GRCC Unveils new Pietro and Regina Culinary Amphitheater

Grand Rapids Community College’s Secchia Institute for Culinary Education (SICE) unveiled the newly built Pietro and Regina Amphitheater, located inside the Wisner-Bottrall Applied Technology Center (ATC), Thursday, September 27.

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GRCC officials and SICE faculty were joined by donors for the announcement and were given a first look at the amphitheater, which will be used for teaching, cooking demonstrations and special events.

“The addition of this facility will enrich the teaching and learning experience for our culinary students,” said GRCC President Dr. Steven C. Ender. “Further, the amphitheater will allow us to expand the programs we offer to people in the West Michigan community, which continues to be an important goal for us.”

The 54-seat amphitheater was constructed during the summer months and the $765,000 it cost to build was funded through private donations. It includes three 60-inch video monitors, which will allow students to have an up-close view of their instructors as they prepare the food and present their lesson plans.

GRCC in the News – 9/28/12

GRCC’s new world class culinary amphitheater
10:58 PM, Sep 27, 2012 | WZZM

GRAND RAPIDS (WZZM) — At Grand Rapids Community College students can already learn to cook like a chef at the Secchia Institute for Culinary Education. And now the school has even more to offer cooking students after dedicating the new Pietro and Regina Culinary Amphitheater.  (More)

GRCC’s new culinary facility named ‘The Pietro and Regina Amphitheater,’ honoring the grandparents of Peter Secchia
By Monica Scott | September 27, 2012 at 7:00 PM | Grand Rapids Press

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Grand Rapids Community College has named its new state-of-the-art culinary addition “The Pietro and Regina Amphitheater,” honoring the grandparents of longtime supporter, businessman and philanthropist Peter Secchia.  (More)

GRCC to unveil state-of-the-art addition to culinary program
By Brian McVicar | September 27, 2012 at 11:00 AM | Grand Rapids Press

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Grand Rapids Community College today will unveil a renovated 54-seat amphitheater-style lecture hall for its culinary program. “It’s literally a dream come true for our faculty,” said Andy Bowne, GRCC’s associate vice president for college advancement. “It will be one more addition to the gem of a program that we have at the Secchia Institute for Culinary Education.” (More)

Learning Opportunities From Staff Development for the Week of 10/1/12-10/5/12

GRCC Staff Development works diligently to bring you timely, meaningful professional development opportunities. In order to continue to provide this service, we ask for your cooperation. If you sign up for a class, please come. If you need to cancel, please call at least 24 hours in advance so we can allow others to participate as well. Failure to attend or to notify us regarding cancellation may result in financial loss to the College. We expect you and your supervisor to keep your commitment to your registration for this professional development offering. Please enroll online at grcc.edu/currentlearning

Meet & Confer Pay for Performance Overview
Mon Oct 1, 2012 | 3:00-4:30 PM | Room 147 ATC

Performance management is about creating a work environment that helps GRCC meets its goals. Our performance evaluation tool is intended to engage employees and inspire greater employee commitment, clarify roles and responsibilities and hold our employees accountable, and improve the overall performance of GRCC and our goals for student success. The session will be an overview of the pay for performance evaluation system.

United Way Schools of Hope
Tue Oct 2, 2012 | 12-1:30 PM | Room 1142 Kirkhof Center, Allendale campus of GVSU

THIS LEARNING OPPORTUNITY IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN GRCC AND GVSU AND WILL BE FACILITATED BY THE HUMAN RESOURCES CAREER SERVICES OFFICE AT GVSU: ‘United Way Schools of Hope Tutoring and Training Program (Healthy Choices Option): Schools of Hope represents the Heart of West Michigan United Way’s Literacy strategy to close the reading achievement gap between third-grade students in Grand Rapids Public Schools and those in Kent County’s highest scoring districts. Be a volunteer and sign up as a reading tutor. The commitment is only 30 minutes per week. With supervisor approval, no vacation or personal time will be lost to participate. Each first time tutor is required to undergo one two hour training program.

Goal Setting – 10 years from now
Tue Oct 2, 2012 | 10-11:30 AM | Room 347 Main

Visualize your life in 10 years. What would you dare to do if you knew you could not fail? Elevate your world from mediocrity to greatness by living in possibility through creating ideal lives and living a life you love. Participants will learn how to define their values and write powerful affirmative goals for personal wellness, health, and career.

Resumes and Cover Letters
Wed Oct 3, 2012 | 9-10:30 AM | Room 103 Sneden

Whether you’re interested in a resume makeover or starting from scratch, this session helps participants assess their strengths and create a paper sales document about themselves. We will walk through the basic steps in writing a resume and cover letter that fairly promotes your strengths and experiences.

Institute for Healing Racism
Thur Oct 4, 2012 (Day 1 of 2) | 8:45 AM – 5:00 PM AND Fri Oct 5, 2012 (Day 2 of 2) | 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM | Room 118 ATC

The Institute for Healing Racism is a powerful and thought provoking venue that brings together diverse groups of people to explore and address issues of race and racism. Participants have the opportunity to examine how the dis-ease of racism affects all people and develop skills to detect institutional racism in our daily environments (i.e. home, workplace, community, organization and business).

Interview Bloopers
Thur Oct 4, 2012 | 12:00 – 2:00 PM | Room 302E, DeVos Center on Downtown GR Pew Campus of GVSU

THIS LEARNING OPPORTUNITY IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN GRCC AND GVSU AND WILL BE FACILITATED BY THE HUMAN RESOURCES CAREER SERVICES OFFICE AT GVSU: Plan to interview for a new position? Haven’t interviewed in a period of time? Tend to get nervous when interviewing? Attend this informative and interactive workshop to review interview techniques and avoid bloopers in your next interview! Gather guidelines, share insights and enjoy a lighthearted look at what can go wrong and what should go right, in a professional interview.

Writing Goals & Outcomes for the Performance Evaluation (for Employees)
Fri Oct 5, 2012 | 8:00-9:30 AM | Room 147 ATC

TARGET AUDIENCE: MEET & CONFER EMPLOYEES. This course is designed to assist employees in defining and writing performance goals and outcomes. This session will help employees identify goals as they are appropriate for their position. This will include discussion about goal complexity, writing achievable outcomes, updating for the unexpected and other questions regarding section I and II of the Meet & Confer Performance Evaluation.

Writing Goals & Outcomes for the Performance Evaluation (for Supervisors)
Fri Oct 5, 2012 | 10:00-11:30 AM | Room 147 ATC

TARGET AUDIENCE: SUPERVISORS OF MEET & CONFER EMPLOYEES. This course is designed to assist supervisors in defining and writing performance goals and outcomes. This session will help employees identify goals as they are appropriate for their position. This will include discussion about goal complexity, writing achievable outcomes, updating for the unexpected and other questions regarding section I and II of the Meet & Confer Performance Evaluation.

Document Shredding Update

Our former supplier Shred Docs has notified us that they expect to have all their containers removed by Wednesday, October 3rd. We apologize for any inconvenience. Please contact Matt Sutherland at ext. 3539 with any further concerns. Thank you!

GRCC International Guitar Series Presents Vladimir Gorbach – 11/8/12

The Grand Rapids Community College International Guitar Series Proudly Presents Vladimir Gorbach – 2011 Guitar Foundation of America’s International Solo Competition Winner on 7:30 PM Thursday, November 8, 2012.

The concert will be held in the Recital Hall (Room 200) of the Grand Rapids Community College Music Center at the corner of Ransom and Lyon. Admission is $10 for general admission and $7 for students and seniors.  One dollar parking is available in the GRCC student parking ramp with a GRCC guest parking voucher sold at the door.

Call 234-3940 for further information or e-mail: bmorris@grcc.edu.

Internationally acclaimed Russian guitarist Vladimir Gorbach has captivated audiences across the world on stages in Austria, Australia, Croatia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Montenegro, Spain and Turkey in addition to the United States and his native country of Russia as a soloist and with orchestra. He has been a featured performer for some of the most highly regarded concert organizations, festivals, and musical institutions in the world, performing on the Moscow Philharmonic Concert Series, at the Koblenz International Guitar Festival and for the Sydney Crow’s Nest Concert Cycle. He also has been a soloist with orchestras such as the Orchestra de Las Beiras and Orchestra de Aveiro in Portugal and performed with the Russian Academic Chamber Orchestra “Musica Viva”.

As a first place winner more than 10 of the most important international competitions (Serbia, Portugal, Germany, Spain, Greece, and Italy), his most recent win at the prestigious Guitar Foundation of America’s International Concert Artist Competition has earned him a more than 50-city concert tour of the US, Mexico, and Canada with appearances in Brazil and China. Now a member of a group of prize laureates who include some of the most active concert artists and pedagogues in the field of classical guitar, his tour will also include a Carnegie Hall debut through the D’Addario Foundation in February of 2013.

Vladimir Gorbach grew up in Siberia, Russia and graduated with honors from the Music College of Novosibirsk, the city where he was born. At a young age he received recognition for his accomplishments with prizes at numerous youth competitions, and he later received scholarships from such prestigious sources as the Russian Ministry of Culture. He later left Russia to complete his Bachelor and Masters degrees at the famed Conservatory for Music and Dance in Cologne, Germany under the tutelage of internationally renowned concert artists and pedagogues Roberto Aussel and Carlo Marchione.

As a soloist, Vladimir Gorbach has recorded a CD with Naxos, the world’s largest classical label. He is also a member of Duo Cologne with Goran Krivokapic, the 2004 winner of the Guitar Foundation of America International Concert Artist Competition.

GRCC Student Newspaper Increases Online Presence

The Collegiate, GRCC’s student newspaper, has increased its online presence for the first time. In addition to frequent updates to its redesigned website, thecollegiatelive.com, there is circulation of yesterday’s print issue in PDF form so people can download the files to their computers.

To view the PDF file, go to thecollegiatelive.com and click the far right tab that says, “Download our Current Issue,” or click on this link.

Justin Dawes, the editor-in-chief, encourages faculty to spread the word about the Collegiate in their classrooms. He would like to reach as many people in the GRCC community as possible.

A Tool to Help Students Stay on Track to Graduate With My Degree Path – Coming 10/15/12

Have your students ever wondered:

• What classes do I still need to graduate?
• What if I change my major?
• How do I plan what courses to take next semester?

Introducing, a tool to help students stay on a clear path to graduation!  Starting October 15 – they will be able to log into their Online Student Center accounts and access this tool.  Explore. Plan. Learn. Graduate.

My Degree Path is a web-based tool designed to help you stay on a clear path to graduation.   It enables you and your advisor to review your coursework – past, present, and future – and evaluate which degree requirements you have completed and which remain to be completed.

How does My Degree Path work?
For students, My Degree Path will:

• Provide real-time advice, 24/7 for students
• Outline a path to graduation for a specific GRCC program
• Allows for the creation of semester by semester degree plan
• Provides self-service capabilities
• Allows exploration of other GRCC programs (what if)
• Allows direct access to multiple related services and advice

More information available at grcc.edu/MyDegreePath

Learning Opportunity – Goal Setting (10/2/12 and 12/4/12)

Visualize your life in 10 years. What would you dare to do if you knew you could not fail? Elevate your world from mediocrity to greatness by living in possibility through creating ideal lives and living a life you love.  Participants in this course will receive direction to define their values and write powerful affirmative goals for personal wellness, health and career success.

Goal Setting – 10 years from now
Tues Oct 2, 2012 | 10-11:30 AM | 347 Main  -and- Tues Dec 4, 2012 | 3-4:30 PM | 347 Main

Please register online at grcc.edu/currentlearning or call Staff Development at ext. 4285.

Did You Leave a Trailer at the Tassell M-TEC? – Come Pick it up Before it Gets Scrapped

Someone left a trailer in the back lot of the Tassell M-TEC that could be a car dolly.  It’s possible they used it to bring in a car for repairs in the Spring of 2012 and forgot to pick it up.  If this is your trailer – please come pick it up immediately or it will be scrapped.

There is no license on the trailer and one tire is flat (however Joseph Knol would be happy to fill the tire up for the trailer’s owner so they can transport it out).

GRCC in the News – 9/27/12

City Girl Tina DeRusha: Changing the Face of Fashion in Grand Rapids
CHELSEA SLOCUM | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2012 | Rapid Growth

Style Battle, a collaborative fashion competition featuring local clothing retailers, photographers, models, makeup artists, and hairstylists, is back for its third consecutive year, bigger and badder than ever. […] The brains behind this competition and other events such as Artprize Fashion Force Challenge, Holly Jolly GR and Studio 254 (the afterparty to Laughfest), is Tina DeRusha. […] After graduating from East Kentwood High School, Tina went on to Grand Rapids Community College  (More)

Skubick Town Hall on the 2012 Election at GRCC – 10/25/12

Tim Skubick will be on campus presenting a Skubick Town Hall on the 2012 election.  This event will be held in Sneden Hall in the multi-purpose room (Room 108). This event will be open to all staff, the student body, and our community.

The event will begin at 7 p.m. and will end at 8:30 p.m.

GRCC Students Staff the Heritage Restaurant for Fall 2012 Semester

GRCC’s Heritage Restaurant is open once again for the Fall 2012 Semester.  Students staff the restaurant dining area and kitchens to get hands-on experience, and diners get amazing meals.

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Free Blood Pressure Screening Today (9/26/12) From GRCC Medical Assistant Students

GRCC Medical Assistant students will be conducting a free blood pressure screening today from 3-4:30pm on the 4th floor Main near the elevators for staff, faculty and students. Please take the opportunity to help the Medical Assistant students gain practical experience and get your blood pressure checked.

Grants Office on the Move – Now in 137 Calkins Science Center

As part of the ongoing campus construction projects, the Grants Office has temporarily relocated to Room 137 in the Calkins Science Center. If you’re in the building, stop by and say hello.

International Guitar Series Presents Chris Proctor

The GRCC International Guitar Series presents Chris Proctor-Steel string guitar for the New World.

Thursday, SEPTEMBER 27, 2012 7:30 p.m., Recital Hall, Room 200, GRCC Music Center (corner of Ransom and Lyon)

Admission: $10 General Public, $7 Students and Seniors

Parking is available in the GRCC Bostwick Parking Ramp (enter from Ransom). Guest parking vouchers will be available for $1. One reviewer recently tried to capture the essence of Chris Proctor’s music:

“What to call his unique melange of styles? There’s an aspect of Americana in the echoes of Appalachian and old-timey styles that are apparent in just about every track, but there are also elements of jazz, Celtic folk, and a dash of blues in here somewhere. What Proctor does is create guitar music that reflects the whole heritage of the instrument and still has his own distinct stamp — a tall order, but he’s up to the job”

More information available here.