GRCC’s Race and Ethnicity Conference (organized by the Social Science Department in observance of Black History Month) wrapped up yesterday with presentations by Dr. Gary Burbridge, Dr. Yan Bai, and a panel discussion with Susan Williams, Dr. Robert Hendershot and Mike Light. Streaming video of all of the Conference’s presentations will be available shortly courtesy of GRCC’s Media Technologies department.
For a slideshow of all the photos taken at the Conference, click here.
Grand Rapids Community College women thump Ancilla to clinch share of division title
By Gary Bond | The Grand Rapids Press | February 24, 2010, 9:40PM
GRAND RAPIDS — For the fourth time in five seasons, the Grand Rapids Community College women’s basketball team will share the Michigan Community College Athletic Association Western Division title. The Raiders capped their regular season Wednesday night with a 70-45 victory against Ancilla College at Ford Fieldhouse. (More)
Castalia Chamber Ensemble takes Herrick stage
The Holland Sentinel | Posted Feb 24, 2010 @ 03:48 PM
Holland, MI — The Castalia Chamber Ensemble takes the stage at Herrick District Library’s Concert Series at 3 p.m. Sunday. The Grand Rapids-based ensemble includes pianist Mary Scanlan, violinist Jennifer Walvoord, violist Leslie Van Becker and cellist Alicia Steggink Eppinga. The concert takes place at the library, 300 S. River Ave. […] Scanlan received her doctorate in piano pedagogy from the University of Illinois and degrees in piano performance from the University of Wisconsin and the University of Iowa. In 1988 she began teaching piano, music history, and served as keyboard department chair at Grand Rapids Community College in Grand Rapids. (More)
iPhone users can more easily access GRCC information with newly released free app: GRCC Mobile
Thursday, February 25, 2010 | By Sharon Hanks | Rapid Growth
In keeping with its commitment to using cutting edge technology, Grand Rapids Community College announced last week the release of a free iPhone app called GRCC Mobile so that students can more easily tap into the latest college information. Anyone with an iPhone can access up-to-the-minute updates on such things as classroom information posted on Blackboard websites, faculty absences, maps and directions to entranceways of more than a dozen college facilities, and, in the near future, the availability of parking spaces at the college’s downtown area’s five parking areas, says Derek DeVries, GRCC Communications Technology Manager. (More)
GRCC partners with Holland’s Energetx Composites to offer on-site training in the manufacturing comp
Thursday, February 25, 2010 | Rapid Growth
Grand Rapids Community College and Holland’s Energetx Composites are uniting efforts to train students in the making of composites by introduction of an intense college four-week class starting March 8. Two-thirds of the 80-hour intensive program will be hands-on lab training on the shop floor at Energetx, the first time school officials say GRCC has used a manufacturing facility as a classroom. (More)
Shelly Urbane, ESP at Spectrum Theater, was presented with the February GRCC Spirit Award Wednesday afternoon during a staff meeting. To quote from her nomination:
“Shelly knows that the student is the most important member of our college family. She goes way beyond the norm to insure that they feel comfortable and respected. She has been instrumental in helping the Theater Department create a scholarship application, an audition/interview process for students, and an alumni reading committee to assist with play selections. I simply cannot imagine this theater program functioning at this level of community collaboration without Shelly’s management skills. There is nobody I would rather have as the day to day “face” of the Spectrum Theater. Shelly is amazing.”
Disruptive student behavior in the classroom can often over flow into student misconduct. When students are out of line in lectures, during office hours or on campus, how can you address and manage their difficult behavior? Join us for a 60-minute webinar on Wednesday, March 10 from 1-2 p.m. where you and your colleagues will discover:
Register at www.grcc.edu/currentlearning
The Bookstore hours for March 1 – 5 Spring Break week are:
STAR of the Month Paul Hulford
Congratulations to Paul Hulford for winning the STAR of the Month Award for March! Paul is an Office Assistant and Resource Room Aid in the Child Development Center. Rotating between both positions requires Paul to be very flexible, responsive and accountable to staff. Having grown up in Bolivia, Paul has been able to use his Spanish speaking skills to effectively communicate with the diverse population of students that utilize the Resource Room. It is for these reasons and many more that the Child Development Center nominated Paul for this special award. Please join in congratulating and thanking Paul for all his hard work and dedication to GRCC!
True North Ministries is presenting an encore showing of the “rockumentary” “Call and Response” on Friday February 26, 2010 at 7:30 at the Loosemore Auditorium on the Pew Campus of Grand Valley State University. Showing is Free and details the atrocities of Human Trafficking into slavery and sex trade. The event is sponsored by the Foreign Affairs Club, and Geography Club, in conjunction with True North Ministries .
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