Bee Dazzling Spellebration Event – Photos

GRCC faculty, staff and Trustees attended the Literacy Center of West Michigan’s annual “Bee Dazzling Spellebration” Wednesday night at Thousand Oaks Golf Club. This year’s event – in its 19th year – raised more than $75,000 to benefit its reading programs. Funds from the event will help the center continue serve more individuals in need, including those already on a waiting list for a literacy tutor.

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GRCC Provost Gilda Gely is on the center’s Board of Directors, and GRCC partners with the LCWM on a number of projects and grants.

GRCC in the News – 5/11/12

OAISD, GRCC Teaming on Education Program
WHTC | Friday, May 11, 2012 6:46 a.m. EDT

HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) – Grand Rapids Community College is teaming up with the Ottawa Area Intermediate School District to offer the IChallengeU program. A dozen master teachers from local schools will partner with college instructors to deliver a course in business innovations.  (More)

GRCC millage fails; Pierson president survives recall
Posted on 10 May 2012 | The Cedar Springs Post

Kent County voters sent Grand Rapids Community College the same message Tuesday that they’ve sent three times since 2007: NO NEW TAXES. The college had asked for a $98 million bond proposal to upgrade facilities, and it was soundly defeated by a vote of 26,417 (no) to 19,856 (yes). While Grandville, Northview and Lowell also had millages on the ballot, most communities had nothing else on the ballot, which led to low voter turn out.  (More)