GRCC In the News 10/20/2021

GRCC Theater Department’s ‘Tigers Be Still’ roaring back after being paused more than a year by pandemic

10/13/21 La Prensa

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Oct. 13, 2021:  The show – specifically, “Tigers Be Still” – will go on for Grand Rapids Community College’s Theater Department, just a little later than planned!

GRCC launches industrial sewing certificate program

10/18/21 secondwavemedia.com

Lisa Knight’s company creates unique products by “upcycling” used materials, but the skills needed to create them are in great demand from a variety of local industries.
Grand Rapids Community College is teaming up with Knight’s company, Public Thread, to create an industrial sewing certificate program to help students gain in-demand skills.

GRCC trying to reunite former student-athletes with awards they’ve won

10/19/21 FOX 17

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Tucked away in a nondescript room in the back of Grand Rapids Community College’s Ford Field House, decades of the school’s athletic history sits in dusty boxes and in neat stacks on the floor.

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GRCC wants to return awards, trophies to former student athletes

10/19/21 WZZM

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Grand Rapids Community College Athletic Department is in the process of returning some hard-earned trophies, awards and plaques to student-athletes. 

Reporter’s notebook

10/19/21 Community College Daily (American Association of Community Colleges)

… Michigan’s Grand Rapids Community College is teaming up with Public Thread to create an industrial sewing certificate program to help students gain in-demand skills.

Annual gala awards scholarships to local students

10/19/21 WOOD TV

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Community to Honor Cesar E. Chavez held an in-person awards gala for the first time in two years Tuesday. 

… “I have a lot to really look forward to,” said Jorge Martinez, a Grand Rapids Community College student who was one of the students who received a scholarship. 

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