College opening manufacturing lab downtown
9/13/18 Grand Rapids Business Journal
A new educational manufacturing facility in downtown Grand Rapids is being unveiled next week.
… The opening event will be on Sept. 19 from 5:30-7 p.m., with remarks beginning at 6 p.m. by several officials: WMU President Edward Montgomery, GRCC President Bill Pink; Steven Butt, WMU Department of Industrial and Entrepreneurial Engineering and Engineering Management chair and professor; and Autocam Medical President John Kennedy.
Daily Archives: September 14, 2018
GRCC Employees on the Move through September 11, 2018
Please welcome our new employees and congratulate those who have moved and been promoted.
WELCOME TO GRCC
Katherine Pena
Support Professional, CIS/MANU/Applied/MADD
Effective 5-21-2018
Kanyn Doan
College Success Coach, Student Success Center
Effective: 7/2/2018
Abbey Atanasoff-Spencer
Support Professional, Child Development & Education
Effective: 7/16/2018
Leigh Jajuga
Web Content Manager, Communications
Effective Date: 7/30/2018
Nicole Evans
Assistant Professor of Biology
Effective: 8/23/2018
Jenifer Bourcier
Assistant Professor of Micro Biology
Effective: 8/23/2018
Teddie Buchner
Assistant Professor-Occupational Therapy Assistant Program/Academic Fieldwork Coordinator
Effective: 8/23/2018
Lilian Daisy Henderson
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Effective: 8/23/2018
Jessica Davis
Assistant to the Preschool Instructor
Effective Date: 8/27/2018
Camille Milkie
Assistant to the Preschool Instructor
Effective Date: 8/27/2018
Jessie Ortiz
Utilities Supervisor-Evenings
Effective Date: 9/4/2018
Heather Denhouter
Support Professional, Academic Advising & Transfer Center (AATC) & Counseling & Career Development (CCD)
Effective Date: 9/4/2018
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW POSITION
Delicia Wilondja
Transfer from: Support Professional, Human Resources Professional Development
Transfer to: Administrative Assistant, Human Resources
Effective: 5-21-2018
Lorena Aguayo-Marquez
Transfer from: Support Professional, Adult Education
Transfer to: Kellogg Community Recruitment Specialist
Effective: 5/22/2018
Traci Nichols
Transfer from: Contingency
Transfer to: Support Professional, Instructional Support
Effective: 6/2018/2018
Grace Blanchard
Transfer from: Contingency
Transfer to: Support Professional, Training Solutions
Effective: 6/19/2018
Kristen Spoelman
Transfer from: Assistant to the Preschool Instructor
Transfer to: Faculty, ECCL Instructor
Effective Date: 6/25/2018
Claudia Jones
Transfer from: Assistant to the Preschool Instructor
Transfer to: Faculty, ECCL Instructor
Effective Date: 6/25/2018
Kathleen White
Transfer from: Assistant to the Preschool Instructor
Transfer to: Faculty, ECCL Instructor
Effective Date: 6/25/2018
David Houseman
Transfer from: IT Customer Support Tech
Transfer to: Application Packager, IT
Effective Date: 7/16/2018
Leann Garrison
Transfer from: Contingency
Transfer to: Support Professional, Language & Thought and Visual Arts
Effective date: 7/30/2018
Elino Cortes Figuereo
Transfer from: Support Professional, Enrollment Center
Transfer to: Support Professional, Adult Education
Effective date: 7/30/2018
Jermaine Reese
Transfer from: Faculty
Transfer to: Police & Corrections Academy Director, Criminal Justice
Effective: 7/2/2018
Laura Kennett
Transfer from: Faculty
Transfer to: Interim Associate Dean of Operations, School of Arts & Sciences
Effective: 7/2/2018
Lydia Cruz
Transfer from: FMLA Coordinator & Adjunct Faculty
Transfer to: Human Resources Recruiter
Effective: 7/16/2018
Jennifer Kelly
Transfer from: Payroll Specialist
Transfer to: Payroll & FMLA Coordinator
Effective: 7/16/2018
Angie Ramirez
Transfer from: Coordinator of Contingency Employment & Healthcare Reform
Transfer to: Coordinator of Adjunct Faculty & Contingency Employment
Effective: 7/16/2018
Jonathan Wheeler
Transfer from: Contingency
Transfer to: Support Professional, College Success Center
Effective date: 7/30/2018
James Setchfield
Transfer from: Student Success Coach
Transfer to: Program Support Coordinator, College Success Center
Effective Date: 7/30/2018
Nicole Dekker
Transfer from: Employee Events, Engagement and On-Boarding Coordinator
Transfer to: HRIS Specialist, Human Resources
Effective: 8/6/2018
Jennifer Batten
Transfer from: Interim Associate Dean of Operations, SAS
Transfer to: Faculty, Physical Sciences
Effective Date: 8/13/2018
Mandy Tomlinson
Transfer from: Contingency
Transfer to: IT Customer Support Tech I
Effective Date: 8/13/2018
Kailee Whitcomb
Transfer from: Contingency
Transfer to: Assistant to the Preschool Instructor
Effective Date: 8/20/2018
Sydney Goebel
Transfer from: Contingency
Transfer to: Assistant to the Preschool Instructor
Effective Date: 8/20/2018
Daniel Estes
Transfer from: Adjunct
Transfer to: Assistant Professor of Mechanical Design
Effective: 8/23/2018
Arthur Ward
Transfer from: Adjunct
Transfer to: Assistant Professor of Mechanical Design
Effective: 8/23/2018
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE
Domingo Hernandez-Gomez
Director, Woodrick Center for Equity & Inclusion
Effective Date: 6/30/2018
Tamber Bustance
Diversity Development Manager, Woodrick Center for Equity & Inclusion
Effective Date: 7/6/2018
Christine Coon
Human Resources Generalist
Effective Date: 7/6/2018
Derek Brunn
Support Professional, Ford Fieldhouse
Effective Date: 8/11/2018
John Cowles
Dean, Student Success & Retention
Effective: 9/8/2018
Matthew Coullard
Coordinator of Graphic Services, Communications
Effective: 9/8/2018
Retirement:
Sara Yob
Professor, Training Solutions
Effective: 8/22/2018
Mary Lou Kersjes
Support Professional, Information Technology
Effective Date: 9/29/2018
Judith Larsen
Director, Grants and Resource Development
Effective Date: 10/13/2018
Ronald Graves
Support Professional, Financial Services
Effective: 1/1/19
Civic Engagement Week to include discussion of marijuana ballot proposal
A panel of experts will lead a discussion of the marijuana legalization ballot proposal on Sept. 19 as part of GRCC’s Civic Engagement Week.
The presentation, from 3-4:30 p.m. on the Student Center’s second-floor multipurpose room, will include time for students’ questions. The discussion will be of special interest to Social Sciences and Criminal Justice students.
State voters will decide Nov. 6 whether to legalize recreational marijuana. The Sept. 19 discussion, presented by the Student Life Office, will center on drug education and civic engagement.
Panel members are:
- Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker.
- Sandy Dettmann, addiction medicine specialist and director of the Dettmann Center.
- Paul Farage, a Grand Rapids Junior College alumnus and owner of the Society of Healing Arts Institute.
- Joslin Monahan, a lawyer and volunteer with the American Civil Liberties Union.
Updates to grcc.edu
The Communications Department, in partnership with IT, is eager to announce exciting updates to grcc.edu, including:
- A homepage video that captures the spirit of our campus community, academics and athletics.
- Less scrolling. Web content that extends the full width of the page when the right-hand sidebar is left unpopulated.
- Print-friendly webpages. In the past, you may have noticed that printed webpages included the sidebar or other attributes that impeded readability. Now, printed webpages read as easily as documents.
These updates allow us to continue improving the user experience of prospective students, current students, faculty and staff.
If you have any questions, please contact commdept@grcc.edu.
GRCC receives Diversity Champion Award
Grand Rapids Community College was saluted as a 2018 Diversity Champion by Corp! magazine on Thursday.
The award was given in recognition of campus efforts to promote diversity and inclusion.
According to Corp!, the diversity champion category is for community organizations and nonprofits meeting criteria that include:
- Being responsible for creating, sustaining, or promoting special programs, initiatives, strategies to capitalize on opportunities or respond to challenges tied to diversity, advancement of women and community support.
- Encouraging community awareness, understanding and relationships in the name of diversity and inclusion.
- Promoting diversity education and training.
- Highlighting diversity events and accomplishments.
- Fostering civic involvement to promote diversity and inclusion.
A recent example of these efforts is the “Build with Us” recruiting event that GRCC’s Purchasing Department co-hosted with the city of Grand Rapids. Service providers learned how to register as a supplier or subcontractor for the city and college, and GRCC’s computer lab was available for them to sign up during the event.
GRCC was one of 21 organizations statewide named a diversity champion. The magazine also saluted 27 Diversity Focused Companies and 29 individuals as Diversity Business Leaders.
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