Since 1986, the Glendale Community College Scholars Program has provided students with advanced academics, offering them opportunities for intensive study. Scholars students excel in academic, service, and social contexts.
Academic
Scholars is an Academic Program
Scholars students take 15 units of Honors courses among their general-education and pre-major courses in preparation for transfer. One benefit of being a Scholar is priority registration; another is these Honors classes, which are typically rigorous and serve the students well to get ready for upper-division coursework at the 4-year institution that they will attend next. We are a member of the Transfer Alliance Program run by UCLA, and Scholars students who complete the honors program in good standing and are certified by me and the Scholars Counselor have a greatly enhanced chance of being accepted to UCLA (a difference of a 29% acceptance rate from community colleges in Fall, 2013, to a 78% acceptance rate from community college honors programs).
Scholars is an Academic Program
Scholars students take 15 units of Honors courses among their general-education and pre-major courses in preparation for transfer. One benefit of being a Scholar is priority registration; another is these Honors classes, which are typically rigorous and serve the students well to get ready for upper-division coursework at the 4-year institution that they will attend next. We are a member of the Transfer Alliance Program run by UCLA, and Scholars students who complete the honors program in good standing and are certified by me and the Scholars Counselor have a greatly enhanced chance of being accepted to UCLA (a difference of a 29% acceptance rate from community colleges in Fall, 2013, to a 78% acceptance rate from community college honors programs).
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
— Nelson Mandela
Community
Scholars Is An Active Community-Service And Charity Organization
All year long, Scholars student committees work hard to raise money, donate time and effort, and support various causes on campus and in the community. Last year, we were involved with tutoring on campus; campus cleanup; several fairs and events at GCC, including a Christmas toy drive with the Glendale Police Department; several fundraisers; and several charity events in conjunction with Hope International, Ronald McDonald House, Tree People, and Relay For Life, to name just a few. The Scholars student Cabinet meets with Dr. Harnett (Scholars Director) weekly, composed of the President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer, plus the Directors of the Outreach, Fundraising, Events, Community Service, and Journal Committees, and also Inter-Organizational Council representatives, and an Ambassador to facilitate the organization and communication among Scholars committees and on campus. In addition, the Cabinet includes a Social Media Coordinator (the Scholars historian), and a Scholars Athletics Coordinator (organizing hikes, runs, and other active events).
Scholars Is An Active Community-Service And Charity Organization
All year long, Scholars student committees work hard to raise money, donate time and effort, and support various causes on campus and in the community. Last year, we were involved with tutoring on campus; campus cleanup; several fairs and events at GCC, including a Christmas toy drive with the Glendale Police Department; several fundraisers; and several charity events in conjunction with Hope International, Ronald McDonald House, Tree People, and Relay For Life, to name just a few. The Scholars student Cabinet meets with Dr. Harnett (Scholars Director) weekly, composed of the President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer, plus the Directors of the Outreach, Fundraising, Events, Community Service, and Journal Committees, and also Inter-Organizational Council representatives, and an Ambassador to facilitate the organization and communication among Scholars committees and on campus. In addition, the Cabinet includes a Social Media Coordinator (the Scholars historian), and a Scholars Athletics Coordinator (organizing hikes, runs, and other active events).
"Community cannot for long feed on itself; it can only flourish with the coming of others from beyond, their unknown and undiscovered brothers."
— Howard Thurman
Social
Scholars Is A Dynamic, Supportive Social Club On Campus
In the family-like environment of Scholars at its best, students form alliances and friendships that make their time at GCC highly meaningful as well as productive. The Events and Fundraising committees schedule frequent events each month, often together, to give Scholars a chance to know each other and have a wonderful college experience.
Scholars Is A Dynamic, Supportive Social Club On Campus
In the family-like environment of Scholars at its best, students form alliances and friendships that make their time at GCC highly meaningful as well as productive. The Events and Fundraising committees schedule frequent events each month, often together, to give Scholars a chance to know each other and have a wonderful college experience.
"The world is round so that friendship may encircle it."
— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin