Glendale Community College • Student Life & Leadership
Congratulations! You're an Advisor...
Becoming an advisor to a GCC club or student
organization
will allow you to share your
professional expertise in the
continuing development and education
of our students. As an advisor, you
are accompanying students in a journey where
they are able to discover
a whole new world beyond the
classroom!
As you begin the semester, spend a
little time deciding about what you
want to acomplish as an advisor.
Reflect back to
extra-curricular activities from your college days
and the experiences that helped
develop your identity and values. What do
you think that current
students
are looking for besides a
degree or certificate program? Part of any student's college experience
should include making new
friends, improving social skills, developing leadership, getting
involved
in their community and
learning how to manage time. All of which are core goals of student
organizations and help better
prepare our students for society.
Be a mentor and role model. As an
advisor make their time and your time
memorable. Reap the reward,
enjoy the days when
students return to tell you what a difference you
made in their lives - that they
received so much more out of college because of
their involvement in
one of our student organizations.
But beware, you might just end up enriching your own life and finding
inspiration
along the way. The
most unexpected students can change you and the campus and hopefully
when they leave here - the world!
Bon Voyage! Have a great year.