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Glendale Community College

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School Notes:

• Glendale Community College was founded in 1927 to serve the needs of the people in the Glendale Union High School District which included La Crescenta, Glendale, and Tujunga. The school was 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.
• Glendale College is one of 107 community colleges in 72 community college districts throughout the state. Glendale College is known for its academic excellence. We transfer more students to the University of California than any other community college in the vast San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys.Our College Scholars program guarantees acceptance with junior standing at universities nationwide. We also specialize in state-of-the-art career training with high-tech facilities that set the standard for other colleges. There are 22 computer labs on campus.
• Glendale Community College has a college-credit enrollment of about 15,000 day and evening students, and approximately 10,000 others are reached through the adult education program, specialized job training programs such as JTPA and GAIN, and contract instruction administered by the Professional Development Center.
• Glendale Community College is fully accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
• Profile last updated: 09/22/2009.

In the News:

• BRIEFLY IN THE NEWS (The Glendale News-Press)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 12:02:20 pm
  Zarian show to host GCC officials Vahe Peroomian, president of the Glendale Community College Board of Trustees, is scheduled to appear alongside his colleague, Tony Tartaglia, Thursday on “The Larry Zarian Show” to discuss a range of issues facing the campus.
• Army recruitment rises (The Glendale News-Press)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 12:02:10 pm
  GLENDALE — The number of Army recruits from Glendale and Burbank increased by 57% last year — a surge Army officials attributed to the recession, expanded benefits for soldiers and enhanced community outreach.
• Photo of the week (The Glendale News-Press)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 12:00:39 pm
  Trying to make a nice photo with a dark sky is kind of hard. Fortunately for me, there was a bit of sunset painting the sky with purples, oranges and yellows. Looking around for a nice spot to shoot the Glendale Community College cheerleaders for a feature story, I settled on one facing the sunset, but I had to hurry because the last bit of sun was disappearing fast. Setting my exposure at f4 1 ...
• GLENDALE YMCA QUARTERBACK CLUB:Battle for bell still talk of club (The Glendale News-Press)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 06:43:44 am
  SOUTHEAST GLENDALE — The Glendale YMCA Quarterback Club, in its 67th year, meets Tuesday’s at the Elk’s Lodge. The following are odds and ends from the 11th meeting of the year.
• Vaqs close season with home defeat (The Glendale News-Press)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 06:42:43 am
  NORTHEAST GLENDALE — Following Saturday night’s 38-22 loss to visiting Pasadena City College in the 2009 season finale at Sartoris Field, the Glendale Community College football team emerged somewhat battered and defeated for the second year in a row from a tough injury-plagued run through the unforgiving Northern Conference National Division.

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