Green River College (GRC), along with the help of the ASGRC and the Veterans Club, recently opened its time capsule in celebration of 50 years. The free event took place on Thursday, May 26 right outside the Mel Lindbloom Student Union. The even also featured the raising of the original Green River flagpole. “The event went very well,” Ridwan Ibrahim, the ASGRC president, said in an email. “A lot of people participated and came.” Ridwan was also the one that took charge of the project, Lavina Tang, the ASGRC vice-president, said in an email. The idea for a time capsule,…
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The Office of Diversity of Equity and Inclusion (ODEI) has open positions available for students for fall quarter. There are three parts of ODEI students can be a part of when applying for a position. The first position available is as an Office Assistant, where the employees main job is to help other students with questions they might have and provide support. They also plan and attend diversity-related programs and services. As an Office Assistant, employees are required to work up to 19 hours per week and attend a bi-weekly Office Assistant meeting. There is also training provided to employees on…
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Espial is a literary arts journal. Art is taken from the students of Green River to be put into a journal that shows off that year’s art as a sort of time capsule. The class itself is only available once a year during spring quarter and is run and led by students, with Trysteen Tran and Sarah Dillon Gilmartin working as co-instructors. The class itself has “So many life skills students can distill from the class” as Tran explains. She goes on to talk about how students learn how to work together, they learn about marketing and curating, and they…
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As the new Editor-in-Chief I feel like it’s important to address some of the changes that will be coming in the near future and what they mean for The Current. The biggest change that’s coming is an online focus. One of the visions I have for The Current is an enhanced online experience. The Current has been the voice of Green River College for the past 50 years and for it to continue to be, we need to move into the digital age. The first step to this was to recreate our website from the ground up. Our web editor,…
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The historical second strike of Green River “Community” College has come and gone. On this, the college’s fiftieth anniversary, the faculty took to the streets with picket signs in hand and told the president to leave. As the dust settles, we can look back and give our thoughts on what has this strike accomplished and what can be done going forward. The first question that needs to be answered is was the strike a success? So far, keeping in mind it has only been a week, the strike has been met with criticism. Even though the strike was only three…
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The Parent Education course has been available at Green River for 50 years and has received a Reduction in Force (RIF) notice. Lesslie Kessler, Early Childhood Education instructor, said the program has been re-worked to be more cost effective to the college. Diana Holz, Early Childhood Education instructor, and Kessler said they want the program to continue even it is reduced. The program supports at-risk children and offers help to parents who require assistance in raising their children. Intructors of the program reach out to families and help prevents court orders. Relationships with families and their children is critical, Kessler said. The…
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The design drafting technology (DT) program was recently notified that they have received a Reduction in Force (RIF) notice for the first time. Like many other programs at Green River College (GRC), design drafting technology received an email regarding a RIF notice. A RIF notice essentially means that a program will be reduced in some shape or form, either by having some cuts made or eliminating the program altogether. If the Drafting Technology program were to be completely eliminated then that would mean that the college would no longer have a DT program, Terry Waagan, design drafting technology faculty, said. About two weeks…
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The Occupational Therapy Program at Green River College is at risk of potentially being cut along with many other programs due to budget issues and enforced by the Program and service Prioritization Process (PPP). This program was employed to help make critical changes in order for the college to experience an enhance of performance and allow programs to work at the highest quality of efficiency. “I hope these programs, including occupational therapy, don’t get cut,” Lindsay Morris, a counselor at Green River, said. Occupational therapy is a helpful and beneficial program, Morris said, but at the same time all programs at…
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Green River College offers a variety of clubs to its students, although not all of them get the same amount of attention. In fact, one club in particular tends to remain in the background, despite high involvement with students and the college community. This is the Criminal Justice Club headed by club president Amanda Bentz, a GRC student in the criminal justice program. Mary Jane Sherwood, a teacher in the same program, advises the club. The club was reformed during winter quarter by a few students involved in the criminal justice program in response to a teacher’s suggestion, according to Bentz.…
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The recent board of trustees meeting saw students and faculty voice their concerns over the recent Reduction in Force notices. Board Chairman Pete Lewis said all interruptions of the meeting will result in those individuals being asked to leave the meeting. “A board meeting is a meeting of the board members to hear people and make policies,” Lewis said. The ASGRC Student Government presented the 522 budget for the boards approval. The board reviewed the budget and unanimously approved it. A new state policy was also brought up during the meeting allowing the Board of Trustees to meet with faculty…