After June 29, 2021 and implementing phase 5.1
As of June 29, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and MIOSHA has lifted COVID-19-related restrictions. As a result, GRCC is moving into Phase 5.1 of our Re-Opening and COVID-19 Response Plan.
What does this mean for GRCC's community?
As of Tuesday, June 29:
- The GRCC mask policy for all individuals is eliminated.
- Masks are not required to wear on campus.
- Daily health screenings are not required for employees, students, visitors or guests to campus.
- Plexiglass barriers will remain in place as a precautionary safety measure.
- Facilities will begin to remove existing COVID signs over the weekend. We are developing new signs and messaging focusing on keeping the GRCC community healthy and well and encouraging the behaviors that we now know help reduce the spread of the virus – frequent hand washing, staying home when ill or not feeling well, distancing as feasible, wearing a mask if preferred, getting a vaccine to protect yourself and others!
- Many people may still be more comfortable with social distancing or continued mask wearing and they should continue to do so.
Read Phase 5.1 of GRCC's Re-Opening Plan
Before June 29, 2021 and phase 5.1
Required health screenings
Wearing a face covering and completing a brief health assessment is required by our college policy before coming to campus. If you don't have a face covering, you can pick one up from Campus Police or Student Life!
Students
Before coming to campus, students are required to complete a health assessment through the Online Center or by downloading Rave Guardian in your mobile app store.
Employees
All employees are required to complete a health assessment through the Online Center before coming to campus.
College Guests
Please complete our paper assessment.
COVID-19 Protocols
COVID-19 Reporting
GRCC is reporting confirmed cases within the active employee and registered student populations for individuals who have physically been on any GRCC property within the past 14 days.
These numbers will differ from numbers reported by the Kent County Health Department due to reporting time frames and because they report ALL students, including those who have not been on the GRCC campus. They define an "outbreak" as two cases within a week.
| DEMOGRAPHIC | CONFIRMED CASES (6/14 - 6/20) | TOTAL SPRING/SUMMER 2021 | TOTAL WINTER 2021 SEMESTER CONFIRMED CASES | TOTAL FALL 2020 SEMESTER CONFIRMED |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 0 | 7 | 47 | 107 |
| Employees | 0 | 2 | 17 | 29 |
Student information
Employee information
- Employee Resource Handbook
- External visitor health screening form
- COVID-19 Return to Work Accommodations, Authorization to Work from Home and Requests for Flexible
- Work Schedules
- Response and Preparedness FAQs
Safety protocol for employees returning to campus
- Daily health and symptom screening are required through the Online Center.
- Face coverings will be required of all employees when in public areas (hallways, restrooms, shared spaces, etc.)
- Face coverings and work surface cleaning supplies will be delivered to the areas where personnel have been approved to work.
If you have specific questions regarding returning to campus, please email the team at: covidresponseteam@grcc.edu.
If you have questions or concerns of a personal nature regarding returning to campus, please direct those questions to Human Resources.
GRCC's reopening and cleaning protocols
- Updated Phase 5.1 Return Plan as of June 24, 2021
- Addendum - MIOSHA Remote Work Policy
- GRCC's 6-step plan to reopen campus
- GRCC's COVID-19 cleaning protocol
- GRCC's SARS-CoV-2 Preparedness and Response Plan
Campus Building Hours
See our revised building hours.
COVID-19 Response Team
The GRCC COVID Response Team has been established to assist with the coordination, logistics, recommendations and communications regarding all things COVID related and our return to campus operations.
Members of the GRCC COVID Response Team are:
- Misty McClure Anderson – Chief of Staff
- Kelli Fedder – Faculty
- Vicki Janowiak – Executive Director, Operational Planning
- Theresa Kent-Williams – Administrative Assistant to VP for Finance & Administration
- Cathy Kubiak – Executive Director, Human Resources
- Amy Mansfield – Dean, School of Workforce Development
- Kurt Meinders – IT Customer Support Director
- Eric Mullen – Dean, Student Success and Retention
- Vacant – Communications Director
- Todd Tiano – Faculty
- Jim Vandokkumburg – Executive Director, Facilities
- Rebecca Whitman – Chief, GRCC Police
- Grant Snider, Associate Dean SAS
- Sandy Gregory, APSS
The COVID Response team recommended an update to the Phased Return to Campus plan to reflect changes allowed under Exec Order 2020-77 and the Provost’s decision to allow certain School of Workforce Development and Job Training programs that were suspended during winter 2020 to complete during summer 2020.
What if ... ?
We're here to help you navigate!
As these scenarios arise during the COVID-19 pandemic, we want to make sure you feel confident in taking the necessary next steps.
If you're a student or employee and you've had any of the following:
- A fever greater than 100F/37.8C or chills.
- A severe cough that started or has gotten worse in the last 48 hours.
- A screening or test for any of the above within the last 48 hours.
- A positive COVID-19 test in the last 10 days.
- Close contact with a confirmed or probably COVID-19 case.
- Have had two or more of the other known symptoms, such as loss of taste or smell, headache, congestion, runny nose, sore throat, muscle aches, etc.
Do not come to campus. Students contact Student Life at (616) 234-4160. Employees contact Human Resources
If you're a faculty member who:
- Has a student come to class visibly ill OR
- Has a student refuse to wear a face covering
- Has a student refuse to complete the daily health screening
That student should be asked to leave.
If you are a faculty member who:
- Has a student who reports to you they have COVID-19 OR
- Has a student who reports that they have been in close contact with a positive COVID-19 patient in the past 14 days
The student may not come to campus.
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