RaiderCard

• Once you are signed up for classes, bring a photo ID to one of these places:
  • Center for Student Life & Leadership
  • Tassell MTEC
  • Lakeshore Campus
• They will take your photo and make your card the same day. You can also upload your own photo online through "My GRCC."
  Your first card is free.
• Online students still need to come to campus to get their card.
• After hour ID card pickups are by appointment only and can be arranged by emailing raidercard@grcc.edu 

As a student- Once you’ve added money to RaiderCard, you can use it to park for $3.50 per day. Without a RaiderCard, parking costs $2.50 for 30 minutes and up to $12 per day.

Log into My GRCC and click on StudentLink or use an on-campus kiosk.

• Personal funds on your RaiderCard account do not expire.
• StudentLink allows you to set up automatic deposits from your bank account or add low balance alerts.

Manage Other Accounts in StudentLink

When using StudentLink, students may see some special accounts when looking up their balance.

• Financial Aid: Students who get financial aid can transfer up to $75 of their aid to their RaiderCards once each semester.
  • Funds are held only for the first four weeks of the semester. Anything not used will be removed and issued as part of a financial aid refund.
  • In the Online Center, select the Financial Aid tile and authorize funds to be used at the bookstore.
• Promise Zone: Students who get the Promise Zone Scholarship or who are part of the Challenge Scholars program get up to $500 each semester that they are eligible for on-campus needs.
  • This can be used for all purchases.
  • After books are initially purchased in the bookstore, these funds cannot be used again in the bookstore that semester.
  • Unused funds are removed from the RaiderCard after each semester.
  • RaiderCard funds do not get added during summer.
• Meal Voucher: Students can get $11 per week for food on campus (Raider Grill, Quiet Cafe, Patatas, Subway and Sneden Cafe).
  • Money does not roll over from week to week.

You have several ways to put money on your card:

• Online through StudentLink. Once you add them, other people can add money to your account.
• At RaiderCard machines around campus using cash or credit card.
• By transferring money from your financial aid using StudentLink.

If you lose your card, report it right away:

• Log into "My GRCC" and open the “StudentLink” tile to find the Lost/Found RaiderCard option or visit the Center for Student Life and Leadership (Student Center first floor).
• Call Student Life at (616) 234-4160 or GRCC Police at (616) 234-4010. Please do not leave a voicemail. Talk to someone directly.

• Visit the Center for Student Life and Leadership (Student Center first floor), the Tassell MTEC main office, or the Lakeshore Campus main office.
• Replacement is $10 if your card is less than two years old.

Your card works like a key for buildings:

• Buildings are locked after hours.
• Scan your card on the reader until it turns green.
• Students can get in after-hours Monday-Thursday only.
• Buildings are locked all weekend.

You should be prepared to present your RaiderCard if hopping on the GRCC Sneden shuttle.

Scan your RaiderCard at printers around campus.

Use your card to borrow laptops, headphones, webcams and more. 

Your RaiderCard works as your library card to check out books, loaner technology and other materials.

Through GoSeeGR!, students and staff get free admission to some exciting places around Grand Rapids. Once you pick up a voucher from the Center for Student Life and Leadership, visit places including:

• John Ball Zoo
• Grand Rapids Art Museum
• Grand Rapids Children's Museum. Bring two friends for free!

Scan your card to check into computer labs, get into the fitness center, and get free tutoring and academic help.