Glen Oaks Community College recently welcomed alumnus Mike Rasmussen as its new athletic director replacing Matt Brawley who accepted the athletic director position at Niles Schools.

Rasmussen comes to Glen Oaks from Colon High School where he was the Jr./Sr. high school principal. Prior to that, he was the athletic director at White Pigeon Community Schools.  He began his career as a teacher and coach at Greenville High School in Greenville, Michigan.

Rasmussen is a Glen Oaks graduate who was selected as the President’s Award recipient in 2001. While at Glen Oaks, he played baseball and was part of the team that was third in the NJCAA national tournament in 2000.

A native of Schoolcraft, Rasmussen is a graduate of Western Michigan University where he earned both a master’s and bachelor’s in education.

He began his position at Glen Oaks on August 2.