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Essential workers can attend GRCC free

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They spent the two months of the stay-at-home order working in hospitals, grocery stores and public safety. Now they will be able to attend Grand Rapids Community College for free...

Rockford company supports GRCC program, provides boots

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Rockford-based footwear company Wolverine is joining forces with the band Metallica to support GRCC students with funds for a workforce training program...

Staff, students join forces to combat food insecurity

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Staff members have noticed an uptick in student need since the beginning of the pandemic, and are working hard to make sure students are fed...

GRCC offering remote, in-person and hybrid classes

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Faculty and staff are welcoming students back Aug. 31 using four different styles of instruction to meet varying needs while using strict safety measures...

GRCC honored as a promising place to work

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GRCC is among 16 schools in the nation recognized as one of 2020 Most Promising Places to Work in Community Colleges...

GRCC offering free workforce training courses

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GRCC offers free courses to help people re-enter the workforce...

GRCC waives fees for summer classes, holding first session remotely

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Grand Rapids Community College is taking several steps to meet the needs of students financially and through distance learning so they can continue their education during the global pandemic..

Stepping up to donate in a time of need

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Tech Center, GRCC are among schools making large donations of equipment to help local health care professionals fight COVID-19...

GRCC offering food pick up

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Grand Rapids Community College students challenged with food insecurity during the coronavirus crisis can pick up bags of food through drive-by pickups during the next three weeks...

Students to cruise toward success this summer

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The program’s focus is connecting students with resources and awareness of college and careers...

Discovering passions, paths and purpose

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The annual event welcomed 830 eighth graders from 24 Kent ISD schools to learn about opportunities beyond high school...

For hard-working student, Promise Zone scholarship ‘such a big relief’

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Karla Lopez looks forward to graduating soon from Grand Rapids University Preparatory Academy and attending GRCC at no cost...

GRCC nursing programs hit anniversary milestones

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The programs are celebrating 100 percent student pass rates...

Exonerated Central Park Five member calls for ‘true justice, true liberty’

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Exonerated Central Park Five member Yusef Abdus Salaam presented the keynote speech, 'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,' for the 34th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration...

‘It might spark a desire to want to change something’

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The Lunch & Learn series aims to bring in people representing different careers and backgrounds to speak on various topics...

‘A wonderful day’ for Grand Rapids: scholarship promise for students citywide

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In addition to the Challenge Scholars scholarships available to Union High School graduates, students throughout Grand Rapids will be eligible for fully funded scholarships to Grand Rapids Community College thanks to the Grand Rapids Promise Zone development plan...

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