GRCC lifts hiring freeze, but administration mum on when vacant positions will be filled
Published: Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 12:00 PM | Grand Rapids Press | By Brian McVicar
GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Grand Rapids Community College has lifted a hiring freeze, but it’s unclear when administrators will begin filling the vacant positions. In a statement, President Steven Ender said he decided to lift the hiring freeze – implemented in June – because enrollment for fall semester was higher than expected. This summer, administrators said the college could face a budget deficit if more students didn’t sign up for classes. (More)
Culinary institute at Kalamazoo Valley Community College still in planning phase
Published: Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 12:01 PM | Kalamazoo Gazette | By Ursula Zerilli
KALAMAZOO, MI – Kalamazoo Valley Community College administrators are back at the drawing board stages for creating a culinary institute. Building a $16 million culinary program tops its five-year master plan and has topped the community college’s capital outlay request list for state funding for the past two years. […] Schoolcraft College in Livonia, the Secchia Institute for Culinary Education at Grand Rapids Community College and Baker College’s Culinary Institute of Michigan in Muskegon are some of the best known culinary schools in the state. (More)
Watch transgender speaker push for LGBT protections in state civil rights law
Published: Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 6:58 PM | Grand Rapids Press | By Matt Vande Bunte
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – If protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people were included in Michigan’s civil rights law, then Rhonda Bacon thinks she would be a foster grandparent. […] Bacon was among a handful of speakers at a Michigan Department of Civil Rights hearing this afternoon at Grand Rapids Community College. (More)
Hearing in Grand Rapids to consider adding LGBT language to Michigan’s civil rights law
Published: Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 11:12 AM | Grand Rapids Press | By Matt Vande Bunte
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Got an opinion on whether lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people should be protected under the state’s anti-discrimination law? The Michigan Department of Civil Rights will host a hearing today in Grand Rapids. (More)
Take Five Jaye Beeler’s Sun-Dried Tomato Torte – 9/18/2012
2:36 PM, Sep 19, 2012 | WZZM 13
Jaye Beeler’s book — Tasting and Touring Michigan’s Homegrown Food: A Culinary Roadtrip — is having a fabulous run! Wednesday Sept. 19, she’s at the Okemos library and Saturday Sept. 22 at Spring Lake District Library. […] Oct. 3 (5:30 pm) at the Secchia Instutite for Culinary Education at Grand Rapids Community College, Jaye will host a tasting and demonstration seminar titled Tasting and Touring Michigan’s Homegrown Food: A Culinary Roadtrip. Call 616-234-3690 to register. (More)
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