Daily Archives: April 1, 2014

GRCC Employees on the Move

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Did you know that Human Resources has been working diligently on over 50 full-time faculty searches since the fall? This has caused a bit of a backlog in our communications regarding our GRCC’s Employees on the Move. The report below is current as of March 31 going back to the last published list in October of 2013, and from here on will be published monthly.

Please welcome our new employees and congratulate those who have moved and been promoted.

Welcome to GRCC

Stephen Gonzalez
Entry Level Custodian
Custodians
Effective Date: November 11, 2013

Megan Stewart
Instructional Designer II
Distance Learning and Instructional Technologies
Effective Date: November 25, 2013

Aaron Gray
Police Officer
Campus Police
Effective Date: December 16, 2013

Olwen Urquhart
Project Manager
Project Management Office/IT
Effective Date: January 6, 2014

Maureen Milarch
Assistant Director and Preschool Instructor
Preschool
Effective Date: November 11, 2013

Eric Johnson
Junior Enterprise Analyst
Enterprise Applications/IT
Effective Date: January 13, 2014

Rachel Crapo
Educational Support Professional
Criminal Justice
Effective Date: January 20, 2014

Raymond Gant
Educational Support Professional
Counseling and Career Center
Effective Date: February 10, 2014

Travis Steffens
Educational Support Professional
Counseling and Career Center
Effective Date: February 10, 2014

Renyshia Pierce
Student Success Coach
College Success Center
Effective Date: February 17, 2014

Marisol Blanca
Student Success Coach
College Success Center
Effective Date: March 3, 2014

Stacey Issette
Director of Annual Giving
College Advancement
Effective Date: March 3, 2014

Jennifer Bryant
Academic Coordinator
Upward Bound
Effective Date: March 17, 2014

Kyle Eaton
Information Security Analyst
Information Technology
Effective Date: March 17, 2014

Amanda Glick
Senior Functional Analyst
Student Records
Effective Date: March 24, 2014

Tess Alliston
Educational Support Professional, Circulation
Library and Learning Commons
Effective Date: April 7, 2014

Kyle Lackscheide
Assistant Professor, Job Training
Residential Construction
Effective Date: July 1, 2014

Congratulations on your recent promotion!

Josiah Johnson
Promoted from: Computer Tech Level 1, IT
To: Applications Packager, Customer Support
Effective Date: January 6, 2014

Jeff VanderVeen
Promoted from: Customer Support Tech Level 4
To: IT Customer Support Tech I
Effective Date: March 17, 2014

Transfers

Frita Thayer
From: Educational Support Professional, Ford Fieldhouse
To:  Educational Support Professional. Operational Planning
Effective Date: November 4, 2014

Langston Gant
Educational Support Professional
Instructional Support and Interdisciplinary Studies
Effective Date: November 18, 2014

Amy Bennett
From: Educational Support Professional – Applied Technology, Computer Information Systems, Manufacturing, and Mechanical & Architectural Design
To: Educational Support Professional, Ford Fieldhouse
Effective Date: January 2, 2014

Thank you for your years of service to GRCC!

Candy Norder
Educational Support Professional
Instructional Support and Interdisciplinary Studies
Effective Date: October 19, 2013

Douglas Wabeke
Faculty
Wellness
Effective Date: October 31, 2013

Cassandra Gillish
Academic Coordinator
Upward Bound
Effective Date: November 14, 2013

Camille Holmes
Faculty
English
Effective Date: December 13, 2013

Robert Marmo
IT Security Analyst
Information Security
Effective Date: December 21, 2013

Janelle Yahne
Educational Support Professional
Library and Learning Commons
Effective Date: January 4, 2014

La’Ontae Carter
Educational Support Professional
Academic Testing Center
Effective Date: January 29, 2104

Tracy Reed-Motta
Educational Support Professional
Dental Clinic
Effective Date: February 27, 2014

Brenda Spratling
Educational Support Professional
Nursing Program
Effective Date: March 1, 2014

Faculty members present viola recital

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GRCC faculty will perform in a viola recital at 4 p.m. April 5.

 

May and June workshops added to PNC Bank Lunch & Learn Series

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Financial education is a key part of PNC’s commitment to its communities. Throughout PNC’s service areas, their trained professionals provide free financial education seminars to GRCC as a part of our Workplace Banking relationship, which include:

Securing Your Retirement

Wed May 7, 2014 from 12-1:00 PM in Room 016, Administration Building

Part of the PNC Bank ‘Community Development Banking Lunch & Learn’ series. Join Andrew Zeno, Certified Financial Planner and Financial Advisor, and Dewey Doyle, Financial Specialist, both from PNC Investments, to learn how to transform Social Security into a winning retirement strategy.

Women & Retirement

Thu June 19, 2014 from 12-1:00 PM in Room 016, Administration Building

Part of the PNC Bank ‘Community Development Banking Lunch & Learn’ series. Have you thought about the unique challenges women face when it comes to planning for retirement? Join presenters Andrew Zeno, Certified Financial Planner and Financial Advisor, and Dewey Doyle, Financial Specialist, both from PNC Investments, to discuss specific retirement issues for women.

PNC Bank will be providing a complimentary lunch to all attending these presentations. These sessions are open to all GRCC staff and faculty. Registration is available online at http://www.grcc.edu/staffdevelopment/currentlearningopportunitiesregistration or by calling Staff Development at ext. 4285 if you need assistance.

Exercise Science Department and Softball teamed up for Kids Food Basket

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The GRCC Exercise Science Department Yoga Classes (Professor Melanie Schiele-Gady) and the GRCC Softball Team (Head Coach Paula Maloley) teamed up to give back to the Kids Food Basket. The GRCC students donated food items and also colored sack bags that will be stuffed with food for area Grand Rapids Children (each day the Kids Food Basket provides sack dinners to 6,000 children). The project was completed to provide a hands on experience of learning about the Path of Yoga: Karma Yoga which means selfless giving and also to connect the 6 Wellness Dimensions to the yoga classes and also how the Wellness Dimensions apply to the Kids Food Basket Project. How does providing sack dinners connect to the 6 Wellness Dimensions (Occupational, Physical, Social, Intellectual, Spiritual, and Emotional)? The GRCC Students were able to discuss how the project affected them in each Dimension of Wellness and also how this project will help the children in each of the Wellness Dimensions. The donation included 500 colored sack bags and close to 75 pounds of food. Thank you for making a difference!

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IT Project Management Office Weekly Update – 4/1/14

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Techniques for Gathering Requirements – the basics involved with gathering requirements to help determine the scope of a project.

“The most valuable commodity I know of is information.”

– Gordon Gekko, Wall Street

This famous quote by Michael Douglas’ iconic character, Gordon Gekko, from the 1987 movie Wall Street, applies well to project management. Project and product requirements are simply information about what a project team needs to know in order to produce a plan to deliver a project’s deliverables on time, on scope, and on budget, which are the primary elements of a successful project.

There are numerous techniques available to project managers to gather project and product requirements. The key to gathering accurate and complete requirements is knowing which techniques to use for a given project and its stakeholders. The most common methods we employ at GRCC include interviews, observation, demonstrations, focus groups, brainstorming, and prototyping. All of these methods require careful documentation, followed by effective feedback and validation, so the requirements are accurately and completely captured. Some techniques, such as interviewing, work best with one or two people. Others, such as focus groups and workshops, work best with larger groups of stakeholders.

Of course, there are other requirements gathering methods available. In the IT Project Management Office, we research and use the methods that will most likely yield accurate and complete requirements for each project. This is just one more way we work to ensure the success of your IT projects.

 

Next week we’ll look at project time management.

Armen Awards Celebration Event

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Come celebrate your colleagues who have integrated innovative teaching and learning practices while making meaningful contributions to our community this winter through service learning.   This program and awards presentation will feature interviews and powerful video of the work of each team, and a (huge) check presentation.

Date & Location:

Friday, April 25th from 3:00-5:00pm at the Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University Woodbridge N. Ferris Building located at 17 Pearl St. NW, Room 217.

Please RSVP at http://www.grcc.edu/armenawards

Come to celebrate the work (Our Finalists)

  • Hope Hagan and her Business & Technical Writing course is partnering with the Covenant House.
  • Aleta Anderson and her Introductory German course is partnering with Palmer Elementary School.
  • Sarah Krajewski and her Biology for Educators course is partnering with Immaculate Heart of Mary School.
  • Dr. Sherry Knoppers and her Community Transcultural Nursing course is partnering with South End Community Outreach Ministry.
  • Gayl Beals and his Automotive Job Training course is partnering with Mel Trotter Ministries.
  • Jolanta Lanier and her Personal Health course is partnering with the American Cancer Society.
  • Bethann Talsma and her Office Ethics and Etiquette course is partnering with Gilda’s Club.

Come to learn how you can participate in this event.