Employees get ice cream treats

Staff Professional Development shared the love with GRCC employees by handing out ice cream on August 1.

Chloé Beighley, of communications, and MaryBeth Beighley, of staff development, are ready to hand out ice cream.

Physical Sciences Department Hosts Forensic Chemistry Summer Camp

The Physical Sciences Department hosted two week long summer camps that taught 39 West Michigan high school students the basics of forensic chemistry and how it is used to solve an arson crime.   The camps, which were in part sponsored by the National Science Foundation under TUES Grant number 1140509, allowed the students to use GRCC’s advanced instrumentation to carry out the analysis of different types of evidence and then use the evidence to solve a simulated arson crime.    Along with using the College’s atomic absorption spectrophotometer to analyze soil samples and gel electrophoresis equipment to analyze DNA, the students used the newly acquired gas chromatograph –mass spectrometer to analyze materials that could be used to accelerate a fire.   In addition to the hands on experience, Officer Dale Dekorte and his canine partner, Ritzey, from the Kent County Sheriff’s Office showed the students how canines are used to help investigators and scientists solve arson crimes.

A number of staff and faculty worked to make the camp a success including Pam Scott,  Leah VanHartesveldt, E. Yasmine Walton-Durst, David Greening, Wayne Bickel (Ottawa Hills HS), Eric Pilko, Julie Henderleiter (GVSU), Tom Neils, Bernard Liburd and Jennifer Batten.

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GRCC Foundation invites you to the annual Rootbeer Kegger & Hot Dog Lunch for Employees 8/22/13

The GRCC Foundation is hosting a FREE Rootbeer Kegger & Hot Dog Lunch on August 22nd (Opening Day at GRCC), and invites GRCC faculty and staff to stop by for hot dogs, draught rootbeer, chips and cookies. The lunch will take place inside The Raider Grille from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Hope to see you all there!

Steam shutdown to affect Calkins, Learning Center, Cook

We need to have a campus-wide steam shutdown this coming weekend, The biggest effect will be no air conditioning in the Calkins Science Center, Learning Center, and Cook Academic buildings. We would shut down the steam at the end of all events on Friday. The work will be performed Saturday starting around 6 a.m. and finishing around 3 p.m. The steam will be turned back on at that time. Please contact Joe Milito in Facilities @ 4118 with any concerns. This will not effect the DeVos campus. Thanks.