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Phone: (714) 895-8306

Over thirty tables and booths representing GWC Instructional Programs, Student Services, and Student Clubs, lined “main street” from the Central Quad to the Gym, creating an energetic street fair atmosphere. After a brief presentation in the Gym, students were given a passport card and were told to get it stamped by 10 booths and take at least one tour to be eligible for great prizes including an iPad mini, and an XBOX360 Kinect. The Grand Prize was a $600 scholarship with a $100 gift card to the bookstore.

The Grand Prize Scholarship was donated by the Golden West College Patrons and Jo Andrews, Patrons President drew the winning ticket. Andres Alonso from Westminster High School was thrilled when he got the call that he won the scholarship. Stephanie DiGaetano from Los Alamitos High School won the iPad mini and Michelle St. Michael from Access won the Kinect.

Students visited a wide variety of facilities where they were given brief presentations in Digital Media Arts, Automotive Technology, Criminal Justice simulator, Design, Theater, Dance, Athletic facilities, Cosmetology, and Student Service areas.This year the students and volunteers were treated to a burrito/taco lunch provided by Tacos & Co., which was quite a hit. Feedback from high school counselors was positive, “I think senior day was really great! I liked the arrival presentation and you seemed to have a larger program participation this year,” Terry Kinaman, Westminster High School.

1) Apply online as SOAR student: starting Feb 18th

www.goldenwestcollege.edu

 2) Take SOAR Assessment Test either in your career center or on GWC campus. For an appointment call:

714-895-8388

 3) Complete Orientation

 4) Register for your classes on or after your registration date.

(Do not register late or you may miss out on getting into your ideal course!)

* It is your responsibility to check your mygwc email for your registration date, Financial Aid info, and anything related to your attendance.

SOAR online application instructions for students

We are giving the opportunity to High School seniors participating in the SOAR program to submit an Admissions application online.  The application filing period for Golden West College and/or Orange Coast College for Summer/Fall 2013 will open on Monday, February 18, 2013.    You must wait until this date before filling out an online application to the either college.  Concurrently enrolled High School students who may have previously applied to Golden West College or Orange Coast College for the spring 2013 semester must reapply as a first time student in college for Summer/Fall 2013.  Please follow the instructions below for the online application:

1.     Apply online at www.goldenwestcollege.edu.  On the GWC homepage, click on “Apply for Admission” which is located on the left hand side under “GWC Quick Links”

2.     After reading the information on the welcome page, scroll to the bottom and click on “Begin Application for Golden West College”

Note: If you are planning on attending Orange Coast College instead of Golden West College, follow step 2 above but select OCC instead of GWC.

3.     New Users to the online application will need to create a new account.  Those students who may have previously applied online to the Coast Community College District (OCC, Coastline or GWC) will log on using their previously established account information.

4.     After logging in, select “Summer/Fall 2013” as the term you are applying for.

5.     On the Education screen, select “first time student in college”

1. On the online application, students must indicate their education level as “Received high school diploma from a U.S. school”
2. Students must also indicate their High School completion date is before the start of the fall semester.
3. The last page of the online application is the “supplemental” information page.  On the supplemental page, it is very important that you answer the following question:

“As a High School senior, will you be participating in the Early Assessment program through your school?  If yes, enter the program code you received from your school in the box”

1. Enter SOAR13 in the box for the question shown above

Online applications may take  up to 10 business days to process, at which point you will be emailed your Coast Community College District (CCCD) student ID number, a username and password to log in to your student portal.  You will be required to give your High School Counselor your CCCD student ID number when you sign up for SOAR testing so make sure you remember it or put it in a safe place for reference.

Some Internet Service Providers filter mail from the Coast Community College District so please check your trash/spam folder if you don’t receive an email response within 5 business days of submitting your application.  You can avoid this by adding GWCAdmissions@cccd.edu and GWCAdmissions@gwc.cccd.edu to your Friendly Approved Senders list.  This is especially important if you use providers such as AOL, Yahoo, Earthlink, MSN, Gmail, Hotmail, or Roadrunner and/or you use spam filters

Click below to check out the Save the Date Card:

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For those High School students interested in attending, please contact your High School Career Center or Counselor for further information.  This event is not open to the general public.

Kelly Gadea is a freshman majoring in Biology. She plans to earn her AA degree and transfer to Cal State Long Beach. She is currently a member of the GWC Puente Club and has been involved in M.E.C.H.A., Ambassadors Club, and Class of 2012 Club. In her spare time she enjoys playing sports, spending time with her friends and family, and eating food.

Jacob Ziemer is a continuing student majoring in Civil Engineering. He plans to transfer to UC Berkeley. He is a member of Alpha Gamma Sigma, Mi Casa Club, Christian Club, G.L.A.S.A., Geneology Club, and the Environmental Sustainability Association. When he is not studying or involved in his various activities, he enjoys skiing, fishing, coin collecting, volunteering, and playing baseball, basketball or disc golf.

This year,  the Homecoming theme was “That 70s at GWC” Throughout the week the Associated students sponsored a variety of activities to carry on the theme. Some of the activities included spirit games, music, a photo booth, and prizes.
The Homecoming Court process started with elections held on campus. The top five candidates in each category were named the Homecoming Court. On October 2, the court presented themselves before a panel of judges who rated them in several categories and the queen and king were determined by the highest overall scores by the judges.

GWC faculty, students and community volunteers offered fun science activit1es, such as,  making slime, building and launching rockets, riding a solar powered go-cart, riding a bike to generate electricity, collecting DNA, and identifying counterfeit money.

The business community came together to help make the event a success. Sponsors included AES, Beef Palace, Farmers & Merchants Bank, Southern California Edison, Sempra Enery utility,  Sullivan Solar Power, Rainbow Disposal,  and The Gas Company.

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UC schools have an additional benefit of starting at a community college. All UC’s offer Transfer Admission Guarantee (TAG) agreements through us! This means that if you have a UC in mind for transfer, you can set up a TAG agreement to guarantee your admission. It will be based on your school of choice, your major and your GPA.

See the Counseling Office for details.

“When we have female cadets, they are actively sought out by local agencies. They are considered an invaluable asset to law enforcement, we just don’t see enough women interested in the profession,” according to Steve Ames, CJTC Coordinator. “Law enforcement offers great career opportunities for women, and many of our female graduates are highly successful such as Jackie Gomez-Whiteley, Cypress Police Chief. ”

Ames is thrilled to see the increase in female enrollment. Some of these women are bilingual—a large asset in law enforcement. One cadet is GWC’s own Annie Nguyen, former campus security professional, and three cadets have already been recruited and are sponsored by Irvine PD.

When the group was asked about their interest in becoming a peace officer, their answers were not gender specific, “ I’ve wanted to be a police officer since I was nine years old,” “I am following a family’s tradition,” “I want to give back to the community,” “I want to be a good role model,” “I feel a moral obligation to contribute to society.”

The Police Academy Regular Basic Course is an intensive 24-week program. Of the many challenges that all cadets experience in this course, women typically struggle with their upper body strength. However, it is stated that women generally excel in their writing skills and in their ability to de-escalate situations. On the job, female officers hold the same positions as their male counterparts in all areas of law enforcement.

Programs offered at the Criminal Justice Training Center meet the constantly changing training needs of the law enforcement profession. The state certification standards for police officers are established and mandated by the State Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.).

Information about the CJTC is at www.goldenwestcollege.edu/cjtc

Life changes quite rapidly from our beginning plan at times, and this is no different when it comes to school. We would love to have things align perfectly, however what if things take a detour? Are you prepared to still move forward? Have you covered your bases? Think about it…the key to success is partly determination, but the main substance of success is built around preparation.

Today I am going to discuss with you this topic of preparation so that you can apply it to your goals,for your education and your life. One of my main reasons for choosing to address this topic is that I have been hearing a lot of mis-guided information about students not transferring, getting stuck, not getting classes, and not getting into programs. So, let’s talk about this. If you take a look at the history, students that come to the community colleges have many goals for education ranging anywhere from retraining to transferring. Now, with the “budget impaction” with the state this does mean that we have cut some courses and altered our schedules so that we can adhere to our funding. Rest assured that we are FULLY aware that the only reason we have classes, a college, a school system, and at the end of the day…a job, is because we are here to educate students. We do have students that are not getting their courses, some due to lack of flexibility in their weekly schedule, and most because they didn’t prepare and have now gone into a late registration.

So, how can you become prepared?
1) put your applications in online ASAP for the following semester. Keep in mind you only have to re-apply if you didn’t enroll in the prior semester. (HS SOAR students- sit for your test and mark GWC on the application for priority registration-local feeder HS only!)
2) Go to your scheduled orientation time! If you must re-schedule this, do it ASAP.
3) REGISTER on the date and time that is sent to you! (It will be sent to your mygwc account). Now let’s talk registration for a minute…you can go online at any point and take a look at the courses you are going to be enrolling in. It will tell you if there is still space in the class or if you need to possible have a back up course in mind. Word of advise…no matter where you are in the world, REGISTER ON TIME!!! Get to a computer and register. If you are late, it means classes are closing! Additionally, petition your ideal classes (meaning show up to the first class!).

You can also entertain the thought of backing yourself up by having applications in at other campuses. Hey, it’s free…and you only use your registration time if you need it! I tell this to high school seniors all the time, back yourself up with us even if you are “positive” you are being accepted to your four-year university of choice. The consequence of not doing this means you could be in late registration (meaning less class options).

So in remaining in today’s theme…BACK YOURSELF UP, BACK YOURSELF UP, BACK YOURSELF UP! You hold the keys to your success, so lets get moving!

Contact me with any questions you may have!

Best,
Anna