Becoming a Green River Community College Gator

After 20 applications I finally found a job at Green River Community College (GRCC). I am working as a Program Coordinator for Disability Support Services (DSS). Yes, I have entered a world of acronyms.

I am starting my fourth week and it is hard to believe that I have almost been there a month. I really love the GRCC campus; it is surrounded by woods and very close to the Green River (hence the name). The campus reminds me of lot of Germany (even the rough toilet paper). I remember as a child in Wurzburg walking down a path to collect snails and there was a school hidden in the forest.

This is not the best picture but it is the only one I could find on the Internet. Anyway, you can see the building set back in the trees.

There are quite a few trails around the campus that I run on during lunch. There is a trail that has a lookout of Mt. Rainer. I haven't seen Mt. Rainer from this point due to cloud cover but I have faith that some day I will.

This from the Mt. Rainer lookout. Hwy-18 is below.

I work with 2 other women and they are great co-workers. And lucky us we work in a condemned building. It is freezing in the building too. One day I wore 2 shirts, a pull over fleece, and a zip-up fleece to stay warm. On the job listing it said that the applicant should be able to work in temperatures 15 degrees higher or lower than 75 and now I see why. :)

It is interesting how much the Community College setting reminds me of teaching high school. My first day there I was ease dropping on some students conversation and felt like I was back at Highland. Overall things are going pretty well and I am grateful for a job.

Since I don't have a car yet I am using the bus. It takes me about an one hour to get to GRCC. I enjoy this quiet time and use it to read. I have not had any weird bus incidents but I am sure they are coming. Oh, I did over hear one guy tell his friend that he liked a job because "1........ and B......".