Welcome to Guam Community College

 

Guam's Leader in Workforce Development
The mission of Guam Community College is to be a leader in career and technical workforce development by providing the highest quality education and job training in Micronesia. 

  
 
Congratulations to our 348 Graduates!!
Graduation is May 18, 2012, 6:00 P.M. at the UOG Field House. 
Practice is Thursday, May 17, 1-5 P.M. at the Field House.

Summer-Fall 2012 Registration is now open:
click on the link for the Summer-Fall 2012 Schedule of Classes! Also click here for Fall 2012 Rental Book Listing.

IT&E Cell Phone Users! Text "iGive (4422) to MyGCC to donate $5 to the GCC Foundation thru May 31, 2012!
Support student scholarships - click on the link for details!

Kimberly S. K. Bersamin is GCC 2012 Distinguished Alumnus. Click here for list of all 2012 Distinguished Alumni nominees!

Apply now for GCC Congressional Summer Internship!

MyGCC Users: Click here for important new password feature!

GCC named to 2012 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.
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GCC Student Jacob Fathal named 2012 New Century Scholar!
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SCHOLARSHIP opportunities!!
 The GCC Financial Aid Office is accepting applications for the following scholarships:
SKAL Club of Guam Lodging Management Program Scholarship - deadline May 15, 2012
Federation of Pangasinanses of Guam – Extended Deadline: May 16, 2012

Japanese Government Scholarships for Specialized Training College Students – (3-year scholarships)

Japanese Government Scholarships for Undergraduate Students – (5-year scholarships) 

For information and application form, call (671) 646-1290 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or go to http://www.studyjapan.go.jp/en/.

Deadline: Monday, June 18, 2012. 
Rotary International District 2750 Friendship Scholarship (through University of Guam)
Click on Available Scholarships to view other scholarship opportunities, or visit the GCC Financial Aid Office, 1st floor, Student Services & Adm. Bldg. (Bldg. 2000).

New Student Center open!!! 
Guam Community College took another leap forward with the opening of its new Student Center in December 2011 – the third new building to open on the campus in as many years. more

Fall Semester 2011 enrollment highest in GCC history. Postsecondary enrollment at GCC has reached an all-time high for the third year in a row. more

GCC ServSafe 2012 class schedule now available. 
Please click on the link to view the 2012 schedule of ServSafe classes, which are required of all commercial food servers on island. 

GCC Learning Resource Center earns LEED Gold certification! 
The U.S. Green Building Council recently awarded the LRC a LEED Gold certification for its sustainability features. more

Continuing Education:
 ONLINE Learning:
LEED certification. 
“Green Buildings and Preparing for LEED Green Associate." Click here for LEED and other online course information.

Radon Certification: Online Radon Measurement and Radon Mitigation offered through CERTI (Center for Environmental Research & Technology) with a two-day, hands-on component taught at Mangilao campus. To register, log onto www.certi.us

GCC is Guam's largest civilian producer of renewable energy! more

GCC again named to President's Higher Ed Community Service Honor Roll! Click on the media release for details!

Congratulations to our Distinguished Alumni Award Winner Dr. Anita Borja Enriquez and Nominees! Click on the media release for details!

 

Congratulations to our 42 Earmark Construction & Electrical Training Program Completers!
 

GCC's new Learning Resource Center officially opened Dec. 10, 2010

Governor Felix Camacho and Assistant Secretary of the Interior Tony Babauta helped cut the ribbon to open the new Learning Resource Center at the Guam Community College in Mangilao, and Dr. Mary Okada, GCC president, noted that it was those who designed, constructed and prepared the building that should receive the most credit.
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TakeCare Insurance Company, Inc. Donates $100,000 to Guam Community College

TakeCare recently donated $100,000 to the Guam Community College’s new Allied Health Center. Alicia Iseke, TakeCare health plan administrator said, “Our company values our ability to support the advancements of healthcare education for our nursing students in the community. With our donations we anticipate that these future nurses will value practicing their expertise on our island.”
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First cohort of GCC Earmark Construction & Electrical program ready for work

After nearly seven months of training, 39 people are ready for work in the construction and electrical fields, thanks to an Earmark Congressional Grant provided by Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo and facilitated by Guam Community College. more

GCC awards four Spero-Perez Scholarships

GCC President Mary Okada on Thursday, June 3, presented scholarship checks from the Spero-Perez Memorial Scholarship Fund to Shian Marie Aricheta, a Criminal Justice major; Wanda Ililau, an Automotive Technology major, and Mary Ann Mendiola, a Computer Science and Criminal Justice major. A fourth scholarship recipient, Tammy Jones, was unavailable for the presentation ceremony. All four students received checks for $500 each. more

GCC receives $5,800 from Gannett Foundation for nursing equipment

Guam Community College received a $5,800 grant from the Gannett Foundation on Friday, June 4, for the purchase of nursing equipment for its new Anthony A. Leon Guerrero Allied Health Center. more

GCC breaks ground for new Student Center

Guam Community College broke ground on June 2 for its new Student Center – the third new building to be constructed on the GCC campus within a two-year span. As with the Anthony A. Leon Guerrero Allied Health Center, which opened in December, and the Learning Resource Center, now under construction, Taniguchi Ruth Makio Associates (TRMA) designed this latest addition to the college campus as part of GCC’s 2005 Physical Master Plan. more
GCC apprentices repair GPD vehicles

Apprentices and students in Guam Community College’s Automatic Transmission I class got some real-world transmission repair experience recently and in turn, saved Guam taxpayers several thousand dollars. more

GCC receives federal grant to furnish Learning Resource Center

The Guam Community College received word this morning from the Department of Interior that the college will receive nearly $320,000 from Interior’s Operations and Maintenance Improvement Program (OMIP) to supply its new Learning Resource Center with recyclable furniture and collateral equipment. The $4.3 million building, which will be the first LEED- certified building for the government of Guam, is being paid for through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. more

GCC congratulated by OPA for ninth consecutive clean audit

Guam Community College is proud to announce that the Office of the Public Auditor congratulated the college today for maintaining its fiscal accountability and increasing student enrollment, despite challenges such as Guam’s economic downturn and stagnant local appropriations. more

GCC offers national WorkKeys system for job analysis and training

Guam Community College, in partnership with the Guam Department of Labor, is preparing to implement the WorkKeys system for Job Analysis, Assessment and Training on Guam. The system matches the skill levels of an individual with the skills needed for over 16,000 different occupations. It is a nationally recognized system which has been proven to reduce employee turnover, decrease training times for new employees, and increase employee productivity by ensuring those hired have the skills to do the job; something which a diploma or certification might not provide an accurate assessment of, according to Victor Rodgers, GCC Assistant Director of Continuing Education and Workforce Development. more

GCC student wins award for community impact!

Guam Community College is proud to announce that freshman Pre-Nursing student Carolyn Sanchez is a recipient of the Hawaii Pacific Islands Campus Compact (HPICC) 2010 Community Impact Award for a homeless community service project she initiated last semester.
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GCC to spend ARRA funding on new buildings, renovations

Guam Community College has plans for every cent of the $9.5 million it is slated to receive as part of Guam’s $83 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or ARRA funding, from the federal government. more

GCC receives ARRA grant from GEPA/GEO

In addition to the $9.5 million that Guam Community College will receive directly from the federal government under President Barack Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act stimulus funding, GCC also has applied for, and been awarded a $1.28 million grant from the Guam Environmental Protection Agency/Guam Energy Office’s share of ARRA funding. more

GCC an Official Microsoft IT Academy

GCC is now an official Microsoft IT Academy and the first entity in Micronesia to become an authorized training center for Microsoft Office 2007. Company employees can now be certified on island in any or all of these five applications: Word, Excel, Access, Outlook and PowerPoint. This certification is good worldwide! For more information, contact Elaine Fejerang, a Microsoft Certified Trainer, at 735-3025, or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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