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Kent Career Tech Center launches network for alumni

Kent Career Tech Center and Godwin Heights alumni Karen Barrose talks about the impact KCTC had on her career in law enforcement (courtesy)

Kent ISD — Those who attended the Kent Career Tech Center during its 55-year history are invited to join the KCTC Alumni Network.

To mark the launch of the new group, there will be a meet and greet during this year’s Tech Center open house from 5-7 p.m. Feb. 4 and 5 at 1655 East Beltline Ave. NE, with tours at 5:30 and 6 p.m. both nights.

The alumni group plans to create ways for alumni to network, share their stories, and work with current students through mentorships and other job skill-building opportunities.

Alumni are asked to visit the network’s website and register, and to include your current job and employer, which KCTC program you completed and years you attended.

The invitation includes those who attended when KCTC was called the Kent Skills Center and the College Ave. Skills Center.

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Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
Joanne Bailey-Boorsma is a reporter covering Kent ISD, Godwin Heights, Kelloggsville, Forest Hills and Comstock Park. The salutatorian for the Hartland Public Schools class of 1985, she changed her colors from blue and maize to green and white by attending Michigan State University, where she majored in journalism. Joanne moved to the Grand Rapids area in 1989, where she started her journalism career at the Advance Newspapers. She later became the editor for On-the-Town magazine, a local arts and entertainment publication. Her husband, Mike, works the General Motors plant in Wyoming; her oldest daughter, Kara, is a registered nurse working in Holland, and her youngest, Maggie, is studying music at Oakland University. She is a volunteer for the Van Singel Fine Arts Advisory Board and the Kent District Library. In her free time, Joanne enjoys spending time with her family, checking out local theater and keeping up with all the exchange students they have hosted through the years.

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