Glendale Community College

Jewel City Vax Clinic

GCC Verdugo Campus: Parking Structure
Thurs-Sun; 7:45 AM – 4:40 PM
Offering Moderna and Pfizer vaccines
Walk-ins are welcome
Reservations encouraged at
bit.ly/jewelcityvax

GCC has teamed up with the City of Glendale and Adventist Health to host a mass vaccination clinic on the Verdugo Campus. Students, faculty and staff are strongly encouraged to get vaccinated for personal safety, the good of the community and to help in the return to face to face instruction on campus. 

Commencement Updates from Tzoler Oukayan, Dean, Student Affairs

The Graduation Committee has been busy coordinating commencement for the Class of 2021. The committee will be inviting faculty, staff and administrators to voluntarily participate in one of the following activities being developed to make this year’s graduation a memorable one for GCC students:

Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 7 p.m.
Virtual Commencement Ceremony
www.glendale.edu/graduation

Wednesday, June 9, 2021
Afternoon (exact time TBD)
Class of 2021 Celebratory Drive-Thru Gift Pick Up

Volunteers, wearing their graduation regalia or GCC spirit gear will line up along the drive-thru route to cheer on our graduates (just as would be done in person). There will be music, decorations, and supportive signs with messages to thank students and make this special day as memorable as possible.  

There will be a limit to the number of volunteers depending on how many students sign up to participate in the drive-thru. Volunteer sign-up is coming soon. 

All COVID-19 health and safety guidelines will apply, including campus mask requirements and social distancing. 

A special thank you to our Graduation Committee for all their creativity and help in making this day possible: Aida Avanousian, Michelle Mora, Ruby Guzman, Drew Sugars, Ann Simon, Guido Girardi, Patrick Shahnazarian, Erin Kurasz, and Jon Gold.

Guided Pathways Begins Interactive Sessions in May

As more and more of our initiatives become active projects and procedures throughout campus, Guided Pathways will be launching an exciting new format for involving the campus community. We invite everyone to attend our new Guided Pathways Interactive Sessions beginning this month to learn about and contribute to our GP projects.

The first session will be Learning and Professional Pathways (LPP) and Program Maps on Tuesday, May 25 at 12:20 p.m. The session will include a walk-through of the new LPP webpage, with break-out rooms to give feedback on specific pages, followed by a walk-through of the Program Mapper webpage, with break-out rooms to give feedback on the mapping project. Look for more information on this soon! 

GCC Student First Community College Student to Win World Trade Week Award

Congratulations to GCC student Luisana Mendoza for being the first-ever community college recipient of a World Trade Week Scholarship!  She was presented the award by the L.A. Area Chamber of Commerce at an online ceremony April 28.  

"Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce CEO and President Maria S. Salinas said, “The L.A. Area Chamber is pleased to celebrate Luisana Mendoza, the first World Trade Week Scholarship recipient from a Southern California community college. In a globally competitive region like Los Angeles, we know the importance for young people, our future leaders, to explore careers in international trade and business here in Los Angeles. The L.A. Area Chamber is proud to provide resources for students like Luisana to have the opportunity to showcase their potential, ability, and leadership in a global region.” 

Luisana credits her GCC advisors Rafael Cardona, Robert Newman, and Marisa Zakaria among the people who inspire her.  See her story here.

A Modern Look and Feel for MyGCC is Coming!

What’s different about it? 

Responsive Design: The new MyGCC landing page has a responsive design allowing it to fit accordingly across various screen sizes such as mobile devices and desktop computers. 

New GCC logo: The new GCC logo will provide a link back to the GCC homepage. 

Links & Content: The new MyGCC landing page will provide the following: 

• MyGCC Login 
• Student Email
• Canvas Login 
• Verdugo Campus Help
• Garfield Campus Help
• GCC Live Chat
• Emergency Alerts Text Subscribe
• Report Accessibility Issues

The new design is anticipated to launch during the third week of May!

While you are away...

New Science Building Project

Crews have installed protective fencing around the northwest corner of the Verdugo Campus as work begins on the construction of the New Science Building. The five-story, 116,000 square foot facility will feature state-of-the-art teaching and laboratory spaces for biological and physical sciences. During the approximate two-year construction phase, you can keep track of this and other capital improvement projects by going to glendale.edu/campusprojects. 

New Science Building
Artist Rendering - Aerial View

Protective Fencing on North Verdugo Road