Director of Facilities Has Plans for Improvement
Rebecca Krueger, Staff Writer
October 31, 2012
In Nelson Oliveira’s, the new Director of Facilities and Construction, office there are boxes on the floor pushed against the wall, construction and electrical manuals, a small assortment of colorful neckties and paint and floor samples that occupy the otherwise empty shelves. It’s been three years... Read more »
College’s 85th Anniversary Cause to Celebrate History
Ksenia Rabinovich, Staff Writer
October 31, 2012
Glendale City College celebrates its 85th anniversary this year. Those who witnessed the founding of GCC or studied during the first years of the college are no longer with us but thanks to the archives in the GCC library, the early years in the campus aren’t a mystery. In 1920, development in Glendale... Read more »
Foundation Hosts 85th Anniversary Gala
Chris Rodd, Staff Writer
October 31, 2012
Despite the grey clouds in the sky, the only thing interrupting this classy event was a sudden flash mob as GCC celebrated its 85th anniversary on Oct. 20 with a gala fundraising dinner in the San Gabriel Plaza put on by the Glendale College Foundation. An event three years in the making, a who’s who... Read more »
Different Strokes, the Subject of Biology Lecture
Rebecca Krueger, Staff Writer
October 30, 2012
Ten years after her mother’s stroke, Kindra Girard, biology professor and this year’s Distinguished Faculty Award Winner, became interested with the anatomy of strokes. She shared this personal interest to a full house on Thursday at Kreider Hall. Strokes occur when brain cells die in a specific... Read more »
ISA and Yerevan Magazine Team Up for Fundraiser
October 18, 2012
Yerevan Magazine and the International Students Association of Glendale Community College will host a fundraiser to provide foreign students who are active on campus scholarships to help them continue studying on campus. Being the largest club on campus with about 500 active and non-active members, the... Read more »
Whitneigh Braxton Is Soccer’s New Star
Rebecca Krueger, El Vaquero Staff Writer
October 17, 2012
Sporting hot pink manicured nails, diamond studded earrings with silver sequined sandals to match, no one would know that Whitneigh Braxton, 21, was an aggressive goal-scoring machine for the Vaqueros women’s soccer team. Since she was little, Braxton has been an athlete. She danced tap, hip-hop and... Read more »
Interns Help with Mental Issues
Rebecca Krueger, Staff Writer
October 3, 2012
Marriage Family Therapist interns at GCC offer therapy for students going through an emotional and mental crisis, giving them somewhere to go for help. “Students coming into college are experiencing an adolescent transitioning period,” said Makeda Abraham, MFT trainee.. “They are learning how to... Read more »
Hayden Smith Mixes Comedy, Poetry
Anthony “Sal” Polcino, Staff Writer
October 3, 2012
“Dying is easy. Comedy is hard,” said British actor Edmund Gwenn as he lay on his deathbed. Comedy is hard but that doesn’t stop GCC alumnus Hayden Smith from standing in front of friends and strangers at local comedy clubs and making them laugh. “The first time I did stand-up I got so nervous... Read more »
Former GCC International Students Counselor Passes Unexpectedly
Angel Silva, El Vaquero Managing Editor
October 3, 2012
Phillip Kamara-Kay, international students counselor and social sciences professor, passed away over the summer at the age of 67 in his home country of Sierra Leone, three years after retiring from Glendale College at the end of the ’09 spring semester. Originally an international student, Kamara-Kay... Read more »
ASGCC’s Welcome Back Barbecue Slideshow
September 22, 2012
The ASGCC sponsored their annual Welcome Back Barbeque on Thursday in Plaza Vaquero. The event featured free hot dogs, cupcakes, cotton candy, pastries and more. They also had a DJ spinnings tunes, and the GCC Cheer Squad performed pumping up the crowd. The watermelon eating contest tested the... Read more »
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