Green River College

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Green River College is a community college in Auburn, Washington. It has a student body of about 10,000.

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Histori

Green River College began as an adult night education program in 1945 as part of the Auburn School District. The school was approved to become a community college in 1963 and started a technical and professional program in September 1964. The school was originally located near the Auburn Boeing plant, but the following year the campus was moved to its current location in Lea Hill.

In 2014 the school changed its name from Green River Community College to Green River College, and today offers a regional accredited Bachelor of Applied Sciences degree in software development, network administration and security, applied management, marketing and entrepreneurship, aeronautics science, and forest resource management.

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Campus

The main campus is at Lea Hill in Auburn, with satellite campuses in downtown Auburn, Enumclaw and Kent, Washington.

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Academic profile

Green River College offers classes to prepare students for academic transfer to a four-year college or university; more than 40 professional and technical programs; and classes in Adult and English Basic Education for other 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 study at the newest Green River air control and flight simulator. Top transfer programs include business, engineering, and IT. Green River offers a variety of other majors in science, humanities, and social sciences.

Green River is also known for its strong international program. In autumn 2014, the GRC hosts over 1,700 international students from 64 countries, ranking among the top 10 universities in the US in international enrollment. In the fall of 2007 self-reported data, 43% of students were male and 57% female. 61% of white students, 13% multi-racial, 8% Asian/Pacific Islander, 8% Hispanic, 5% African American, 1% Native American, and 4% others. Approximately 35% of students who leave the GRC receive an associate academic degree, 7% get a vocational association degree, while 44% receive a vocational certificate.

In 2014, Green River College begins offering a Bachelor of Applied Science degree program. BAS's College in software development has gained regional recognition for its focus on project-based learning.

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Student life

Athletics

Green River competes in the Western Conference of the Northwest Athletic Conference (NWAC). The college athletics team is dubbed Gators.

Media

Green River College operates KGRG-FM and KGRG (AM) (formerly KENU - Pulse 1330). Like most college radio stations, the staff are mostly students. The GRC student newspaper, The Current, has been published since college opened in 1965.

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Famous people

• Tony Tost, poet
• David Riske, major league baseball player
• Doug Sisk, baseball baseball player
• Mark Emmert, PhD, chairman of the National Athletics Association College

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References

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External links

• Official website

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