GRCC’s renovated Music Center benefits students & audiences
Sept. 2, 2017; Grand Rapids Magazine
Audiences will benefit as much as students from Grand Rapids Community College’s renovated Albert P. Smith Music Center, according to Kevin Dobreff, director of Grand Rapids Community College’s music program.
Ionia County Sheriff Miller welcomes new deputy
Sept. 3, 2017; Ionia Sentinel Standard
IONIA COUNTY — A Jenison native is the newest member of the Ionia County Sheriffs Office road patrol division.
…A graduate of Jenison High School, (Tyler) Kohl has an associate’s degree in criminal justice from Grand Rapids Community College and a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Ferris State University. After Ferris, he completed the Mid-Michigan Police Academy at Lansing Community College. Becoming a police officer is just something he’s known he wanted to do, he said.
DeVos speaking invite to MSU center sparks backlash
Sept. 1, 2017; The Detroit News
Some faculty and students at Michigan State University want President Lou Anna Simon to rescind an invitation for U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to speak at the grand opening of the university’s Grand Rapids Research Center later this month, arguing that the Trump cabinet member is an enemy of public education.
… During a visit last month to Grand Rapids Community College, DeVos told reporters, “Actually, President Trump and I are very big proponents of continuing to support teachers and develop teachers.”
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