Glendale Community College (California)
34°10′01.99″N 118°13′42.17″W / 34.1672194°N 118.2283806°W
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| Motto | N/A |
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| Type | Public (two-year) |
| Established | 1927 |
| Endowment | $8 Million |
| President | Dr. Audre Levy |
Academic staff | Unknown |
| Undergraduates | 20,000+ |
| Postgraduates | N/A |
| Location | , , |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Sports Team | Vaqueros |
| Colors | Maroon and gold |
| Website | http://www.glendale.edu |
Glendale Community College (aka GCC) is a community college in Glendale, California, USA. It was founded to serve the needs of the people in the Glendale Union High School District which included La Crescenta, Glendale, and Tujunga. The school was officially founded as Glendale Junior College and from 1927 to 1929 conducted classes in the buildings of Glendale Union High School at Broadway and Verdugo in the City of Glendale. In 1929 the junior college moved to the Harvard School plant of the Glendale Union High School District where it remained until 1937. In this year a new plant, part of the present one, was completed and occupied. The year before, in 1936, the Glendale Junior College District was dissolved as such and became a part of the new Glendale Unified School District. The name of the school was changed to Glendale College in 1944. On July 1, 1970 Glendale College became a part of the Glendale Junior College District. On April 20, 1971 the Board of Education adopted a resolution changing the District name to Glendale Community College District.
On November 3, 1980, Glendale voters approved a measure to establish separate Boards. In April 1981, the new members were added to the Board. The separation resulted in the creation of a Board of Trustees solely responsible for the governance of the Glendale Community College District. In 1936 twenty-five acres were acquired for the present site of the college. The campus now consists of 100 acres (0.4 km2) and 15 permanent buildings. It is located on the slopes of the San Rafael Hills overlooking the valleys in the Glendale area.
Representative of the City of Glendale, GCC is a diverse college of more than 15,000 students enrolled in credit courses, and over 7,000 more enrolled in non-credit courses. A full account of the college's population can be found at its research and planning office.
Notable staff
The list of GCC employees includes Dr. Sid Kolpas, who teaches mathematics. Kolpas is part of the Glendale College Scholars Program, the Master Scholars Program (formerly the Alliance for Minority Participation Program), and operates as the Senate Representative of GCC. He was granted the "Distinguished Faculty Award" in 2004, and gave a speech about "The Number 2". He was also awarded a "Peer-Led Team Learning Grant" from the National Science Foundation for his guidance of the student led "Supplemental Instruction". Dr. Kolpas will be quoted and referenced (along with fellow teacher Steve Marsden), in a statistics book published by Princeton University Press for their infinite multiple integration theory. Kolpas also had his 42nd article published in an April issue of Mathematics Teacher.
Notable Alumni
- Listed in alphabetical order
- Mark Caguioa, athlete
- Glenn Corbett, actor
- Ricky Ortiz, professional wrestler
- Angie Dickinson, actress
- Cathy Ferguson, two-time Olympic gold medalist
- Beverly Garland, actress
- Leland Hartwell, scientist, Nobel Laureate (Medicine, 2001)
- Masiela Lusha, actress
- Danielle Panabaker, actress
- Kay Panabaker, actress
- Freddy Sanchez, athlete
- Seann William Scott, actor
- Lon Simmons, broadcaster
- Vic Tayback, actor
- Jordi Vilasuso, actor
- Frank Wykoff, three-time Olympic gold medalist