Amazon is partnering with GRCC - along with GVSU – to provide hourly employees access to credits for transfer or degrees and career-focused certificates. The West Michigan educational institutions are among 140 colleges and universities in the nation, and four in Michigan, to partner with the company.
The foundation plans to distribute $1.4 million in more than 300 scholarships to more than 1,000 students this year, and students can apply by filling out just one application. The priority deadline is March 15.
One in five GRCC students have tuition covered by a grant or scholarship program. Filling out the FAFSA form is the key to accessing financial support.
Chef Trimell Hawkins, who has put his stamp on menus throughout West Michigan, credits GRCC’s Secchia Institute for Culinary Education with giving him the tools to become successful.
Versiti, which supplies life-saving blood for medical procedures in Michigan and four other Midwestern states, is funding GRCC scholarships to train the people who collect those donations.
Nikole Hannah-Jones, Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of The 1619 Project, will offer a keynote discussion at GRCC’s Diversity Lecture Series.
GRCC partners with local municipalities — including road commissions in Muskegon and Kent counties — for Public Works Academy, providing skills for jobs serving communities.
Women of Color Give awarded more than $40,000 to five local organizations that took part in the collective’s second annual Pitch Night in December.
Bank of America has selected the West Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce as a 2021 Neighborhood Champion, a recognition that includes both grant funding and executive leadership development.
After 57 years, Lu Reyes is retiring as host of Holland’s first Spanish-language radio show.
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