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October 5, 2006
Contacts:
Suzanne Higgins
suzanne.higgins@gcmail.maricopa.edu 623.845.3808
George A. Martinez
george.martinez@gcmail.maricopa.edu 623.845.3605
West Valley Faculty Shine at GCC
From awards won to public presentations, faculty at Glendale Community are making news. Debunking myths about grief and loss and sharing concrete strategies for regaining emotional well-being will be featured in a free program from a GCC expert, Wed., Oct. 25 at 7:00 p.m. Glendale Community College Counseling Faculty Susan High, of Buckeye, will present "Managing Stress During Times of Loss and Life Transition" as part of the Visiting Professor Lecture Series. The annual series features GCC faculty and is held at the Glendale Public Library, located at 5959 W. Brown St. in Glendale. (photo attached)
A Glendale Community College biology course has been selected as a top national example of "best practices" by a major educational policy organization. The instructor, Dr. Robert Reavis of Glendale, has developed many secrets of success in the classroom. "Best practices" are programs, initiatives or activities considered exceptional models for others to follow. In a classroom, they specifically mean processes, methodologies and activities shown in practice to be the most effective in achieving course goals. Reavis's course was one of 149 college biology classes from across the nation reviewed by the Center for Educational Policy Research (CEPR) on behalf of the College Board. It identified college courses to be used in the redesign of Advanced Placement (AP) high school biology courses. (photo attached)
An internationally renowned Earth Sciences web site now features several links to the geology images web site of a Glendale Community College professor. Physical Sciences Faculty Stanley Celestian of Waddell, recently learned that the Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE), sponsored by the National Science Foundation, has added two more links from its web site to Celestian's GCC Earth Science Image Archive web site, joining several other links to his site DLESE has made in the past. Educators from around the world use this site. Celestian has had many foreign and domestic emails requesting permission to use his images for teaching, presentations, publications and textbooks. His site features state-of-the-art photographs of geologic specimens such as rocks, minerals, fossils, sands, and earth-crust weathering of many types. To view Celestian's site, visit
http://www.gc.maricopa.edu/earthsci/imagearchive/index.htm. (photo attached)
From Haydn to Ellington: Four GCC Choirs to Perform, Oct. 12
Songs by composers from Franz Joseph Haydn to Duke Ellington will be presented by Glendale Community College music students in a free choral concert Thurs., Oct. 12, at 7:30 p.m. It will be held in the GCC Performing Arts Center, located in the northeast quadrant of the campus at 6000 W. Olive Ave. in Glendale. The program will feature the GCC Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, Vocal Jazz ensemble, and Handbells. The program will include "Bullerengue," a Columbian Dance song; "Haste Thee Nymph," by George Handel; and "Soldier Boy," by John Rutter. For more information, contact Christopher Langsford at
christopher.langsford@gcmail.maricopa.edu or 623.845.3724. For more information about the music program at GCC, visit www.gc.maricopa.edu/performingarts.
Chemistry Fun at GCC, Oct. 27
"Elephant toothpaste," a genie in a bottle and an ammonia fountain are among the chemical wonders to be produced at Glendale Community College Fri., Oct. 27, in celebration of National Chemistry Week. Students and the community will also enjoy fun with liquid nitrogen and a Pepsi bottle rocket. All are invited to join elementary school visitors at 9:00 a.m. for a free 45-minute show, to be repeated at 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. The shows will be held outside at the east end of the Physical Science (PS) Building, on the north side of the campus. Plenty of free parking is available north of the PS building. GCC is located at 6000 W. Olive Ave. in Glendale.
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