450 GRCC freshmen get free tuition due to state guarantee August 26, 2024 WoodT8 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Students at Grand Rapids Community College are heading back to class Monday, and some freshmen will come without a tuition bill thanks to a new state guarantee. Students return to GRCC, some tuition-free August 26, 2024 Fox17 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — As students at Grand Rapids Community College (GRCC) return to class Monday, some are feeling a massive weight off their backs....  

The GRCC Grants Department is accepting applications for the Support Staff Professional Development (SSPD) grant program.  The purpose of the award is to encourage support staff to improve their professional skills related to their GRCC assignments. Awards are for amounts up to $2,500 and the deadline is  September 20 at 5:00 p.m.   Applications include an application form, supervisor’s approval form, budget form, and budget documentation.  Please contact Julie Blaszak, Grants and Contracts Specialist, at  julieblaszak@grcc.edu  for an electronic copy of the application packet.    

Have you ever wanted to pursue a professional opportunity while at GRCC, but need funds to do so?  Join Julie Blaszak, Grants and Contracts Specialist, on Tuesday, September 10 at 10 a.m., for a virtual information session about GRCC’s support staff grant program.   Made possible by the GRCC Foundation, this grant program is available for staff (CEBA, Campus Police, APSS, and Meet & Confer) to apply for funding for professional development opportunities.  We will share information regarding the SSPD grant program, including the application process and timeline, and answer questions of attendees.  This session is timed for you to get information in time to take advantage of the September 20 fall deadline for SSPD applications.   To sign up for this session, please register via the employee online center.  

The GRCC Exercise is Medicine On Campus Team invites the campus of GRCC to get some exercise using the "Campus Walking and Exercise Campus Tour". Please see attached information that guides and directs the Campus Walking and Exercise Campus Tour Enjoy the beautiful weather, our beautiful campus and caring for yourself.  Melanie Schiele Gady Start at the Entry Area to Ford Field House. There are stairs located at the entryway. Go up and down the stairs 10 times. Then exit the entryway of the Ford Field House go down Lyon street and then quickly turn right going up Bostwick Street. As you are on Bostwick Street sidewalks do side shuffle steps leading with right leg/foot for 10 reps, and then turn your body, and lead with left leg/foot and do 10 reps of side shuffle steps. Then walk up to Calkins Science Building. Once at Calkins Science Building, stop and do a “yoga tree pose” with your right leg up, hold for 20 seconds, then do the same on the other side. Then cross the street so you are on Crescent Street (red brick road). Go down crescent street until you see the stairs at Van Andel Institute. Walk up the stairs to the little park across from the science building and find a bench and do 10 tricep dips on the bench and then 10 step ups on to the bench, alternating lead legs. Once you complete the 10 tricep dips and step ups you are back to walking. Walk down Bostwick street to Lyon Street and hang a left on Lyon street and walk up the hill. Walk up Lyon Street to the GRCC Phyllis Fratzke Early Childhood Learning Center. Once you are in front of the Childhood Learning Center do 20 jumping jacks, then back to walking. Now go back down Lyon Street and you will turn left on Ransom Street where you will now be in front of the Albert P Smith Music Center Building. Do 10 pushups. (you are welcome to use the side of the building to do wall push-ups). Then start your walk again down Ransom Street and stop in front of the Learning Center. As you are in front of the Learning Center, do 20 squats, then continue on your walk down Lyon Street where you will stop in front of the Wisner Bottrall Applied Technology Center (ATC). While in front of ATC stop at the ATC Building do high knees. Bring your right knee toward chest and give your leg a big hug, then bring your left knee towards chest and give your leg a big hug. Do this 10 times each leg. Now cross the street and then turn left going East on Fountain where you will now find our Spectrum Theatre Building. Stop in front of Spectrum Theatre Building and do 20 Body Weight Rows. Extend your arms straight out in front of you the height of your chest, then pull your arms back with elbows towards the side of your body, go back as far as you can and pull your shoulder blades together. Do this slowly and in control, 20 times. Now continue your walk up Fountain Street. Continue walking on Fountain Street until you get to College Ave. At College Ave take a right. Take College Ave to Fulton Street and Take a right. Start looking at our beautiful Devos Campus. Devos Campus includes Sneden Hall, Stewart Edward White Hall, Steven C Ender Hall, The Carriage House, The Administration Building. Enjoy the beautiful scenery. Stop and stretch your neck, bring your right ear towards shoulder and hold for a count of 10 and then bring left ear towards shoulder and count for 10. Now continue on Fulton. Take Fulton to Ransom Street. At Ransom Street take a Right and continue your walk. Walk on Ransom Street until you get to Fountain Street and take a left. Walk on Fountain Street towards campus. You will take a right and enter the Dr Juan Oliverez Student Plaza. As you walk through this Plaza you will see the Raleigh J Finkelstein Hall, the Peter and Pat Cook Academic Hall, and then further up the Student Center. While you are in the Juan Oliverez Student Center find a seat and close your eyes and complete 10 inhales and exhales. Lengthen the inhale and exhale each time. Once done with your breathing, bring your right hand to your chest and honor yourself and smile at yourself for taking care of yourself, learning about our GRCC Campus, and completing the GRCC Exercise is Medicine Walking and Exercise Campus Tour.