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GRCC salutes women

By Justin Dawes
Opinion Editor

The Diversity Learning Center will hold its fourteenth annual Salute to Women awards ceremony. The awards honor “four women within the college’s community for personal and professional excellence and for serving as role models and mentors to other women,” according … Read-more

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‘I didn’t know it was going to be like this’

By Lizz Vensas
Collegiate Staff Writer

Silence filled Professor Hillery Haney’s small classroom.  All students had their eyes drawn to the front of the room.  Rosine Hounakey stood with a certain amount of confidence. With the room at full attention she began to speak.  Her … Read-more

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Political activist speaks at GRCC

By Justin Dawes
Opinion Editor

The final Diversity Lecture of this year’s series left the large audience with a message of women’s self respect. Naomi Wolf, journalist, social activist, and author of “The Beauty Myth,” graced the stage of the Fountain Street Church with her … Read-more

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Ticket to ride

By Austin Metz
Editor in Chief

While waiting for the traffic light to turn green, the GRCC student sat in his car soaking up the nice weather.

He began to daydream about summer, the warm weather and the beach.

Green light.

The driver pushed on … Read-more

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On-campus Job Fair reaches out to all ages

By Lizz Vensas
Collegiate Staff Writer

Students and the general public swarmed the ATC building Wednesday, March 14, in hopes of finding a summer job or permanent employment to help pay off school bills piling up.

“This is the seventh job fair hosted by GRCC,” … Read-more

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Author, financial advisor visits GRCC

By Ross L. Pike
News Editor

Dr. Boyce Watkins recently visited Grand Rapids Community College and spoke with the Black Student Union and other students about the importance of business and success.

Watkins currently serves as a professor at Syacuse Univeristy as an author, economist, … Read-more

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Office monitors students’ academic standing

By Austin Metz
Editor in Chief

Students at Grand Rapids Community College are being monitored each semester to determine if they are in good academic standing, on probation, or due to be suspended.

“It is based on the number of credits a student has attempted,” … Read-more

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She is looking up

By Justin Dawes
Opinion Editor

“I laughed when you walked by,” says a man with apologetic eyes to GRCC student Rishelle VanDyke, the two of them standing in the hallway. “I was being stupid and immature,” he said.

VanDyke recalls hearing some people on the … Read-more

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The Heritage

By Lizz Vensas
Collegiate Staff Writer

The Heritage, located at the corner Fountain and Ransom in the ATC building, is a fine dining experience provided by the culinary students at GRCC

Through the Secchia Institute for Culinary Education, GRCC provides a lab class where students … Read-more

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Jeff Johnson speaks at Diversity Lecture Series

By Justin Dawes
Opinion Editor

“Diversity is not the issue if community does not exist,” said Jeff Johnson in his lecture for the Diversity Lecture Series.

The journalist, social activist, and author of “Everything I’m Not, Made Me Everything I Am” spoke almost with a … Read-more

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