GVSU, GRCC announce campus expansions in Grand Rapids
July 14, 2017; mibiz.com
GRAND RAPIDS — Two higher educational institutions plan to spend more than $82 million combined to expand their downtown campuses.
The state’s 2018 fiscal year budget, signed today by Gov. Rick Snyder, includes allocations for expansions at both Grand Valley State University and Grand Rapids Community College.
Change Ups: Blandford Nature Center founder receives inaugural award
July 14, 2017; Grand Rapids Business Journal
… GRANTS
Grand Rapids Community College received a $50,000 grant from the JPMorgan Chase Foundation to create more health care career opportunities for minorities. The grant will fund a 10-day Health Care Scrubs Camp for Grand Rapids Public Schools students. High school juniors and seniors will learn in GRCC simulation labs, work in a decontamination unit at St. Mary’s Hospital, participate in a culinary medicine workshop at the Secchia Institute for Culinary Education, and take part in a disaster drill.
Chef Clark introduces new take on Italian cuisine
July 11, 2017; Grand Rapids Magazine
Chef Clark Frain is excited to bring contemporary Italian cuisine, including crudo offerings, which means raw in Italian, to downtown Grand Rapids.
… After a stint at the Secchia Institute for Culinary Education at Grand Rapids Community College he landed at Gibsons. “I had a great experience there,” he said. “I started refining my technique and learning about high quality ingredients.”
Inside Track: Building a brotherhood
July 14, 2017; Grand Rapids Business Journal
Andre Fields knows firsthand the painful combination of poverty, fatherlessness and systemic racism that haunts many of his black male students.
… Fields, an associate professor and counselor at Grand Rapids Community College, started a leadership development fraternity for black male students at GRCC called Alpha Beta Omega (ABO) in 2012.
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