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Registration for the 2026 MiCareerQuest West Central event is now open! Click here to register your business to join us on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, inside Wink Arena at Ferris State University.
MiCareerQuest West Central is the premiere hands-on career-exploration and college-readiness event for high school students in our area! In spring 2025, we hosted about 1,400 students from 20 different high schools across six counties!
Every ninth-grade student from across our region had the opportunity to meet and speak with 78 employers and training providers at Ferris State University's Wink Arena! The goal of MiCareerQuest is to give students the opportunity to take part in hands-on activities to spark their career curiosities!
Our seventh-annual MiCareerQuest event will be held on April 15, at Ferris' Wink Arena, and we hope to have even more employers participate!
We could not organize such a successful event each year without the generous support of our sponsors, like you! For more information about MiCareerQuest sponsorships, please click here!
If you have questions about MiCareerQuest or want to join us next year, please contact us at
micq@MWWC.org.
Check Out Photos From the 2025 MiCareerQuest West Central!
Thank you to this year's generous sponsors!
PLATINUM SPONSORS
Transportation SPONSOR
Gold SPONSORS
LUNCH SPONSOR
Silver SPONSORS
Event Supporter
Bronze SPONSORS
Volunteer & Exhibitor
Support SPONSOR
Education Partners
Check out videos and sponsor information from previous years' MiCareerQuest events below!
MiCareerQuest West Central 2025
To view the 2025 MiCareerQuest West Central video, click the video link below. The event was held April 30, 2025, in FSU's Wink Arena.
Special thanks to our 2023 sponsors!
Platinum Sponsors
Clear Water Services
West Michigan Plumbers, Fitters and Service Trades Union Local 174
Gold Sponsors
Ferris State University
MiSTEM Network West Central
Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transit Local 7
Silver Sponsors
Bucher Hydraulics
Cargill
Grand Oaks Nursing Center
Michigan Energy Workforce Development Consortium
Mighty Lube Systematic Lubrication Inc.
UACJ Whitehall Industries
Bronze Sponsors
Ferris State University Welding Engineering Technology
Hardman Construction
OPC Arbre Farms
Transportation Sponsor
FCG Truck Driver Training School
Volunteer Lunch Sponsor
Rockford Construction
Volunteer/Exhibitor Support Sponsor
West Shore Community College
MiCareerQuest West Central 2024
To view the 2024 MiCareerQuest West Central video, click the video link below. The event was held April 23, 2024, in FSU's Wink Arena.
Special thanks to our 2024 sponsors!
Platinum Sponsors
Corewell Health
Ferris State University Welding Engineering Technology
West Michigan Plumbers, Fitters and Service Trades Union Local 174
Gold Sponsors
Ferris State University
MiSTEM Network West Central
Silver Sponsors
Michigan Energy Workforce Development Consortium
Mersen
Volunteer/Exhibitor Support Sponsor
West Shore Community College
Event Supporters
Lerner Csernai & Fath Financial Group
Northland Honey & Bee Production
MiCareerQuest West Central 2023
To view the 2023 MiCareerQuest West Central video, click the video link below. The event was held May 9, 2023, in FSU's Wink Arena.
Special thanks to our 2023 sponsors!
Platinum Sponsors
West Michigan Plumbers, Fitters and Service Trades Union Local 174
Gold Sponsors
Ferris State University
Silver Sponsors
Corewell Health Big Rapids Hospital
Michigan Energy Workforce Development Consortium
MiSTEM Network West Central
Volunteer Lunch Sponsor
Nestle-Gerber Product
Volunteer/Exhibitor Support Sponsor
Mecosta County Development Corporation
MiCareerQuest West Central 2022
To view the 2022 MiCareerQuest West Central video, click the video link below. We partnered with LakeFX Media to produce a video for MiCareerQuest, and we've got to say, it's really cool!
Special thanks to our 2022 sponsors!
Platinum Sponsors
Consumers Energy
DTE Energy Foundation
West Michigan Plumbers, Fitters and Service Trades Union Local 174
Silver Sponsors
Spectrum Health Big Rapids Hospital
MiCareerQuest West Central 2021
To view the four 2021 MiCareerQuest West Central videos, click the links to the different industry sectors below.
Special thanks to our 2021 sponsors!
Platinum Sponsors
DTE Energy Foundation
House of Flavors
Gold Sponsors
West Shore Community College
Silver Sponsors
MiSTEM Network West Central
Spectrum Health Big Rapids Hospital
United Way of the Lakeshore
Bronze Sponsors
Peterson Farms
The Original Print Shop
West Michigan Plumbers, Fitters and Services Trades Union Local 174
MiCareerQuest West Central 2020
Below is a video highlight from MiCareerQuest West Central 2020, held at Ferris State University’s Ewigleben Sports Complex on March 5, 2020.
Special thanks to our 2020 sponsors!
Platinum Sponsors
DTE Energy Foundation
West Michigan Plumbers, Fitters and Service Trades Union Local 174
Gold Sponsors
Family Health Care
Ferris State University
Silver Sponsors
Mecosta County Development Corporation
MiSTEM Network West Central
Operating Engineers Local 324
United Way of the Lakeshore
Bronze Sponsors
Lake-Osceola State Bank
Peterson Farms
