GRCC In the News, 11-4-13

Manufacturing career day at GRCC to feature more than 40 employers

Nov. 2, 2013; MLive

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Grand Rapids Community College is hosting a manufacturing career day from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, at the Wisner-Bottrall Applied Technology Center, an event that will feature more than 40 companies with open positions.

GRCC hosts Manufacturing Career Day on Nov. 7

Nov. 1, 2013; News International

Nov. 1, 2013 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — More than 40 manufacturing employers with open positions will be at Grand Rapids Community Colleges Manufacturing Career Day from 1-5 p.m. Nov. 7 in the Wisner-Bottrall Applied Technology Center, 151 Fountain St. NE.

GRCC to host state choral festival

Nov. 1, 2013; News International

Nov. 1, 2013 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Area residents will get a chance to hear some of the state’s most talented choirs with a free concert, the culmination of the annual Michigan Community College Choral Festival at Grand Rapids Community College on Nov. 6.

Restaurant Weeks tally tasty for SICE

Nov. 1, 2013; The Grand Rapids Business Journal

Although the fourth annual event didn’t sell as many featured meals as last year, revenue to the promotions participating restaurants was up from a year ago.

… Restaurant Week also made another contribution to the student scholarship fund of the Secchia Institute for Culinary Education at Grand Rapids Community College. Each restaurant sets aside $1 from every featured meal sold, and this years effort raised $17,135, bringing the four-year total to $74,670.

26-year-old’s insurance canceled because of ACA

Oct. 30, 2013; WZZM

GRAND RAPIDS (WZZM) — As the U.S. House Committee continues its Affordable Care Act hearings, millions of Americans are finding out that their current insurance plans are being canceled.

… Jordan (Cloud) works a part time job and attends Grand Rapids Community College. He felt like he was being responsible by getting insurance and paying for it on his own. “The insurance was the Blue Cross Young Adult, it was a really good plan. Then, I got something in the mail that said it was going to be cancelled and I had to switch plans.”

Volleyball roundup: Brown City struggles at Almont Invite

Nov. 2, 2013; The Port Huron Times Herald

… GRAND RAPIDS — The St. Clair County Community College volleyball team split a pair of matches Saturday at their district at Grand Rapids Community College.