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Photos from the 2019 GRCC Employee Appreciation Event

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It was a perfect warm up for the celebration of our graduates on Friday to spend the lunch hour celebrating our employees’ wonderful accomplishments!

Special thanks to everyone whose hard work & dedication made this incredible event possible:

  • Creative Dining
  • Facilities Department
  • Media Technologies
  • Human Resources
  • Communications Department
  • Our Presenters

Congratulations again to our honorees and thank you to those who came out to celebrate with us!

Movie today in the ATC: ‘The Ripple Effect’

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Picture of Kevin Hines, subject of The Ripple Effect, standing in from of the Golden Gate Bridge. Text on the image reads: ""I have now lived 16 years past the day I should have died..." Kevin Hines - Global Storyteller, Author & Filmmaker."

Posted image from ‘The Ripple Effect’ on Twitter. Source: https://twitter.com/TheEffectFilm/status/1040963711706587136

GRCC staff, students, and faculty are invited to a movie screening on campus next week: The Ripple Effect.

  • WHEN: TODAY, March 14, from 4-6 p.m.
  • WHERE: 168 ATC
  • WHAT: The Ripple Effect highlights the story of Kevin Hines who, at age 19, attempted to take his own life by jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge. It is a very powerful film that attempts to bring awareness to mental health and reduce the attempts of suicide.

This screening is being shown as part of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grant.

Bob VandePol, Executive Director of Employee Assistance Programs at Pine Rest, and Stacey Heisler, Program Director of the GRCC Counseling and Career Development Center, will be present at the screening to help facilitate discussion and help attendees process their thoughts, questions, and/or concerns.

Email Evan Macklin with any questions: EMacklin@grcc.edu

Movie screening focuses on mental health and suicide prevention, next week in the ATC

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Picture of Kevin Hines, subject of The Ripple Effect, standing in from of the Golden Gate Bridge. Text on the image reads: ""I have now lived 16 years past the day I should have died..." Kevin Hines - Global Storyteller, Author & Filmmaker."

Posted image from ‘The Ripple Effect’ on Twitter. Source: https://twitter.com/TheEffectFilm/status/1040963711706587136

GRCC staff, students, and faculty are invited to a movie screening on campus next week: The Ripple Effect.

  • WHEN: Thursday, March 14, from 4-6 p.m.
  • WHERE: 168 ATC
  • WHAT: The Ripple Effect highlights the story of Kevin Hines who, at age 19, attempted to take his own life by jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge. It is a very powerful film that attempts to bring awareness to mental health and reduce the attempts of suicide.

This screening is being shown as part of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grant.

Bob VandePol, Executive Director of Employee Assistance Programs at Pine Rest, and Stacey Heisler, Program Director of the GRCC Counseling and Career Development Center, will be present at the screening to help facilitate discussion and help attendees process their thoughts, questions, and/or concerns.

Email Evan Macklin with any questions: EMacklin@grcc.edu

Please welcome today’s guests for the African-American Male Achievement Conference

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If you see any young guests on campus today, please make them feel welcome!

The fourth-annual African-American Male Achievement Conference is a day of inspiration, learning, sharing, and caring for male students in ninth through 12 grades, and it is happening TODAY in the ATC.

Rhondo Cooper, a social emotional consultant for GRPS, will be the keynote speaker. He specializes in uplifting African-American males and supporting fathers and developing youth programs, while focusing on resiliency, anger management, and other interpersonal and communications issues. He has more than 20 years of experience in youth development and is the immediate past director of GRCC’s Upward Bound program.

The conference is planned for 9:30 a.m. through 4:30 p.m. today in the Wisner-Botrall Applied Technology Center and the Gerald R. Ford Fieldhouse. It is a collaboration between Urban League of West Michigan, Grand Rapids Public Schools, GRCC, and Grand Valley State University.

A photo from the 2018 African American Male Achievement Conference. The photo shows the GRCC gymnasium packed full of attendees who are all standing and looking at the camera with right fists raised in the air. The text at the top reads: "Thank you to all that attended the 2018 African American Male Achievement Conference." At the top left is the logo for the AAMAC with the words "We Are Kings" underneath it.

Image credit: Urban League of West Michigan. https://www.grurbanleague.org/AAMAC2018

GRCC writing workshop begins tomorrow

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The Polar Vortex did not cancel everything! The 2019 Who Cares? Why Bother? Real Writing for Real People event is happening this week – Wednesday, February 6, and Thursday, February 7. Please encourage your students to attend or attend yourself! Check out session details at the Who Cares? Why Bother? webpage.

A graphic for a writing workshop. The text reads: "2019. Who Cares? Why Bother? Real Writing for Real People. Wednesday, Feb. 6 and Thursday, Feb. 7. What your teacher told you is true: writing is a part of every job."

Speaker Schedule:

Wednesday, February 6 –

  • 9:30-10:15 a.m.: Katy Leady, Corporate Writer for Gordon Food Service; ATC 120
  • 9:30-10:15 a.m.: Dale Johnson, Williams Group; ATC Auditorium
  • 11-11:45 a.m.: Ann Alexander, Business; ATC 120
  • 11-11:45 a.m.: Devon Swanigan, GRCC Labor Relations; ATC Auditorium
  • 12:30-1:15 p.m.: Kimberly DeVries, GRCC Director of Equal Opportunity Compliance; ATC 120
  • 2-2:45 p.m.: Klaas Kwant and Noah De Smit, GRCC Media Department; ATC Auditorium
  • 3:30-4:15 p.m.: Rebecca Whitman, GRCC Chief of Police; ATC 120

Thursday, February 7 –

  • 9:30-10:15 a.m.: David Cope, Former Poet Laureate of Grand Rapids and GRCC Professor; ATC Auditorium
  • 9:30-10:15 a.m.: Caitlin Horrocks, GVSU Writing Professor; ATC 122-124
  • 11-11:45 a.m.: Penni Weninger, Former GRCC employee and Business Communication specialist; ATC 122-124
  • 11-11:45 a.m.: Paul Krieger, Biology; ATC Auditorium
  • 12:30-1:15 p.m.: Sean Mackey, English; ATC Auditorium
  • 12:30-1:15 p.m.: Laura Caulk and Danielle Flaumenhaft, GRCC Human Resources; ATC 122-124
  • 2-2:45 p.m.: Patrick Prominski and GRCC Student Panel; ATC Auditorium
  • 2-2:45 p.m.: Maryann Lesert, English; ATC 122-124
  • 3:30-4:15 p.m.: Student Writing Success Stories; ATC Auditorium

Tonight: talking ‘Mean Girls’ in the ATC Auditorium

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Poster for the movie 'Mean Girls.' The poster features Lindsay Lohan on the left side looking over her shoulder at the movie's three titular 'Mean Girls' on the right.

Mean Girls movie night in the ATC Auditorium (ATC 168)

  • Tonight, January 29, from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.

The Campus Common Reading team is showing the movie Mean Girls tonight in the ATC Auditorium, followed with a group discussion on the impacts of bullying. The discussion will be facilitated by Lina Blair, Director of Student Life and Conduct.