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November 7, 2006
Contacts: Suzanne Higgins
suzanne.higgins@gcmail.maricopa.edu 623.845.3808
George A. Martinez
george.martinez@gcmail.maricopa.edu 623.845.3605
Enjoy Homecoming Game and See Classic Mustangs at GCC, Nov. 11
The community is invited to a homecoming game on the campus of the 2005 NJCAA Champion Gaucho football team and a free car show featuring classic Mustangs and other Fords Sat., Nov. 11, at Glendale Community College, 6000 W. Olive Ave. in Glendale. The car show, presented by the Copperstate Mustang Club, is free and will be held in the parking lot east of the football stadium. There is a $15 fee to exhibit a car. Gates will open at 7:00 a.m. for exhibitors and 8:00 a.m. for the viewing public. There will be door prizes, trophies awarded, refreshments, displays and contests. Proceeds will benefit a Copperstate Mustang Alumni Scholarship for a GCC student enrolled in the Ford ASSET program at GCC. ASSET is an apprenticeship program that prepares students to work as service technicians at Ford, Lincoln, or Mercury dealerships. The GCC Gaucho football game against the Pima Community College Aztecs begins at 2:00 p.m. Game ticket prices are: $5 for adults; $3 for students with ID and senior citizens; and no charge for children under six or GCC students and staff with ID. The half-time show will feature alumni football players, student-decorated homecoming cars, and a parade of classic Fords from the Mustang car show. For more information about the car show, call 602.437.8177. For more information about GCC scholarships, call 623.845.3147.
CC Professor to Give Free Buddhism Lecture, Nov. 21
"Living Buddhism in Maricopa County" will be the lecture topic of Dr. Jeanne Saint-Amour on Tues., Nov. 21, at 7:00 p.m., at the Glendale Public Library, 5959 W. Brown St. in Glendale. A professor in the Philosophy/Religious Studies Department at Glendale Community College, Saint-Amour will speak as part of the Visiting Professor Series at the library. She will relate the history of the Japanese groups that brought Buddhism to this region, as well as some later arrivals. Learn how these non-proselytizing groups emphasize living in a way that exhibits all the fundamental teachings of their faith, exemplifying the nature of Buddhism as a "lived" religion. For more information on this free presentation, call 623.930.3550.
MCCCD's ACE Program Receives Grants and Honors; GCC Group Boasts 500+ Students
More than 500 at-risk high school students who might never have gone to college are taking free classes through the ACE-Plus program at Glendale Community College. ACE, which stands for "Achieving a College Education," is a district-wide program of the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD); it is called ACE-Plus at the Glendale campus due to additional programs and services offered at GCC. In 1988, MCCCD launched the ACE program—a partnership between community colleges and local high schools that was designed to reduce dropouts among "at risk" high school students and transition them to community college and university studies. Participants are mentored by college officials while still in high school and take free college classes evenings and weekends. Students who participate in the ACE program during their high school years are more likely to continue with college. ACE targets minority students, financially disadvantaged students, students whose parents never went to college, and other at-risk groups.
The ACE program has recently received a great deal of national recognition. Excelencia in Education selected the MCCCD ACE program from forty-two other community college programs across the country as an "example of excellence" and awarded $5,000 for ACE scholarships. The Lumina Foundation for Education announced a $374,750 five-year grant for research to provide valuable statistical information on ACE students' successes through high school and college. A $1 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Energy has been approved to support ACE programs over three years. The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indians have awarded the ACE program $200,00 for scholarships, and the Hispanic Women's Conference (HWC) funds a scholarship partnership for scholarships for ACE Latina students. Erika Monarrez of GCC was selected for an HWC scholarship. For more information on the ACE-Plus program at GCC, call Program Director Dr. Ibrahim Naim at 623.845.3089.
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