Green River Community College (GRCC) is a community college

Community college

A community college is a type of educational institution. The term can have different meanings in different countries.-Australia:Community colleges carry on the tradition of adult education, which was established in Australia around mid 19th century when evening classes were held to help adults...

 located in Auburn, Washington

Auburn, Washington

-Parks:Auburn has an extensive system of parks, open space and urban trails comprising 29 developed parks, 5 undeveloped sites under planning, 2 skate parks, 2 water roatary parks, and over of trails , and almost of open space for passive and active recreation.-Environmental Park:The Auburn...

, USA. It has a student body of approximately 10,000.

History

GRCC started as a program of adult evening education in 1945 as part of the Auburn School District

Auburn School District

Auburn School District No. 408 is a public school district in King County, Washington, seated in Auburn. The district encompasses a 62-mile area bridging King County, Washington and Pierce County, Washington, and serves approximately 70,500 residents in Auburn, Algona, Pacific, Lake Tapps, and a...

. The school was approved to become a community college in 1963 and began technical and professional programs in September 1964. The school was originally located near the Auburn Boeing Plant, but the following year the campus was relocated to its current location on Lea Hill. GRCC has since opened satellite campuses in Enumclaw, Washington

Enumclaw, Washington

Enumclaw is a city in King County, Washington, United States. The population was 10,669 at the 2010 census.The Enumclaw Plateau, on which the city resides, was formed by a volcanic mudflow from Mount Rainier approximately 5,700 years ago....

 and Kent, Washington

Kent, Washington

Kent is a city located in King County, Washington, United States, and is the third largest city in King County and the sixth largest in the state. An outlying suburb of Seattle, Kent is also the corporate home for companies such as REI and Oberto Sausage...

.

Demographics

As of Fall 2007 self-reported data, 43% of students are male and 57% female. 61% of students are white, 13% multi-racial, 8% Asian/Pacific Islander, 8% Hispanic, 5% African American, 1% Native American, and 4% Other.

About 35% of students that leave GRCC receive an academic Associates Degree, 7% earn a vocational Associate Degree, while another 44% gain vocational certificates.

Programs

Green River Community Colleges offers classes to prepare students for academic transfer to a four-year college of university; more than 40 professional and technical programs; and classes in Adult Basic Education and English for Speakers of Other Languages. One of the college's signature programs is Aviation Technology, where students are trained for a variety of careers including Air Traffic Controller and Professional Pilot. Students learn in GRCC's new state-of-the-art air traffic control lab and flight simulator. Top transfer programs include business, engineering and IT. GRCC offers a wide variety of other majors in sciences, humanities and social sciences.

Green River is also known for its strong international program. As of spring 2008, GRCC hosted over 1,000 international students from 44 countries, ranking it among the top 20 community colleges in the US in international enrollment.

Notable Affiliates

• Wordsfield, poet
• Tony Tost
  Tony Tost
  Tony Tost is an American poet. His first book Invisible Bride won the 2003 Walt Whitman Award judged by C.D. Wright.Tost was born in Springfield, Missouri, and raised in Enumclaw, Washington. He is a graduate of Green River Community College in Auburn, Washington, and College of the Ozarks in...
  
  , poet
• David Riske
  David Riske
  David Richard Riske is a Major League Baseball Baltimore Orioles relief pitcher.-Career:Riske was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 56th round of the June amateur draft...
  
  , major league baseball player
• Mark Emmert
  Mark Emmert
  Mark A. Emmert, Ph.D., was named president of the NCAA on April 27, 2010. He is the fifth CEO of the NCAA; he assumed his duties on 1 November 2010. Emmert was previously the 30th president of the University of Washington, his alma mater, taking office in June 2004, becoming the first alumnus in...
  
  , PhD, 30th president of the University of Washington
  University of Washington
  University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
  
  
• Tari Free, currently works on "The T man" morning show on KUBE 93.3 FM
• Dave Styles, a former KGRG radio personality, currently works as a DJ at popular 102.7 KIIS FM radio station in Los Angeles, California.
• Billy , another former KGRG radio personality, currently works as a DJ at local Movin' 92.5 FM radio station based out of Bellevue, Washington.

Radio stations

GRCC operates KGRG-FM

KGRG-FM

KGRG-FM is a radio station owned by the Green River Community College in Auburn, Washington, USA. The station broadcasts over the air at 89.9 MHz and over the Internet...

 and KGRG (AM) (formerly KENU - Pulse 1330). As with most college radio stations, the staffs are mostly students.

External links

• Green River Community College official website
• Green River Community College International Programs official website
• Green River Community College Official Master Plan
• The Current - Official GRCC Student Newspaper
• King County Metro Transit official website with bus schedules
• KGRG 89.9FM
• KGRG-1 1330AM