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Grand Rapids Community College mascot voting to begin during Homecoming Week

With Homecoming Week on the horizon, Grand Rapids Community College has a major announcement to go along with the other festivities that will take place.  GRCC will soon have a new mascot that college ...
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GRCC students discuss the transition to Canvas

By Karalynn Davis  When Grand Rapids Community College announced the shift to Canvas, many students had no idea what to expect.  About a month into the semester, most people seem to have used Canvas ...
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Homecoming Game Plan, What to expect from Homecoming Week

Grand Rapids Community College staff and students, it is time to share the lineup of events for this year’s GRCC Homecoming Week. Starting on Monday, Sept. 29, there will be a campus dining giveaway ...
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Grand Rapids Community College hosts Fall Festival this weekend

By Ajanai Shepard  The Grand Rapids Community College Campus Activities Board is hosting a Fall Festival Saturday, Sept. 20. “It’s a free event open to students and anyone in the community,” said ...
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State Budget and Employee Culture takes center stage at GRCC Board of Trustee meeting

The Grand Rapids Community College Board of Trustees met on Sept. 19 to discuss state funding, workplace profiles, and latest institutional news.  The meeting began with Vice President of Finance and ...
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Gretchyn Lauer – Outcry

Gretchyn Lauer, winner of the 2D category of ArtPrize, stands in front of her painting, "Outcry". Photo by Jonathan D. Lopez ...
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Trespassing, larceny and other police reports from Grand Rapids Community College

Coverage of campus police reports has been delayed due to the Grand Rapids Community College Police Department now requiring The Collegiate to file a Freedom of Information Act request in order to ...
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Q&A with 2024 Grand Rapids mayoral candidates Senita Lenear and David LaGrand

Editor’s note: Responses from both candidates have been shortened for length and clarity. The people of Grand Rapids will be electing a new mayor during the 2024 election as the second term of current ...
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‘A Minecraft Movie’ was the best cinema experience I’ve had in years

Movie theaters are an experience: when watching a piece of art worth millions of dollars, emotion should be palpable, shared with a neighbor. “A Minecraft Movie” was exactly that. The impression ...
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Vector Marketing, is it too good to be true?

Is there a limit to the lengths that some go to make a fast buck? Vector Marketing is a company that recruits high school and college-age students to sell Cutco knives to friends and family. On their ...
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GRCC President Charles Lepper named as finalist in Madison Area Technical College presidential search

Screenshot of the Madison365.com coverage of the four finalists of the MATC presidential search. Grand Rapids Community College President Charles Lepper has been announced as a finalist in the Madison ...