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‘The most beautiful experience I have ever seen’

Grand Rapids Community College Erin Albanese

Dozens of nursing students administered shots recently into the arms of fellow GRCC students and others at DeVos Place...

GRCC leaders, public safety officers discuss social issues

Grand Rapids Community College Alexis Stark

In support of this year’s National Criminal Justice Month, the Grand Rapids Community College Criminal Justice Department/Police Academy hosted a two-day virtual panel discussion focused on Criminal Justice Reform...

Professor works to honor legacy of grandfather

Grand Rapids Community College Erin Albanese

GRCC English professor Mursalata Muhammad is working to bring recognition to her grandfather, Claude Harvard, the creator of more than 25 inventions at Ford Motor Company in Detroit...

A promise fulfilled: first grad from scholarship program already in workforce

Grand Rapids Phil de Haan

The first student to graduate from Grand Rapids Community College as part of the Promise Zone scholarship program already has a job and big things lined up for the future...

In the mood for music? Student musicians present collage concert

State of the Arts Erin Albanese

‘Musical Moods,’ a recruiting tool for high school students, is a long-standing tradition, started 73 years ago. The performance debuts at 7 p.m. Friday, March 26 in a livestream format...

GRCC offering more in-person classes this fall

Grand Rapids Community College Erin Albanese

After more than a year of mostly virtual courses and services, students can expect an increase in on-campus options for next semester...

Demand for pharmacy techs leads to new program

Career Exploration Erin Albanese

Another hybrid session runs April 12 to July 30 and has room for up to 16 students...

Help wanted: auto mechanics

Career Exploration Erin Albanese

Kent ISD and GRCC programs create a pathway to careers that can pay top technicians anywhere from $80,000 to more than $100,000 per year...

GRCC offering four class formats, waiving fees

Grand Rapids Community College Erin Albanese

GRCC is waiving online class fees for the upcoming winter 2021 semester, which begins Jan. 11...

Students pair up to overcome challenges

Empowering Abilities Alexis Stark

When the COVID-19 pandemic closed some doors, a window opened to a new partnership between Grand Rapids Community College’s Occupational Therapy Assistant students and college-aged adults diagnosed with intellectual disabilities...

GRCC helping frontline workers apply for free tuition program

Grand Rapids Community College Erin Albanese

The deadline for the state’s Futures for Frontliners program is Dec. 31...

GRCC participates in study around product that could slow COVID spread

Grand Rapids Community College Erin Albanese

The inhaled mist device, developed by a FHPS and GRCC grad, could prove useful in schools...

Culinary, design departments partner to make chocolate violins

Grand Rapids Community College Erin Albanese

GRCC’s Mechanical and Architectural Design and Secchia Institute for Culinary Arts are partnering to use (literally) cutting-edge laser technology to create intricate molds for use in the Cake Decorating Basics course...

A promise for college fulfilled: ‘I’m so grateful’

Grand Rapids Phil de Haan

This fall some 250 students are attending Grand Rapids Community College on a Promise Zone scholarship, including 160 from Grand Rapids Public Schools...

Dental programs return to in-person learning

Grand Rapids Community College Erin Albanese

Like many students facing a new reality for courses, Alayna Helmer was stressed out when the lab and clinic portions of Grand Rapids Community College’s dental programs shut down last March to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus...

Students reopen fine-dining restaurant six months after closing its doors

Grand Rapids Community College Alexis Stark

GRCC’s The Heritage has reopened to the general public, with culinary students cooking, baking their way toward degrees...

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