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MATH DISCOVERY CENTER PRIDE CENTER
The Math Discovery Center located in AS 103 offers free drop-in The Pride Center strives to provide a secure, supportive, and
tutoring, computer access, workshops, Self Paced courses and accepting environment for students across all gender and
counseling services. Student tutors and/or faculty members sexual identities including those that identify as Lesbian,
are available to answer questions and give explanations about Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ+), and their allies.
all levels of math. Computers are available for student use
providing individual interactive learning software, specific The center is a safe space designed to bring awareness of
software used in math classes, and internet access to online diverse sexual and gender identities, healthy masculinity,
math resources. No appointment is necessary and students affirmative consent, and upstanding to prevent violence. We
should be enrolled in a math class at GCC to use the MDC. recognize the complexities of intersectionality and encour-
Phone: (818) 240-1000, ext. 5363. For more information, visit age the exploration of both privilege and oppression across
www.glendale.edu/MDC. coexisting identities.
MULTICULTURAL AND COMMUNITY Although the Pride Center welcomes people across all gender
ENGAGEMENT CENTER and sexual identities, it is above all a safe space for students
who identify as LGBTQ+ and their allies. Ultimately, the Pride
The Multicultural and Community Engagement Center initiates, Center aims to create and promote a culture of acceptance
implements, and sustains civic engagement opportunities that throughout the campus.
promote diversity, critical thinking, personal responsibility, and
communication skills for all students. The Pride Center is housed inside the Multicultural &
Community Engagement Center and is located in Sierra
This means working to create community service and service Madre 267. Check out the programs, services, workshops,
learning programs and projects that help students learn about trainings, and resources offered through the Pride Center at
the issues mentioned above and to gain skills that can be used www.glendale.edu/pridecenter.
in your personal life, as well as, your future careers. Some
of the many reasons to be involved in community service/ STUDENT SUCCESS AND SUPPORT PROGRAM
volunteer work:
• Network with people in your future career The Student Success and Support Program is designed to
• Explore a possible major assist students in planning, selecting, and achieving educa-
• Use the experience for scholarship and transfer applications tional goals. The process brings the college and a student
• Learn new skills into an agreement for the purpose of realizing the student’s
• Help those in dire need educational goal through the college’s established programs,
• Use the experience on a resume policies, and requirements. The agreement acknowledges
• Receive a certificate of recognition responsibilities of both the college and the student to attain
these objectives. The primary purpose of the Student Success
The Center can help you find a place to start your volunteer and Support Program is enhancing student success.
experience with a database of approximately 200 non-profit Listed below are the basic components of the Student Success
organizations, which is updated before the start of each and Support Program partnership shared between the college
semester. In addition to the database, there are many programs and the student.
and activities that you can participate in on and off-campus.
Some of these include: The college agrees to provide:
• Students Talk About Race • An admissions application process.
• An orientation to the college’s programs and services.
• 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance • An assessment of the student’s study skills, English
• President’s Volunteer Service Award language proficiency, computational skills, aptitudes,
goals, learning skills, career aspirations, academic perfor-
• Volunteer Fairs mance, and need for special services.
• Counseling and advisement to develop an educational plan.
Many courses on campus also provide community service • Follow-up evaluation of each student’s progress in achiev-
learning options to students, which is community service ing an educational goal.
connected to classroom learning and improves students’
understanding of the course. The Center is located in The student agrees to:
SM 267, on the balcony next to the cafeteria. For more
details about these programs, check out the website at • Express an educational goal upon admission.
www.glendale.edu/mcec. • Declare a program of study/major before or during the
term after which the student completes 15 units.
• Attend class.
• Work diligently to complete course assignments.
• Demonstrate an effort to attain an educational goal.
The college is committed to student success, and with this in
mind provides the following services:
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