Guam Community College (GCC) is a

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Mangilao Mangilao is a village on the eastern shore of the United States territory of Guam. The village's population has decreased slightly since the island's 2010 census. Cliffs lie along much of the village's shoreline provide dramatic views, including ...

Guam Guam ( ; ) is an island that is an Territories of the United States, organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. Guam's capital is Hagåtña, Guam, Hagåtña, and the most ...

. It was officially created by Public Law 14–77 in 1977 under Maryly Van Leer Peck's leadership. 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 University of Guam () (U.O.G.) is a public university, public land-grant university in Mangilao, Guam. It is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and offers thirty-four degree programs at the undergraduate level and ele ...

, 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. The

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puts the community college into the University of Guam

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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. 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

. Its campus is centrally located on and has continuous improvements over the years. 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.

Awards

Distinguished Alumni Award

This is a list of past GCC recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award. * 2009 Mr. Phillip Ada, Ms. Mary English * 2010 Mr. Jeffrey John Ibanez * 2011 Dr. Anita Borja Enriquez * 2012 Dr. Kimberly Bersamin * 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

References

External links

Official website
Community colleges in the United States Public universities and colleges in Guam Buildings and structures in Guam Universities and colleges established in 1977 Schools accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges 1977 establishments in Guam {{Guam-struct-stub

History

Awards

Distinguished Alumni Award

See also

References

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