Green River’s dance program is back with a strong instructor to lead it. Tesse George is the new dance instructor and is taking charge for the revived dance program. It is George’s first quarter at the college, however, she has been teaching for 20 years. She has previously taught at private studios and specialized in the dance styles of ballet, contemporary, modern, and jazz. George has been professionally training ever since the age of four. Growing up in Yakima, she learned the art of ballet. George got a full ride scholarship to Cornish College of the Arts and received her…
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Louise Nguyen, 19, is a fine arts major who has been selected by the fine arts faculty as January’s artist spotlight. Nguyen was born and raised in Vietnam before moving to Texas her senior year of high school for an exchange program. She then moved to Washington where she now attends Green River College. Nguyen lives in Auburn and shares a home with other international students. She has been attending GRC for about a year now and is working on earning her Associate of the Arts as well as her Associate of Fine Arts. After earning her degree at GRC…
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Registering for classes online at Green River College (GRC) is nothing new anymore. Registration for classes started on Jan. 31. Online registration used to be new and confusing for many students. Nowadays, it has become more of a normal thing, but there are still opinions on how it can be improved. Mohini Khanal, 23, a pre-nursing student, enjoys registering online since she does not have to fill out time-consuming forms. “Filling the forms might take too much time and might be difficult,” Khanal said. “The concern is when there is no teacher shown on the list.” There are often cases in which professors are not…
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Green River’s Jazz Voices is a group of very talented and hardworking students who use their unique voices to come together and create one beautiful sound. The choral group is an audition-only jazz choir that has 16 singers and is conducted by Kelly Eisenhour, who is well versed in the music field. She has won two Grammys and has also created albums including “Seek and Find” which became #14 on the JazzWeek national radio airplay charts in 2007. She has taught many classes and had an award winning choir called the Brigham Young University Jazz Voices. Eisenhour’s successes inspire the Green…
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Feb. 1, 2017 marked the first birthday of the Mel Lindbloom Student Union building. The Green River College celebrated its very own Student Union building’s first birthday, hosted by the Student Life Office. The event had free admission, as long as students brought their ID cards. There were bright rainbow balloons at the front entrance of the building, and happy students all around. The Student Life Office provided free cake, goodie bags and other freebies for the students. Seattle Balloon Decoration vendors made plenty of balloon creations for the students. Julez Lockridge, a GRC student, was very intrigued by the balloons and…
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Not only are ESL students being affected by the recent ban, but international students as well. Yasin Najibi, 19, an international student from Iran, Shiraz, is feeling upset about Trump’s executive orders. His body language was quiet and scared during our interview. “Trump made everyone afraid of Muslims,” Najibi said looking down at the floor. This ban is causing Najibi to rethink his plans for the future and where he is going to attend university. Najibi is planning to apply to a university in Canada, since the future of the United States is looking so bleak. He never expected to ever consider…
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Aziza Ahmed is one of the hundreds of people whose families fled civil wars and famine in their countries to seek asylum in the United States. And since she is Somali, President Trump’s recent seven country travel ban directly affects her and her family. Ahmed’s family originally hails from Mogadishu, Somalia, but after the break out of the civil war they fled to Kenya, and there Ahmed was born. She is one of six siblings, out of 10, who made it to the US. Now 18 years old, she has lived in the USA since the age of five, when…
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A Green River student uses her personal story to explain the struggle and harsh reality of President Trump’s travel ban. Sumeya Arbi, 19, is originally from Somalia, but traveled to America for higher education. She lived in Norway for 12 years and completed her high school education there before coming to Green River. Her journey to America wasn’t easy. Sumeya’s parents fled the home they loved due to a civil war that occurred in Somalia. They lived in a refugee camp located in Kenya. After having children, they wanted a better lifestyle. Her parents migrated from Somalia when they had the…
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On Jan. 19, 2017 at 4 p.m., Green River College’s Board of Trustees met in the Administration Building Boardroom, all Trustees present. The meeting began with the nomination of Jeremy Grisham, a veteran student, for the Transforming Lives award. Grisham was nominated by Tim Lovitt, the Dean of Student Success and Retention on campus. The Transforming Lives award is for current or former students whose lives have changed due to attending a technical or community college. Lovitt nominated Grisham for his work in the Veterans Conservation Corps, a foundation that focuses on restoring Washington’s rivers, streams, lakes, and open lands…
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Closing out fall quarter with out last issue has brought a few things to the attention of The Current. The first order of business within our office is the promotion of former Managing Editor, Mariya Mubeen, to co-editor-in-chief. Riley Agnew has had some serious health issues this quarter and the duties of Editor-in-Chief were straining him. It was the best move for this student-run newspaper of Green River College and a much needed one. “Physically I am okay, but I was diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder in October. Having the paper to focus on helps, but the strain of it…