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Lecture series kicks off with faith-equity emphasis

Grand Rapids Community College Alexis Stark

Austin Channing Brown says there’s a connection between our faith and how we think about racial equity...

IT, culinary arts launching as middle-college options

Bridging the Talent Gap Erin Albanese

The Kent ISD middle-college program, Launch U, is offering two new programs, IT and culinary arts, as pathways to earn GRCC college credits...

GRCC renovations put student services under one roof

Grand Rapids Community College Erin Albanese

Financial aid, enrollment, admissions and student records have merged on the first floor of the newly renovated Raleigh J. Finkelstein Hall...

Summer course serves as bridge from high school to college

Grand Rapids Community College Erin Albanese

The program aims to help boost academic skills following more than a year of learning during the pandemic...

Student earns high school diploma, associate degree at age 15

Grand Rapids Community College Erin Albanese

Voca Ford, 15, graduated with both her Tri County High School diploma and her GRCC associate degree last month. She’s now looking forward to continuing her education to become a psychiatrist...

Graduating seniors can boost math, reading skills to prep for college this summer

Grand Rapids Community College Erin Albanese

Graduating high school seniors will have the chance to boost math and reading skills in the Bridges to College – Raider Ready program this summer...

‘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

Bridging the Talent Gap Erin Albanese

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

Help wanted: auto mechanics

Bridging the Talent Gap 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

Grand Rapids Community College 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...

Positive energy as bright as spring sunshine

Big dreams propel TKHS senior to business school

Making learning ‘as local as we can’

Teacher’s mom makes positive impact in kindergarten classroom

Labs show how wind, water and ice shape the Earth

Growing the next generation of educators

Drawing her life to embolden others

The impact of a story

Amid youth mental health crisis, districts invest in new programs

Gun safety and mental-health services: it’s not an either-or to stop school shootings

Efficiency needed to get funds to schools, superintendents say

Newly configured preschool focuses on being inclusive

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