November 20, 2009
GCC EXTERNAL SURVEY
PERIOD ENDS MONDAY
Glendale Community College has retained KH Consulting Group to assist in the development of an Educational Master Plan. As part of this effort, GCC wants input from local residents, businesses, and community partners regarding how GCC can better serve its community.
The community was invited in early November to participate in the survey that will provide GCC with valuable input.
The survey can be taken in English, Armenian, Korean, or Spanish. It takes about 5 to 10 minutes to complete and is confidential. The survey deadline is November 23. The survey link can be found on the college homepage at www.glendale.eduor may be accessed directly at http://tinyurl.com/gccsurvey
November 17, 2009
ADVANCEMENTS IN MRI
TOPIC OF GCC LECTURE
"Adamantane-based Polyfunctional Agents for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Application" will be presented at Glendale Community College on Tuesday, November 24 at noon in Santa Barbara Building room 243.
Dr. Carlos G. Gutierrez, Professor of Chemistry at California State University, Los Angeles, is the speaker.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a valuable non-invasive medical diagnostic tool that can provide structural and functional information about the body like x-ray imaging, but without the use of ionizing radiation. In about a third of all clinical MRI procedures, a paramagnetic agent is introduced to increase the contrast and thus the visibility of internal body structures. Gutierrez's talk will examine work on the preparation of new polyfunctional contrast agents designed to be delivered to specific tissues efficiently.
The presentation is part of the GCC Science Lecture Series. Admission is free and open to the public. Additional information may be obtained by calling 818-240-1000.
November 17, 2009
GCC HOLDS “EVENING WITH
THE STARS” IN PLANETARIUM
“Evening with the Stars” presentations will be held in the Glendale Community College Planetarium on Friday, Nov. 20 at 7 and 8:30 p.m.
The digital planetarium show takes guests on a one-hour fact-filled ride out to the edge of the cosmos, and back again, introducing them to the stars, constellations and planets.
Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under. No credit cards.
The doors must remain closed during the planetarium shows and no late seating will be accommodated. The college is located at 1500 N. Verdugo Rd.
Reservations may be made in advance at www.glendale.edu/planetarium. The reservations will hold seats for up to 15 minutes prior to the show. For more details call 818-240-1000, ext. 5275.
November 12, 2009
BOARD OF TRUSTEES BREAK
GROUND ON GARFIELD CAMPUS
The Glendale Community College Board of Trustees will be
Breaking ground at the Garfield Campus construction site and ribbon-cutting at the new Garfield Campus child care center just prior to the board meeting on Monday, Nov. 16.
The members of the GCC Board of Trustees are Dr. Vahe Peroomian, President; Anita Quinonez Gabrielian, Vice President; Anthony Tartaglia, Clerk; Dr. Armine Hacopian, Member and Ann Ransford, Member. Lilya Avagyan is the Student Trustee.
The pre-meeting events are scheduled as follows:
4:30 p.m. - Ground breaking will be at the construction site east of the current building on Garfield Avenue. Members of the design build team will also be at the event.
4:45 p.m. - Ribbon cutting in the rear area (northeast corner) outside of the Parent Support Center/Child Development play-yard will take place with cake and punch.
5 p.m. - Board of Trustees meeting in Room 116 at the Garfield Campus.
Nov. 11, 2009
GCC JAZZ BAND
GIVES CONCERTS
The Glendale Community College Jazz Band will perform in two concerts on Sunday, Nov. 22 at noon and later at 4 p.m. in the Auditorium.
The noon concert will feature the Jazz Band with the GCC Vocal Ensemble. The band performs in concert on its own at 4 p.m.
Craig Kupka is the band’s director. He is also a music instructor at Hoover High School where he directs the school’s award-winning jazz groups Kupka has performed with the L.A. Philharmonic, toured with his own groups, recorded for numerous movies and TV shows and has released seven CDs of his original music.
GCC’s group is known as the “Big Bad Jazz Band” for its outstanding performers, many of them professionals.
Tickets for each show are $7 general admission and $5 for students and seniors. Children 12 and under get in free. Tickets may be purchased at the door.
Call 818-240-1000, ext. 5621 for information.
November 4, 2009
APPLY NOW TO
FIRE ACADEMY
The application deadline for the Glendale Community College Verdugo Fire Academy Class VIII is December 1. Classes in the academy begin in January, 2010.
Monthly orientations for the program are held on the first Thursday of every month at 7 p.m. in the Aviation and Art Building, Room 108 at the college
Applicants must be 18 years of age or older and be a high school graduate or have completed the GED program. The application and information about the program and workshops can be found at www.glendale.edu/fire. Applicants must schedule an appointment with the program counselor, Lydia Basmajian, at 818-240-1000, ext. 5918 or lbasmaji@glendale.edu.
November 3, 2009
THEATRE DEPARTMENT
HOLDS OPEN AUDITIONS
Open auditions for the Glendale Community College spring musical production of “Little Shop of Horrors” will be held on Nov. 18 and 19 from 7 to 10 p.m. in the Auditorium Mainstage Theatre. Sign-ups are in the Auditorium Lobby beginning at 6:30 p.m. Call backs will be Nov. 24 at 6 p.m. in the Studio Theatre. The production will be directed and choreographed by Melissa Randel and opens April 1, 2010.
Those planning to audition should bring sheet music for a singing audition (accompanist will be provided) and prepare a one-minute contemporary comedic monologue. All cast members must enroll in Music 170 (Music for Musical Theatre) during the winter session. Cast members will also take the theatre arts courses Musical Theatre Workshop, Backstage Lab for Performers or Stage Costume during the spring semester. Audition information may be obtained by calling Nancy Greene at 818-240-1000, ext. 5618.
October 30, 2009
GCC DISTINGUISHED FACULTY
AWARD RECIPIENT TO SPEAK
Greg Perkins, EOPS counselor at Glendale Community College, will present "Dreams Achievable - Dreams Deferred" on Thursday, Nov. 5 at noon in Kreider Hall as the recipient of the 23rd annual Academic Senate Distinguished Faculty Award. A reception will follow the lecture at The Oaks in the Los Robles Building.
Perkins is the faculty advisor to the student organization V.O.I.C.E.S. (Voices Organizing Immigrant Communities for Educational Success). He will discuss the success stories of GCC's immigrant students and explain the importance of the DREAM Act legislation in Congress that would allow more of these students to fulfill their dreams of success.
The Distinguished Faculty Award is sponsored by the GCC Academic Senate. The recipient is chosen following on-campus nominations and a committee selection process. The winner is announced each year during commencement ceremonies and is asked to give a presentation followed by a reception during the fall semester.
Oct. 28, 2009
“STREETCAR” COMES TO
GLENDALE COLLEGE STAGE
Tennessee Williams’ steamy southern classic “A Streetcar Named Desire” will be presented by the Glendale Community College Theatre Arts Department in the Auditorium Mainstage Theatre opening Thursday, Nov. 5.
The play is directed by Jeanette Farr. Performances are in the Auditorium Mainstage Theatre at 8 p.m. on Nov. 5, 6, 7, 12, 13 and 14 and at 2 p.m. on Nov. 8 and 15.
Stanley Kowalski and his pregnant wife Stella are joined in their working class apartment by Blanche Du Bois, Stella’s sister who lost the family home and is broke but maintains an air of superiority, especially towards Stanley.
Tickets are $10 for general admission, $6 for students and seniors and $4 each for groups of 10 or more. They may be purchased at the door or reserved in advance. Go to www.glendale.edu/theatre for information or call 818-240-1000, ext. 5612. The college is located at 1500 N. Verdugo Rd.
October 22, 2009
PLIGHT OF MOUNTAIN GORILLAS
EXAMINED IN DOCUMENTARY FILM
A screening of the documentary film “Return to Virunga: The Battle to Save the Mountain Gorillas” will be shown at Glendale Community College on Monday, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. in Kreider Hall.
The filmmaker, Stefan Lovgren, will be available after the 45-minute film to answer questions.
Lovgren is a journalist and filmmaker with 15 years of experience working in Africa. For the last six years he has worked mainly for National Geographic covering wildlife and environmental stories around the world. The documentary details the struggle to save the mountain gorillas of The Congo.
Admission is free and open to the public. The college is located at 1500 N. Verdugo Rd. Free parking is available for guests by entering the parking structure off Mountain St.
October 22, 2009
AUTHOR TO GIVE LECTURE AND
BOOKSIGNING AT COLLEGE
As part of the Glendale Public Library citywide reading program One Book/One Glendale, a series of events have been held at Glendale Community College culminating with the final presentation “Lisa See: On Gold Mountain” Thursday, Oct. 29 at noon in the Auditorium. Admission is free and open to the public.
The book selected for One Book/One Glendale is author Lisa See’s latest, “Shanghai Girls,” about two sisters in 1937 that leave Shanghai for Los Angeles. For the GCC presentation, See will discuss her first book “On Gold Mountain: the One Hundred Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family” (1995), which was a national bestseller and New York Times Notable Book. It is a well-researched chronicle of See’s family from a Chinese village to their years in Los Angeles.
A book-signing will follow See’s lecture.
The college is located at 1500 N. Verdugo Rd. For information call 818-240-1000, or go to http://www.glendale.edu/socialsciences/one_book
October 20, 2009
SCIENTIFIC DOOMSDAY SCENARIOS
EXPLORED FOR COLLEGE LECTURE
“From the Beginning to the End…and Everything in Between (System Error:
Please Reinstall the Universe and Reboot” will be presented at Glendale Community
College at noon on Tuesday, October 27 as part of the GCC Science Lecture
Series.
The speaker is GCC physics instructor Paul Kazarian. Throughout human history, different societies had very different views on the end of their world. One common thread is that it is likely to be a catastrophic event. The presentation will highlight several of those scenarios and discuss their validity, while comparing them to a modern understanding of nature.
The lecture will be held in Santa Barbara Building room 243. It is
free and open to the public. Additional information may be obtained by calling
818-240-1000.
October 19, 2009
TALK ON BECOMING AMERICAN
PART OF ONE BOOK SERIES
As part of the Glendale Public Library citywide reading program One Book/One Glendale, a series of events sponsored by Glendale Community College are being held on campus in October.
The next event is "Becoming American: A Psychological Analysis" on Thursday Oct 22. The speaker is GCC psychology professor Mike Dulay. The lecture will be from noon to 1 p.m. in Kreider Hall. Admission is free and open to the public.
The book selected for One Book/One Glendale is author Lisa See's latest, "Shanghai Girls,"about two sisters in 1937 that leave Shanghai for Los Angeles. GCC will host a talk and book signing by See on Oct. 29.
The college is located at 1500 N. Verdugo Rd. For information call 818-240-1000, or go to http://www.glendale.edu/socialsciences/one_book
October 13, 2009
GCC HOLDS “EVENING WITH
THE STARS” IN PLANETARIUM
“Evening with the Stars” presentations will be held in the Glendale Community College Planetarium on Friday, Oct. 16 at 7 and 8:30 p.m.
The digital planetarium show takes guests on a one-hour fact-filled ride out to the edge of the cosmos, and back again, introducing them to the stars, constellations and planets.
Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under. No credit cards.
The doors must remain closed during the planetarium shows and no late seating will be accommodated. The college is located at 1500 N. Verdugo Rd.
Reservations may be made in advance at www.glendale.edu/planetarium. The reservations will hold seats for up to 15 minutes prior to the show. For more details call 818-240-1000, ext. 5275.
October 9, 2009
TALK ON ASIAN-AMERICAN HISTORY
PART OF GCC’S ONE BOOK SERIES
As part of the Glendale Public Library citywide reading program One Book/One Glendale, a series of events sponsored by Glendale Community College are being held on campus in October.
The next event is “Asian-American History: From Opium Wars to Gold Mountain” on Thursday Oct 15. The speaker is GCC history instructor Hazel Ramos. The lecture will be from noon to 1 p.m. in Kreider Hall. Admission is free and open to the public.
The book selected for One Book/One Glendale is author Lisa See’s latest, “Shanghai Girls,” about two sisters in 1937 that leave Shanghai for Los Angeles. The college’s faculty/student book club will discuss “Shanghai Girls” at the next meeting on Oct. 8. GCC will also host a talk by See on Oct. 29.
The college is located at 1500 N. Verdugo Rd. For information call 818-240-1000, or go to http://www.glendale.edu/socialsciences/one_book
October 7, 2009
ENCORE PROGRAM CELEBRATES
10th ANNIVERSARY AT COLLEGE
In celebration of its 10th anniversary at Glendale Community College the ENCORE program is hosting an event on Saturday, Oct. 10 at the Life Skills Building on campus beginning at 10 a.m.
ENCORE is a program run by and for seniors and is associated with the Elderhostel Institute Network. The event will honor the 18 charter members of ENCORE and supporters including Dr. Jill Southerland, Beverly Hurd, the late Dr. Chris McCarthy, past GCC Superintendent/President Dr. John Davitt and the organization’s past presidents.
For information contact Joe Denhart at 818-240-1000, ext. 5518.
October 2, 2009
LECTURE EXPLORES SOCIETY
AND STAR TREK/STAR WARS
“The Anthropology of Star Trek and Star Wars” will be presented at Glendale Community College Thursday, Oct. 8 at noon in Kreider Hall, sponsored by the GCC Cosmology and Astrophysics Club.
The speaker is anthropologist and biologist Daryl Frazetti of Western Nevada College, where he teaches about the title subject in college cultural anthropology courses. The talk will examine themes in Star Trek and Star Wars including politics, religion, identity, technology and the anthropological concept of race. Frazetti will also touch on the subculture of fandom and the cultural impact of both franchises.
Admission is free. Glendale Community College is located at 1500 N. Verdugo Rd. For more information call 818-240-1000.
October 2, 2009
COLLEGE HOLDS LECTURES
AS PART OF ONE BOOK SERIES
As part of the Glendale Public Library citywide reading program One Book/One Glendale, a series of events sponsored by Glendale Community College are being held on campus in October.
The next event is “America and the Philippines: a Historical Examination” on Tuesday Oct 6. The speaker is GCC history instructor Victor Nebrida. The lecture will be from 5 to 6 p.m. in Kreider Hall. Admission is free and open to the public.
The book selected for One Book/One Glendale is author Lisa See’s latest, “Shanghai Girls,” about two sisters in 1937 that leave Shanghai for Los Angeles. The college’s faculty/student book club will discuss “Shanghai Girls” at the next meeting on Oct. 8. GCC will also host a talk by See on Oct. 29.
The college is located at 1500 N. Verdugo Rd. For information call 818-240-1000, or go to http://www.glendale.edu/socialsciences/one_book
September 30, 2009
ONE-ACT PLAYS
STAGED AT GCC
“The Durang Menagerie, ” a collection of one-act plays by Christopher Durang, opens in the Glendale Community College Studio Theatre with shows on Oct 8, 9, 10, 15, 16 and 17 at 8 p.m. and Oct. 11 and 18 at 2 p.m.
“The Durang Menagerie” features four of Durang’s irreverent one-act plays including “Mrs. Sorkin,” “For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls,” “Desire, Desire, Desire,” and “The Actor’s Nightmare.” The performances are directed by Larry Biederman. The plays take a unique look at great plays in theater history, including those by Tennessee Williams. The production features an ensemble cast of seven who play 18 different roles, some within the same play.
Reservations are strongly advised due to limited seating in the Studio Theatre. There is no late seating. Tickets are $10 general, $6 for students and seniors and $4 each for groups of 10 or more. Call 818-240-1000, ext. 5612 for reservations. Tickets may be purchased at the door. Go to www.glendale.edu/theatre for information. The college is located at 1500 N. Verdugo Rd.
September 24, 2009
COLLEGE HOLDS LECTURES
AS PART OF ONE/BOOK SERIES
As part of the Glendale Public Library citywide reading program One Book/One Glendale, a series of events sponsored by Glendale Community College are being held on campus in October.
The first event is “Bridging the Centuries: Chinese in Southern California and the San Gabriel Valley” on Thursday Oct 1. The speaker is Eugene Moy, past president of the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California. The lecture will be at noon in Kreider Hall. Admission is free and open to the public.
The book selected for One Book/One Glendale is author Lisa See’s latest, “Shanghai Girls,” about two sisters in 1937 that leave Shanghai for Los Angeles. The college’s faculty/student book club will discuss “Shanghai Girls” at the next meeting on Oct. 6. The college will also host a talk by See on Oct. 29.
The college is located at 1500 N. Verdugo Rd. For information call 818-240-1000, or go to http://www.glendale.edu/socialsciences/one_book
September 15, 2009
GCC HOLDS “EVENING WITH
THE STARS” IN PLANETARIUM
"Evening with the Stars” presentations will be held in the Glendale Community College Planetarium on Friday, Sept. 18 at 7 and 8:30 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 19 at 6:30 p.m.
The digital planetarium show takes guests on a one-hour fact-filled ride out to the edge of the cosmos, and back again, introducing them to the stars, constellations and planets.
Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under. No credit cards.
The doors must remain closed during the planetarium shows and no late seating will be accommodated. The college is located at 1500 N. Verdugo Rd.
Reservations may be made in advance at www.glendale.edu/planetarium. The reservations will hold seats for up to 15 minutes prior to the show. For more details call 818-240-1000, ext. 5275.
Sept. 14, 2009
EVOLUTION EXPLORER DISCOVERIES
TOPIC OF FREE SCIENCE LECTURE
“Adventures in Ultraviolet Astronomy with the Galaxy Evolution Explorer” will be discussed at a free science lecture at Glendale Community College on Tuesday, Sept. 22 as part of the Science Lecture Series.
The lecture will be held at noon in Santa Barbara Building room 243. It is free and open to the public. The speaker is Dr. James D. “Don” Neill, Senior Postdoctoral Scholar at California Institute of Technology
The Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) is a NASA Small Explorer class satellite that was designed to study the evolution of galaxies. To facilitate this exploration, it employs the ability to take wide-field images in the ultraviolet (UV) part of the spectrum. These UV images have revealed aspects of galaxy evolution that were previously unknown. The wide field of GALEX has also afforded many other serendipitous discoveries when interesting things happen to fall in the image. Neill will introduce the GALEX satellite and describe its design and primary mission and results as well as the fortuitous discoveries that GALEX has made in galaxy evolution and in the evolution of stars in the Milky Way galaxy.
Neill earned his PhD in astrophysics from Columbia University. Prior to his current position, Neill was Supernova Legacy Survey Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Victoria, Research Fellow at The American Museum of Natural History and served as a consultant at the Calypso Observatory.
Additional information may be obtained by calling 818-240-1000. The college is located at 1500 N. Verdugo Rd.
Sept. 8, 2009
COLLEGE LITERARY JOURNAL
GAINS NATIONAL RECOGNITION
“Eclipse,” the literary journal produced by Glendale Community College has been selected as one of five literary journals to be represented by their editors on a panel session at the April, 2010 Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) conference in Denver, CO.
AWP is a national, nonprofit literary organization for teachers and writers. The prestigious conference is attended by professors, publishers and writers from around the world. GCC has attended the conference since 2000 with a table set up to showcase “Eclipse,” and has been chosen for the 2010 panel. With more than one thousand community colleges in the United States and most of them producing some sort of literary journal, GCC’s panel selection is especially remarkable. The panel will feature the five editors or faculty advisors of two-year college journals to discuss “The Literary Magazine at the Two-Year College: Standards, Submissions and Student Success.”
“Eclipse” is the only national journal being honored at the conference that publishes student work alongside work by writers of prominence. The journal was first published in 1990 as a solely student publication. In 2000, funding was secured that allowed “Eclipse” to include the work of national and international writers and poets.
Students also help in the production of the annual “Eclipse” with selected creative writing students reading the various poetry submissions and handling clerical tasks. Faculty members review the fiction submissions. “Eclipse” is distributed by Ingram with a circulation of approximately 1,500 copies. It is available at several bookstores locally and nationally.
English professor Bart Edelman, the editor-in-chief and poetry editor is a published poet. His poetry collections include “Crossing the Hackensack,” “Under Damaris’ Dress,” “The Alphabet of Love,” The Gentle Man” and “The Last Mojito.”