GREEN RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE

'Green River Community College' (GRCC) is a community college located in Auburn, Washington, USA. It has a student body of around 10,000. The student to faculty ratio is 23:1. There are 46 undergraduate programs available, but the college is most known for its outstanding Social Science division, particularly courses in Political Science, Anthropology, Geography and History, and for the students who attend the school . The GRCC athletic teams are known as the Gators.

Contents

GRCC culture

Alumni

Radio stations

External links

GRCC culture

GRCC has a well established student newspaper known as "The Current". While students are presently allowed to voice their views in the newspaper freely, there has been a struggle recently to maintain this freedom from censorship by the school administration. The Current is now available online in .pdf format; see links below.
GRCC has Student Government consisting of four committees, better known as Associated Students of Green River Community College (ASGRCC). The Student Leadership Program: Community, Leadership, Education and Outreach (C.L.E.O.) in Green River is also well known. The CLEO students learn how to manage a program while at the same time earn money.
Before the demolition of the old Performing Arts Center, there also existed a gathering place called the "Smoke Shack" where smokers would congregate near the Lindbloom Student Center. When the PAC was demolished, so was the Smoke Shack, but not without much protest. There is a large body of international students at GRCC, mainly from Asia. From about 10,000 in student population, more than 800 are international students.
GRCC now has on-campus living for the student population known as Campus Corner Apartments (CCA). Each townhouse unit has four bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a kitchen. Ground breaking was in 2001 and they were completed in the spring of 2003. The construction of the townhouses was protested by several groups because the construction resulted in the demolition of a some of the older buildings.
GRCC is in the process of replacing most of the original buildings on campus with newer ones. A new two-story Technology Center, with classes that include Air Traffic Control (ATC) and Computer Systems Administration, opened in Fall 2005. They will also be opening a new three-story Science Building in Fall 2007 to replace the four older science buildings. After tearing down the Lindbloom Student Center and Admininstrative Building in 2015-2017, the only original buildings remaining will be the former Holman Library, which is now the RLC building, and the SMT building, which will be renovated. GRCC has a long range plan available online, listed in the links below.
To supplement ground level parking, GRCC offers a free shuttle service which transports students between main campus and a remote parking lot. Additionally, GRCC is served by Metro Bus route 181 connecting to the Sounder commuter rail station in downtown Auburn and the new transit center in Federal Way. GRCC is also a stop for route 164 which connects GRCC's main campus with the new Kent Campus in downtown Kent. There is special parking for those who carpool, although parking has always been difficult for students.
The constant increase in the international student population is creating a lot of recent hostility on the campus grounds. A lot of people are getting fed up with the continued lack of english speaking students. Spending most time in class having to deal with students who are hard of English. These students come over here and pay almost three times the tuition and spend most of it not speaking clearly and smelling of fish oil. One noted case brings up the idea that Korean males favor the hard candy known as "M & M's." Noted that during the Fall quarter after the busy Halloween holiday, the constant consumption of mini packages was amazing.

Alumni

★ Tony Tost, poet

★ Tracy McGrady, professional basketball player

★ Nate Robinson, professional basketball player

★ Zang Fawn, Korean Scrabble Champion

Radio stations

GRCC students can work at KGRG (FM) or KGRG (AM) (formerally KENU - Pulse 1330).

External links

★ Green River Community College official website

★ Green River Community College Official Master Plan

★ The Current - Official GRCC Student Newspaper

★ King County Metro Transit official website with bus schedules