Guam Community College

Guam Community College

Former name	Guam Vocational Technical High School
Motto	"Guam's Leader in Workforce Development"
Type	Public
Established	1977
President	Mary A.Y. Okada
Academic staff	245
Students	2,055
Location	Mangilao , Guam , United States 13°26′26″N 144°48′32″E
Colors	Dark cyan and light cyan [1]

Guam Community College (GCC) is a community college in Mangilao, Guam. It was officially created by Public Law 14–77 in 1977 under Maryly Van Leer Peck's leadership.^[2] This law created the college by consolidating several pre-existing programs from a variety of institutions, including the Adult Evening School of the Guam Department of Education, the Community Career College of the University of Guam, the Apprenticeship Training Program of the University of Guam, and other programs originally created by Guam's Department of Labor and the Guam Police Department.^[3]

The U.S. Census Bureau puts the community college into the University of Guam census-designated place.^[4]

History

Women's rights advocate and female engineer Maryly Van Leer founded several college programs while in Guam, one of which evolved into Guam Community College, and is considered its unofficial founder.^[5] Van Leer oversaw the relocation and construction of the newly established Guam Community College (GCC) in November 1977. The college included Van Leer's original program offerings from the University of Guam.^[6][7]

Its campus is centrally located on 32.75 acres (13.25 ha) and has continuous improvements over the years.^[8] The college plays an important role in the six island public high schools where it offers several significant education programs in Tourism, Marketing, AutoCad, Construction and many more. Mary A.Y. Okada is the current president and was appointed in 2007.^[9]

Awards

Distinguished Alumni Award

This is a list of past GCC recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award.^[10]

• 2009 Mr. Phillip Ada, Ms. Mary English
• 2010 Mr. Jeffrey John Ibanez
• 2011 Dr. Anita Borja Enriquez
• 2012 Dr. Kimberly Bersamin ^[11]
• 2013 Mr. Eduardo Ilao
• 2014 Mr. Joseph Quitano
• 2015 Mr. Don Muna
• 2016 Mr. Eduardo Dela Peña, Jr.
• 2017 Ms. Erika Sotto Cruz
• 2018 Mr. Joseph J. Leon Guerrero
• 2019 Ms. Agnes Q. Diaz

See also

• University of Guam

References

1. "Color" (PDF). Guam Community College. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 1, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
2. About Us, Guam Community College Website, "Guam Community College - About Us". Archived from the original on 2007-07-01. Retrieved 2011-06-27. Alt URL Archived 2020-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
3. Guam Economic Research Center (1980). Guam Annual Economic Review. Department of Commerce, Government of Guam. p. 12.
4. "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: University of Guam CDP, GU" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
5. https://www.che.ufl.edu/PDF/Department_News_Prior_to_2013.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
6. Kata, Laura. "Maryly Peck Oral History". Michigan Oral History Database. Wayne State University. Archived from the original on 2023-05-13. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
7. William J. Fitzgerald (1989). The Overall Economic Development Plan for Guam: 1989-1993. Guam Department of Commerce. p. 157.
8. 2017-2018 Gaum Community College Update, "Fast Facts" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-10-30. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
9. "President's office". Guam Community College. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
10. "GCC 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award". guamcc.edu. Archived from the original on October 8, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2021.()
11. "Bersamin is GCC's 2012 Distinguished Alumnus". pncguam.com. May 7, 2012. Archived from the original on October 8, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

External links

• Official website