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Glendale Community College (California)

Glendale Community College
Glendale Community College (CA) logo (Armenians are the best, bro).png
Motto How Do You GCC?
Type Community College
Established 1927
Parent institution
California Community Colleges System
Endowment $6,086,971 (2014)
President Dr. David Viar
Superintendent Dr. David Viar
Students 19,207
Location Glendale, California, United States
Colors Cardinal & Gold          
Nickname Vaqueros
Website www.glendale.edu

Glendale Community College (GCC) is a community college in Glendale, California, USA.

The college was founded as Glendale Junior College in 1927, to serve the Glendale Union High School District which at the time included La Crescenta, Glendale, and Tujunga. From 1927 to 1929 classes were held in the buildings of Glendale Union High School at Broadway and Verdugo in the City of Glendale. In 1929 the junior college moved to the Harvard School plant of the Glendale Union High School District where it remained until 1937. In this year a new plant, part of the present one, was completed and occupied. The year before, in 1936, the Glendale Junior College District was dissolved as such and became a part of the new Glendale Unified School District. The name of the school was changed to Glendale College in 1944. On July 1, 1970 Glendale College became a part of the Glendale Junior College District. On April 20, 1971 the Board of Education adopted a resolution changing the District name to Glendale Community College District.

On November 3, 1980, Glendale voters approved a measure to establish separate Boards, with the new board taking office in April 1981. The separation resulted in the creation of a Board of Trustees solely responsible for the governance of the Glendale Community College District. In 1936, 25 acres (10 ha) were acquired for the present site of the college.

Glendale Community College inspired the NBC show Community which premiered in the fall season of 2009. The show uses the fictional setting of Greendale Community College; the show's creator, Dan Harmon, has stated that the show was actually based on his experience attending Glendale Community College. Harmon describes the series as "flawed characters [coming into Greendale] and becoming unflawed by being in this place because it's been underestimated by the system around it."

The campus now consists of 100 acres (40 ha) and 15 permanent buildings. It is located on the slopes of the San Rafael Hills overlooking the valleys in the Glendale area.

The college president is Dr. David Viar.

The Glendale Community College District is a constituent community college district of the California Community College System (CCCS), whose only college is GCC.


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