Our diverse college community coupled with today's complex and rapidly changing world events, often creates opportunities for GRCC to create and distribute official college statements. Official statements are designed to communicate timely, sensitive or critical information to our internal community and the general public, as well as support our goal to create an informed, equitable and safe environment for all students, faculty and staff.
Protocol and procedures
Official college statements will be issued by the president.
These guidelines have been established to help us respond to events in an appropriate way:
- If an incident occurs on a GRCC campus or during a college-sponsored event (including in-person and online events) involving our faculty, staff and/or students, the president can generate and distribute a college-wide message sharing the news and any action taken
- For incidents that take place at the national, state and local levels, GRCC leadership will determine whether to offer an institutional message and if so, identify the appropriate audience or audiences for the message. These decisions will be considered on a case-by-case basis as it is impossible to anticipate all that can or will happen in the larger public square but will largely be based on the impact the incident has on our community or communities of interest.
- Official college statements will be approved by the GRCC president and shared with others campus leaders and the board of trustees, and will be distributed through official college channels including, but not be limited to, president’s messages, email, GRCC Today, the college website, social media channels, and press releases.