GRCC Will Be Offering Two Drone Courses
April 21, 2018; Deep Aero Drones
Farmers, construction industry, inspection, survey, search and rescue are some of the areas where drones are majorly being used. Colleges are also showing an interest in the drone technology, and Grand Rapids Community College (GRCC) will be offering two drone courses that will increase peoples skill set and offer more economic opportunities.
Grand Rapids Community College offers free laptop vending machine (M Live)
April 23, 2018; avnetwork.com
Grand Rapids Community College (GRCC) is among higher education institutions providing free laptop vending machines to give students greater access to technology and more flexibility.
Low-income Grand Rapids preschoolers are catching up. Will Lansing notice?
April 24, 2018; Bridge Magazine
GRAND RAPIDS — In some of the poorest neighborhoods in Grand Rapids, in places inured to academic failure, children are grasping at a chance to defy the odds.
… “This makes a tremendous impact,” said Dr. Nkechy Ezeh, founder and CEO of ELNC said of the program. “We know that the brain is ready to learn, really from 0 to 5. We have to strike while the iron is hot.”
(This article doesn’t mention it, but Nkechy Ezeh is a GRCC alumna.)