Spaces are still available for Adjunct Faculty Blackboard Day Camp to be held this Saturday morning, January 30, from 8:15 am to 12 noon at the Applied Technology Center. Adjuncts are invited to register online at www.grcc.edu/adjunctfacultylearningday to reserve a spot in one of these hands-on training sessions:
For more information, BbCampAdjunct_013010 or contact Penni Weninger at 234-4547.
The deadline to register your team for Dump your Plump is this Friday, January 29. If you haven’t done so already, captains, contact Liz Timmer and let her know you have a team. She will then send you an appointment to the captain’s meeting being held on February 4.
The GRCC Health students are sponsoring “Health for Haiti” – enjoy a healthy snack for $1.00 – donations will go to the Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti. Baskets of fruit are available at
Students, faculty, staff, friends and family joined the Academic Service Learning Center for an ePIfanyNow event Saturday January 23. Groups of 8-10 students went into the community with a mission to create a chain of positive actions in honor of Martin Luther King.
(Photos Courtesy Seth Bender)
Students returned to GRCC after completing their service and shared what they did, how it affected them personally, and how they can tie what they did to their course curriculum. Students came from a variety of courses including: Business Administration, Communications, Psychology, Physical Education, Medical Terminology, Humanities, and Sign Language. The Hispanic Student Organization also formed a group for the event.
The day was hugely successful and students really got into the spirit of giving. The ASLC would like to send a huge thank-you to One Stop Coney Shop and the Grand Rapids Griffins for donating items that students could give community members. A big raider salute goes out to Chaz Rodriguez, president of Black Student Union, for getting the crowd excited for the day and Aaron Chew, Director of Food Services, for organizing the food/drinks and set-up of the rooms. Another raider salute to all the faculty and staff that helped to get the word out about this event- thank you! Continue reading
Christine Davis sent this Raider Salute in for Matt Coulliard in Graphic and Printing Solutions:
“Matt, You did such a great job working to get our students used in GRCC advertising materials! The initiative you took to get photos taken here on cmpus has created a new wave of GRCC pride, as shown by one of our students on YouTube! Great Job! “
The GRCC Biomed Club is hosting an event with Michigan State College of Human Medicine Friday Jan 29th, 4-5pm Calkins Science Auditorium (3rd Floor). The event is open to students and employees and will feature speakers talking about medical school, followed by an open Q&A session. For more information, visit www.grcc.edu/biomedclub
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