The Sneden Cafe will have a week of grand opening specials from February 22nd–25th:
In addition – stop by and take a survey to win Raider Dollars! (four prizes of $25). Visit www.grcc.edu/snedencafe for more information
GRCC Players present “Art of Murder” A comedy by Joe DiPietro. Wednesday, 2/24/2010 will be a benefit performance – all proceeds benefit the Haitian Relief Fund (started by GRCC’s Student Congress)…ticket cost for GRCC Students/Staff – $5. Regular performances Thursday, 2/25/2010 through Saturday, 2/27/2010 at 8pm in the Spectrum Theater (160 Fountain NE).
From the description: “The ideal artist: famous, productive and … DEAD!” Art of Murder is a comedy whirlwind of thrills, chills and laughs…it will keep you guessing who is to be killed and who is the killer. Caution: graphic language and situations.
GRCC Alumni Chris Grooms directs the following students in this face-paced comedy-thriller: Danielle Slot, Gary Kilgore, Erin Field & Kristopher Bottrall. Please join us for an evening of laughs and suspense! There will be a reception following the opening night performance on Thursday, 2/25/2010. Call 616-234-3946 to purchase tickets … or purchase tickets at the door.
Recently Tim Koets (Computer Applications) suffered the loss of his mother. Funeral services will be held 1:00 p.m. Wednesday in the Chapel at Calvary Church, 707 E. Beltline N.E. with Rev. Tom Couch officiating. Interment in Holy Cross Cemetery. Those who would like to pay their respects may visit the Reyers North Valley Chapel from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Faith Hospice-Trillium Woods. Reyers North Valley Chapel. The full obituary is available here.
This video comes from a training session offered by the Learning Academy on best practices for using social media presented by Derek DeVries in the Communications Department. For more information, visit Derek’s blog (which focuses on communication, technology and higher education) at www.derekdevries.org
(PS – It’s weird writing about yourself in the third person – I feel like Dion Sanders).
This Raider Salute came from Kimberly Musser in the Math department:
“The Math Dept would like to thank the GRCC Bookstore for their generous donation of inkpens, pencils and folders to supply us for our upcoming Math Challenge event. “
Courtesy of the Learning Academy, here’s a quick tip on using what we used to call “toolbars”- now called “ribbons” – in Word 2007:
The Race and Ethnicity Conference put on by the Social Science Department as part of GRCC’s Black History Month activities continued last night with a lecture by Gordon Olson, Grand Rapids City Historian Emeritus and GRCC Instructor. Olson spoke to a packed auditorium on the topic of “Fellow Immigrants: Ethnicity, Race, and the Peopling of Grand Rapids.”
More lectures are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday including topics like “A Glimpse of the Cold War on the Other Side: Reflections on Growing up in Communist Yugoslavia, China, and Vietnam,” “The Economics of Anti-Discrimination Law,” and “Race, Race Relations, and Racism: Stories from the Jim Crow Museum. ”For an updated slideshow of photos from the lectures, click here.
Tasks need attention, policies need fixing, morale needs boosting, and people need care. Can one person make a difference in the ocean of work and the sea of faces? The Learning Academy is hosting a webinar on Monday, March 8, 2010 from 2 -3 p.m. Hear Barbara Glanz address the neglected human element in organizations that can often get lost in the midst of deadlines, timelines, and bottom lines. Join us to find a way to impact your mind and your heart, your work and your life. Find out what a difference YOU can make!
This is a webinar hosted by the Learning Academy; register at www.grcc.edu/currentlearning
GRCC faculty and the staff from Distance Learning and Instructional Technologies Department met with several NBC staff on Friday, February 19. GRCC is one of three colleges in the nation selected to participate in an exciting new pilot program evaluating the use of NBC video archive video in Blackboard. The meeting on Friday was an opportunity for GRCC faculty to interact directly with producers at NBC to provide feedback, suggestions, and to share how they are leveraging NBC video content into their courses this semester.
Screen shot of NBC Video in Blackboard
For more information, visit http://www.grc.edu/nbclearn
GRCC’s “Race and Ethnicity Conference,” (created to support learning about cultural diversity during Black History Month) is now underway. These photos come from this morning’s lecture “Not a Trace of Race…Biologically Speaking: How Science Refutes the Myth of Race” which featured a panel including Laurie Foster (GRCC); Sarah Krajewski (GRCC), Tim Hoving (GRCC); and Matt Douglas, Ph.D. (GRCC).
The conference is free and open to the public, all events are held in the Calkins Science Center Auditorium on the third floor (SCIE 248) and the conference is sponsored by the GRCC Social Sciences Department, the International Geographical Honor Society, and Pearson Education Publishing.
Over the weekend, GRCC held its annual “Family Matters” event inviting parents to bring their children for fun and games while also accessing local community resources for families. WOOD TV 8’s Terri DeBoer and Laura Velasquez were on hand to help these nonprofit agencies reach out to the community. Click here for a full slideshow…
As reported in the Grand Rapids Press late last week, GRCC published a free iPhone application for students. In addition to general information about the college, the new “GRCC Mobile” app offers a variety of features including:
Additional features are in development (including versions for other phones like Blackberry). To download the app, visit the App Store. To submit feedback or suggestions, email smachaje[at]grcc.edu. [View screen shots of the GRCC Mobile iPhone App]
GRCC’s Chris Arnold (Woodrick Diversity Learning Center) was recently profiled in an article titled “What Women Have Wrought” by Ann Byle. The piece discusses the achievements made by women in remedying social inequities, as well as the steps still ahead. Click Here to Read the Article (.pdf)
GRCC has the following opportunities for Internationalization of the Curriculum, offered by MIIIE, the Midwest Institute for International & Intercultural Education:
Develop a degree in International/Global Studies (one-year or two-year)
At least 3 faculty to participate in summer workshops of the 2010-1013 period for the purpose of developing at least one curriculum module, organize/participate in at least one overseas project of interest to your students and/or faculty.
Each faculty will receive $1000 for the participation & development of a module.
Please contact Aleta Anderson, ext. 4879 if interested and to receive more information.
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