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July 18, 2005
Contacts: Suzanne Higgins
suzanne.higgins@gcmail.maricopa.edu 623.845.3808
Patricia Rhodes Vogel
pr.vogel@gcmail.maricopa.edu 623.845.3014
GCC North Invites Public Review of Plans for Growth, Aug. 3
An open community forum to review plans for new buildings and other major facilities upgrades at Glendale Community College North will be held on Wed., Aug. 3, 2005, at 6:30 p.m. It will be held in the North Valley Regional Library on the campus of Boulder Creek High School, 40410 N. Gavilan Peak Parkway, Anthem. In Nov. 2004, voters overwhelmingly approved $105 million in bond funding to support GCC's overall facilities needs. This forum will review how a portion of these funds will be used to help GCC North expand to meet the growing needs of its students. A satellite of the GCC campus, GCC North at 57th Avenue and Happy Valley Road now operates at its capacity. GCC North opened in fall 2000, and has served more than 6,600 students since then. Enrollment for the current semester is 1,461. Planned expansion responds to projections indicating that GCC North must be able to support a 30% increase in its student population over the next ten years. For information, call 623.845.4001 or 623.845.3006.
GCC Prof. Teaches Communication Skills Through Improvisation
A new technique that helps families, co-workers and others improve communication will be showcased at a national conference when Glendale Community College Professor Kirt Shineman presents July 27 at "The Governor's 11th Annual National and Community Service Conference" at Northern Arizona University. Shineman's presentation is titled "Playback Theater and Social Activism with Community Learning." Playback Theater is an original form of improvisational performance. Through performance, this hot new technique teaches teens, family members or employees important skills such as conflict management, leadership, and overcoming communication apprehension. The conference provides a forum for issues of national and community service with the goal of providing professional development, service ethic, network opportunities, personal enrichment and team building. Shineman is a Communication Professor and Director of Forensics at GCC. His students have received many prestigious awards at national competitions. They also achieved international renown last year when the GCC Forensics Team captured first place in Madrid, Spain in the Community College Sweepstakes at the 15th Annual International Forensics Association Tournament. For information on the GCC Forensics Program, visit
http://www.gc.maricopa.edu/forensics or call Kirt Shineman at 623.845.3653.
Award for Excellence in Ag. Education Goes to GCC Prof.
Mike Gillispie has spent his career teaching students the importance of both rural and urban agriculture. The Glendale Community College professor was recently rewarded for his work by being named 2005 Outstanding Career and Technical Educator (CTE) of the Year by the Association of Career and Technical Education of Arizona. Gillispie is Assistant Department Chair for Agriculture and Urban Horticulture at GCC. "This award is a richly deserved honor for Mike Gillispie," says GCC Vice President for Academic Affairs Jean Ann Abel. "Mike's tireless service to his students, to GCC and to CTE throughout Arizona and the nation has created innumerable opportunities for students." Gillispie has designed many landscape projects for the GCC campus that have been carried out by his students. He has successfully partnered with many local businesses for these projects, often obtaining donated materials for his students. For more information about GCC's Agriculture Program, visit www.gc.maricopa.edu/agribusiness or call 623.845.3333 for a Fall 2005 schedule of classes.
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