Daily Archives: June 1, 2022

Celebrating Pride Month

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GRCC’s LGBTQ+ Inclusive Fundamentals Team, CAP 3.4, is dedicated to supporting GRCC’s greater commitment to equity and GRCC’s values of diversity, innovation, respect, and responsiveness. The CAP team wants to provide resources that highlight and celebrate LGBTQ+ faculty, staff, students, and the larger GRCC Family.

Each June, LGBTQ+ communities and allies from around the world honor the Stonewall Riots of 1969 and the advancements made, and yet to be made, for LGBTQ+ people everywhere. There are multiple Pride Celebrations in Michigan. See the 2022 Michigan LGBTQ+ Pride Calendar for details of these events.

The CAP team is offering a free copy of the “A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns” book. This is a great and quick read, and the authors explain what pronouns are, why they matter, and how to use them. The publishers note the authors include what to do if you make a mistake, and some tips-and-tricks for those who identify outside of the binary to keep themselves safe in this binary-centric world.

Anyone interested in getting the book can fill out the request form by June 15. Once the books are ordered, the CAP team will send them through interoffice mail. When you’re done reading it, feel free to keep it, pass it on, or pass it back.

We also want to highlight our community advocates and partners: Grand Rapids Pride Center, StandOut, United Campus Christian Fellowship, and Grand Rapids Trans Foundation.

GRCC Tech Tips

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Thank you for making Tech Tips such a successful collaboration! 

We hope that you have been finding valuable insights into the time-saving technology tips that we have been sharing with you! These tips are shared with us from customers like you! If you’ve found a technical tip or workaround that makes your job, or your team’s job easier, we need you to share that with us! We don’t always know what we don’t know so please share anything and everything. Ideas can be sent to techtips@grcc.edu. 

When you submit an idea to techtips@grcc.edu, please detail what the tip is in regards to, the process or steps to perform the function, and if possible, link any related articles that would best help us draft a post to GRCC Today. One of our team members will develop either a written post for GRCC Today or create a brief video based on the tip to share with others when applicable. We will always review our developed content with you, the content expert, prior to sharing it with the campus community. 

We look forward to sharing our knowledge with you, and sharing your tips with the campus community!

For more information and helpful tips, please visit the IT Customer Support Portal or contact the IT Customer Support Desk at x4357.

If you have a suggestion or a Technology Tip you think can be useful, you can submit them by emailing techtips@grcc.edu 

GRCC In the News 06/01/2022

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Entrepreneur opening 100% gluten-free fast casual restaurant

5/31/22 Grand Rapids Business Journal

A diagnosis of celiac disease in 2019 led Aaron Muller to embark on a journey he never imagined he would take.

… Because eating out suddenly became difficult, if not impossible, Muller enrolled in the Secchia Institute for Culinary Studies at Grand Rapids Community College and started cooking all his family’s meals at home.

Tech Tip: Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)

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GRCC Information Technology will be requiring a  new security measure to protect your GRCC Google Account! Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) adds an additional layer of security in verifying your identity.

It also helps to prevent attackers from logging into your account in the unfortunate event that an attacker obtains your password.

There are few ways to verify your identity while logging into your GRCC email account such as receiving a verification code via SMS to your established phone number or selecting Yes on your phone when prompted by Google.

Once you have successfully logged in using 2FA on a trusted computer/device that you designate, you should not be prompted with 2FA again. However, if you login via VMware, you will be prompted to verify your identity each new VMware session.

Turn on 2-Step Verification

As a reminder, all staff Google account users will be required to enroll in 2FA by June 2, 2022. Starting May 16, all users that do not have 2FA setup will receive a prompt to do so upon login to their Google Account 

For more information and helpful tips, please visit the IT Customer Support Portal or contact the IT Customer Support Desk at x4357.

If you have a suggestion or a Technology Tip you think can be useful, you can submit them by emailing techtips@grcc.edu