GRCC In the News, 11-10-17

Daybreak Early Edition

Nov. 10, 2017; WOOD TV

West Michigan is celebrating out country’s veterans this week. … Grand Rapids Community college will host a service and a free lunch.

Michigan’s last surviving WWII fly girl recalls her time in the sky, blazing new paths

Nov. 10, 2017; The Detroit Free Press

GRAND RAPIDS — Jane Doyle held a heavy bronze medal in her creased hands, running her fingers over the engraved surface.

… It wasn’t until she enrolled in what was then Grand Rapids Junior College in 1939 that Doyle considered flying an airplane was something she could do.

Change Ups: Rose & Westra relocates

Nov. 9, 2017; Grand Rapids Business Journal

… ARTS

… Grand Rapids Community College named its newly renovated recital hall for mezzo-soprano Linn Maxwell Keller. The state-of-the-art Linn Maxwell Keller Recital Hall provides options for acoustic adjustment and includes seating for 104, which can be deployed or retracted to create rehearsal space for large groups. Linn Maxwell Keller, who died in 2016, was an ardent supporter of GRCC’s music program.

Benefits Fair and Flu Shot Clinic raffle prize winners

Thank you to all who attended the Benefits Fair and Flu Shot Clinic event on October 26th, and congratulations to Benefit Bingo winners! Prizes can be picked-up in HR/Benefits Office, 2nd floor, Administration Building at the DeVos Campus.

 

Last day to make a UW pledge – enter to win!

Any GRCC employee who makes a pledge to the GRCC United Way campaign by today, Nov. 10, will be entered into a GRCC raffle to win a Whitecaps Baseball suite rental (an $800 value)! The suite rental includes (1) April/May Whitecaps Suite Rental for the 2017 season and 25 tickets – it does not include the cost of food and beverage.

Entrepreneurship, MWest Challenge topics of Business Cafe sessions

Business Department faculty discuss various topics throughout the semester in the Business Cafe series. All the sessions are drop-in — and open to all students, not just those in business majors — so stay for 10 minutes or the entire time. Snacks are provided!

Professor Felix Pereiro will discuss entrepreneurship from noon to 1 p.m. Nov. 13  in room 201 of Cook. He will discuss the MWest Challenge from 3-4 p.m. Nov. 13  in room 201 of Cook.