Not your average vending machine
April 18, 2018; AACC 21st Century Center (American Association of Community Colleges)
In Michigan, Grand Rapids Community College students are preparing for exams with the help of an unusual resource: a laptop vending machine.
Curtis Davison commits to Livingstone College
April 18, 2018; FOX 17
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Curtis Davison has committed to play basketball at Livingstone College next season.
Davison averaged 24.4 points per game at Grand Rapids Community College this winter, which was fourth in NJCAA Division 2.
Funeral services set for celebrated pastor with 55-year career
April 18, 2018; MLive
GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Funeral services are Saturday for a well-known and revered Grand Rapids pastor who had a 55-year career behind the altar.
… (The Rev. Clifton) Rhodes led Messiah Missionary Baptist Church for 45 years and in 2015 was awarded the Grand Rapids Community College’s Giant Among Giants award.
West Michigan’s Jubal Brass to appear in concert on April 29
April 18, 2018; MLive
Jubal Brass, an 18-member brass choir, will present an evening of worship through Christian music at 6 p.m. Sunday, April 29, at Georgetown Bible Church, 4114 Baldwin St., Hudsonville.
… Jubal Brass has a long history of leaders with notable music credentials. Tuba player Paul Hoelzley, co-founder of Jubal Brass, directed the ensemble for two years until he resigned to teach at Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music in Cleveland. The other co-founder, John Scripps, then directed for two years until Charlie Buffham took over the baton. Buffham was a music teacher at Grand Rapids Community College, and served as both conductor and arranger for Jubal Brass. John Varineau then came to Michigan as a music professor at the Grand Rapids Baptist College (now Cornerstone University) and as the assistant conductor of the Grand Rapids Symphony. He directed Jubal Brass for 15 years.
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