of Fame \u2013 Shaw Local"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">Join Black Hawk College to celebrate seven new members of the BHC Alumni Hall of Fame on Thursday, April 2, at the Black &amp; Gold Celebration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">The evening will feature dinner, a silent auction, live music and the BHC Alumni Hall of Fame induction that includes an Erie woman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">Michelle Misfeldt grew up in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/erie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/erie\/\">Erie<\/a> and graduated from Erie High School in 1990. She continued her education at Black Hawk College, earning associate degrees in accounting specialist, business management and marketing in 1993.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">She began her career at Super Wash, Inc. in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/morrison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/morrison\/\">Morrison<\/a>, where she performed a variety of accounting responsibilities. She later worked for the Village of Erie as a water and sewer clerk before serving as village clerk from 2007-13. She was re-elected to the position in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">In 2013, she became the bookkeeper for Erie Community Unit School District No. 1, managing the district\u2019s daily accounting operations and payroll.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">She joined Revitalize Erie\u2019s Event Group in 2018, shortly after the organization was formed. Since then, she has helped plan many community events, including Erie\u2019s Sesquicentennial, the annual Easter Eggstravaganza, Memorial Day grab-and-go breakfast, Hometown Holiday, Street Fest, trivia nights and music bingo. She served on the board from 2021-24, including as board secretary from 2022-24.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">The other 2026 inductees are:<\/p>\n<p>Linda AndryMark CarlsonJayme MassaDougal NelsonThomas G. ReaganDavid VanLandegen<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">BHC Alumni Hall of Fame inductees must have completed at least 30 credit hours at Black Hawk College and are selected based on two criteria \u2013 outstanding distinction and success in their chosen field and humanitarian service that has proven beneficial to society.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">Kenneth E. Allison, BHC alum and 2023 Hall of Fame inductee, will be the keynote speaker. Allison began his leadership journey in the Quad-Cities, excelling as a student-athlete on the college\u2019s state championship track team and earning national recognition as an outstanding minority community college graduate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">The Black &amp; Gold Celebration starts with a reception at 5:30 p.m. followed by dinner and program at 6:30 p.m. at Bally\u2019s Quad Cities Casino &amp; Hotel, Rock Island.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">Tickets are $75. Please RSVP by Tuesday, March 24.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">For more information or to register, visit blackhawkcollegefoundation.org\/black-and-gold-celebration or contact the Black Hawk College Foundation at foundation@bhc.edu or 309-796-5052.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Join Black Hawk College to celebrate seven new members of the BHC Alumni Hall of Fame on Thursday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[1989,63734,136,138,137,26765,296,182,28579,983,15575],"class_list":["post-138859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-award","tag-black-hawk-college","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-hall-of-fame","tag-local","tag-local-news","tag-morrison","tag-sauk-valley-front-headlines","tag-whiteside-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}