On Campus at GCC: Short spring classes to start April 18
Late-start six- and eight-week spring classes at Glendale Community College will begin April 18. The college-credit courses include general subjects such as accounting, business and social science as well as visual and performing arts.
Specific courses include accounting, insurance, business law, computer science, real estate, library research, speech, intermediate algebra, Pro Tools, first-aid, fitness, American state and local government.
These short courses can be found by subject at glendale.edu/schedules under spring 2016.
New students need to fill out an online application before registering for a course.
Summer schedule is online
The summer class schedule is now online at glendale.edu/schedules. Click “summer 2016” in the drop down term menu. The first summer classes will begin June 20 with later start dates in July for some courses.
The deadline to apply for admission for summer 2016 and be eligible for priority registration is March 25. Priority registration will begin April 18 and open registration will be April 25 through June 17.
It’s also time to plan for fall 2016. The deadline to apply for admission and be eligible for priority registration for fall 2016 is April 22 with priority registration starting May 16. The fall semester will begin Aug. 29.
Science lecture focuses on nutrition
“Nutrition: Science or Fad?” will be presented at Glendale Community College at 12:30 p.m. on March 22 in Cimmarusti Science Center, room 177, as part of the science lecture series.
The speaker will be adjunct associate professor Sona Donayan of the college’s department of culinary arts, hospitality and nutrition.
Her lecture will look at the many aspects of the nutrition discipline by exposing some contemporary trends/fads and controversies, and exploring the educational and career pathways to the profession.
Donayan is a registered dietitian/nutritionist, adult weight-management specialist and has been an adjunct associate professor at Glendale Community College since 2003. She earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from UCLA and a master’s degree in family consumer sciences/nutrition from California State University, Northridge.
In addition to teaching at Glendale Community College, she is a consultant to geriatric healthcare facilities, where she practices menu development, food-service auditing, staff training and dietary care planning.
Admission is free and open to the public. Additional information may be obtained by calling (818) 240-1000. The college is located at 1500 N. Verdugo Road.
‘Urinetown: The Musical’ opens March 31
“Urinetown: The Musical,” music by Mark Hollman, book by Greg Kotis and lyrics by Hollman and Kotis, will open March 31 in the college auditorium’s Main Stage Theatre.
Directed by Jeanette Farr, the musical will be presented for two weekends with eight performances. Show times will be at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sundays.
Tickets are $15 for general admission, $12 for students and seniors and $10 for children 10 years old and younger. Tickets may be purchased at the Glendale Community College box office in the auditorium lobby. Call (818) 240-1000, Ext. 5612, for box office hours, or purchase tickets online at glendalearts.org.
“Urinetown: The Musical” is a satirical comedy that opened in 2001 and received multiple Tony Award nominations. While satirizing bureaucracy, the show also parodies Broadway musicals.
For more information about the performances and the college’s theater arts department, visit glendale.edu/theatre.
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WENDY GROVE is the public information coordinator at Glendale Community College.
