On Campus at GCC

Jose Mercade is the recipient of the ninth annual William L. Parker

Exceptional Service Award at Glendale Community College.

Mercade is a professor, counselor, division chairman of college

services and coordinator of the Baja California Field Studies Program, in

its 28th year.

Classes in marine biology, natural history, geography and Spanish are

among those offered each summer through the popular program. Students

stay close to the ocean at the college’s field station, Estacion del Mar

Cortes, in the town of Bahia de los Angeles on the Baja peninsula of

Mexico.

Mercade, a resident of Pasadena, attended Pasadena City College and

Cal State L.A. He received his educational doctorate from Nova

Southeastern University in Florida.

The service award was given for the first time in 1993 to Parker, a

philosophy professor, upon his retirement after 32 years at GCC.

Recipients of the award are chosen by the college Academic Senate

based on long term service to GCC. Criteria include multiple service

areas such as academic, professional and community; recognition by

faculty, staff, students and administration; and that the recipient’s

contributions will have a lasting impact on the institution.

The winner is announced at the commencement ceremony each spring.

DISTINGUISHED FACULTY AWARD WINNER ANNOUNCED

Economic professor Mark Maier is the recipient of the 15th annual

Distinguished Faculty Award at GCC.

Earlier this year, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of

Teaching named Maier as a Carnegie Scholar.

Only 30 faculty from higher education are chosen from around the

country each year. Carnegie Scholars serve a one-year term during which

they investigate and document work on issues in teaching and learning

related to their field. They also spend two 10-day summer sessions

together at the foundation.

In addition, Maier recently received a $50,000 National Science

Foundation grant for his Just-in-Time Teaching project.

Last year, the California Federation of Teachers gave Maier a

first-place award for Best Feature for his article in GCC’s faculty/staff

newsletter Chaparral titled Glendale’s Growing Guy Gap.

He has had numerous articles published as well as the books “The Date

Game: Controversies in Social Science Statistics” (M.E. Sharp Third

Edition, 1999) and “City Unions: Managing Discontent in New York City”

(Rutgers University Press, 1987).

He has been a member of the GCC faculty since 1988 and is a resident

of Pasadena. Maier attended Oberlin College in Ohio, receiving honors in

economics, and earned his doctorate degree at the New School for Social

Research in New York.

The Distinguished Faculty Award is also sponsored by the Academic

Senate. The recipient is chosen following months of nominations by

faculty, staff and students and a committee selection process. The winner

is announced each year during commencement ceremonies and is asked to

give a lecture or presentation during the fall semester.

On Campus is written by the staff of Glendale Community College.