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11-553: Glendale Community College may refer to one of two colleges in the United States: Glendale Community College (Arizona) Glendale Community College (California) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about schools, colleges, or other educational institutions which are associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

22-632: The Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) currently consists of ten separately accredited colleges. MCCCD is one of the largest community college districts in the United States. In the state of Arizona, GCC is the fifth largest community college by population with 14,400 students attending in 2023. On April 12, 1965, GCC was established by the Governing Board as the second MCCCD college, and charged with serving

33-764: The North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools first accredited GCC as an individual college. In 2000, the GCC expanded with a North campus opened at 57th Avenue and Happy Valley Road. Accreditation continues today through The Higher Learning Commission / North Central Association and includes both the GCC Main campus and the GCC North site. The GCC Main Campus is located at N 59th Ave and E Olive Ave in Glendale. Ground

44-841: The U.S. Army during World War II, after which he returned to graduate. Rogers came to Denver in 1947 to work for the architectural firm Smith, Hegner and Moore. After working in Denver, he attended the University of Texas, earning a bachelor of architecture degree in 1951, and an MBA from the University of Colorado in 1984. Rogers joined forces with Jerome Nagel in 1961 to form Rogers Nagel Architects. In 1966, Rogers Nagel Architects joined with Victor Langhart to form Rogers Nagel Langhart Architects and Engineers. In 2000, acquired Klages Carter Vail and Partners, an architectural firm located in Orange County, California. This Colorado -related article

55-733: The area. GCC North in Phoenix opened in fall 2000 with 839 students from the northern part of Maricopa County . Financial backing donated by New York Architect Ron Elsensohn allowed for a major expansion of the north campus which unveiled in the fall of 2008. GCC also offers the first two years of general education requirements at the North Valley campus of Northern Arizona University also in Phoenix and select classes at other sites such as Valley Vista High School in Surprise . Created in 1962 with one college,

66-493: The higher educational needs of the West Valley. The college started classes in temporary facilities at Camelback and Maryland as an extension of Phoenix College while the permanent campus was constructed. On April 27, 1965, ground broke on the $ 3.3 million campus in Glendale. In September 1966 the college moved to its current location at Olive Rd. and 59th Ave, taking part of Sahuaro Ranch to establish its campus. In August 1967,

77-473: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glendale_Community_College&oldid=932846472 " Category : Educational institution disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Glendale Community College (Arizona) GCC offers classes in various sites throughout

88-762: The main campus underwent an effort to modernize and update, adding the Life Science Building in October of 2008, the Public Safety Sciences building in January of 2010 and renovating the Student Union. In the early 2000s GCC began planning for construction of the North Campus. Ground was broken on the North Campus on May 7, 2007. RNL Design drew up the plans for many of the North Campus buildings. The new campus

99-561: Was a Denver -based multidisciplinary design firm offering services in architecture, interior design, planning and urban design, landscape architecture, lighting design, and facilities master planning. They are now closed after their portfolio was acquired by Stantec. Founded in 1956, a one-man operation in Denver known as John B. Rogers, Architect. Rogers, the "R" in RNL Design, studied architectural engineering at Kansas State University. His studies were interrupted by three years of service in

110-473: Was broken on the campus on April 27, 1965. The architectural drawings for the campus were drawn up by Varney, Sexton, Sydnor Associates of Phoenix. The dedication ceremony was held October 16, 1966. After the campus opened new buildings continued to be constructed throughout the end of the 1960s. The Performing Arts Center opened in 1977. This was followed by the High Tech Center in 1987. In the early 2000s,

121-616: Was completed in time for the Fall 2008 Semester. Glendale Community College has 111 degree and certificate programs. GCC is home of multiple national, regional, and conference championship teams, All-American athletes and Hall of Fame coaches. GCC has produced seven National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) national championship teams: 1967 cross country, 1968 baseball, 1988 football, 1994 women's softball, 1996 women's basketball, 2000 football, 2005 football, 2014 volleyball. Hall of Fame Athletes: RNL Architecture RNL Design

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