Student Organizations
A.D.A.P.T.
A.D.A.P.T. is a Gogebic Community College Student Organization that provides G.C.C. students with alternative non-drug related activities, encourages drug information curriculum infusion, and works with other community drug abuse prevention organizations. If you would like to join A.D.A.P.T., please stop by the ACES Center and see Mark Wendt if you are interested.
CHEERLEADING
Cheerleading is new to Gogebic Community College in 1999. If you would like to try out for the team, please contact Jeanne Graham, Director of Admissions, in the Kleimola Technical building.
CHESS CLUB
Chess club is for students interested in friendly competition or learning how to play chess. It strives to meet weekly, depending on student and faculty schedules. Interested students should contact Larry Gabka, Larry Hopkins, or Carl Vaara on the first floor of the Academic Building.
THE CHIEFTAN - COLLEGE NEWSPAPER
The Chieftain, the Gogebic Community College newspaper, is published by GCC students approximately every six weeks during the academic year. As with all newspapers, one function of The Chieftain is to keep students, faculty, administration and staff informed about important dates and events on campus. In addition, the newspaper provides a forum for students to offer their views about relevant issues in the college, the community, the state, and in the country. It can also be a showcase for students' original prose and poetry.
One source of contributing reporters/writers to The Chieftain has always been students in the Journalism 101 course. Students who enroll in JRN101 have the opportunity to practice the techniques and style of effective, objective journalism by writing articles to be published in this college newspaper.
However, a student does not have to be enrolled in JRN101 to contribute to The Chieftain. A good college newspaper depends upon the interest and ideas of other members of the student body as well. Contact the Student Senate if you are interested in becoming a college newspaper reporter, writer, or both. If you distinguish yourself as a talented writer, you may be contacted by an English instructor and invited to join the staff.
The Chieftain is essentially your college newspaper. It is traditionally as effective or ineffective as you, students of Gogebic Community College, choose to make it.
DRAMA ASSOCIATION
The Gogebic Community College Drama Association has established as a goal the production of classics of World Theater and the presentation of those classics to both area high schools and area citizens. Performances are staged in professionally equipped community theaters. The Drama Association has been extremely successful having presented "The Crucible," William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," a Broadway production "Enter Laughing," "Antigone," Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House," and most recently, "Candida."
All students, regardless of credit load, and all GCC staff and instructional personnel are welcome to join the Drama Association. It's a great way to develop or foster an interest in the theater. Contact Mr. Alex Marciniak or Mr. Ken Bowman for more information.
HONORS PROGRAM
Gogebic Community College's Honors Program is an enriched general education program for the well-prepared student. Honors courses are taken in place of regular courses, not in addition to them.
All students who have achieved academic success in the past are invited to apply to the program. The criteria used for admission into the Honors Program is multi-faceted, including grades in high school or previous college, school or community involvement, letters of recommendation, and GCC assessment or ACT scores.
Enrollment in honors courses does not mean a greater workload for students, nor is course material more difficult. Honors courses are different from regular courses in that they require more analytical thought than memorization, more debate than lecture, and more creative exploration of a subject than rote learning from a textbook. Students participating in honors level classes will find themselves challenged intellectually to explore their academic prowess and to develop their critical thinking potential.
Participation in honors courses allows students to earn honors credits; completion of four or more honors level courses is highlighted by a special designation on students' transcripts. Transfer colleges and prospective employers regard honors credits on transcripts as extremely positive statements about students' abilities to learn and willingness to take on challenge.
Interested students should contact Student Services for more information on the GCC Honors Program.
INTER-VARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
This organization is a support and social group open to all students and faculty interested in strengthening their spiritual life by studying the Bible and Christian living.
Students who are interested in joining Inter-varsity Christian Fellowship should watch for a posting of the first meeting, or contact faculty advisor, Mr. Ed Anderson.
INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
Gogebic Community College is a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association, Division I, Region XIII. The intercollegiate athletic program includes men's basketball and women's basketball. The college competes with other two-year colleges in the Upper Peninsula, northern Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, and periodically competes with four-year colleges and universities.
INTRAMURAL SPORTS PROGRAM
The Gogebic Community College Intramural Sports Program gives students the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of sporting activities: basketball, bowling, cross-country, golf, razzle dazzle football, softball, tennis, and volleyball. Most events are co-ed, with separate men and women's divisions for cross country, tennis, and golf. To find out more about joining an intramural activity, contact Deke Routheaux, Athletic Director, in the Lindquist Student Center.
PEP BAND
The pep band began in 1998 and was a lively and welcome addition to the men's and women's basketball games. If you play an instrument and are interested in joining the pep band, contact Larry Gabka, science instructor on the first floor of the Academic Building.
PHI THETA KAPPA HONOR SOCIETY
Phi Theta Kappa is a nationally recognized honor society for students at regionally accredited two-year American institutions that offer associate degree programs. It is recognized by the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges as the official honor fraternity of two-year colleges. Established in 1918, Phi Theta Kappa is as prestigious as its counterpart, Phi Beta Kappa, the renowned honor society for students at four-year colleges and universities. Gogebic Community College chartered its Alpha Rho Chi Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa during the Winter Semester in 1990.
To be eligible for active membership in Alpha Rho Chi, a GCC student must maintain at least a 3.5 cumulative grade point average on a minimum of 12 credits earned in an associate degree program. Students who satisfy these criteria receive a personal invitation to become chapter members. If they choose to enroll in Phi Theta Kappa, they obtain a lifetime membership to the national organization.
Alpha Rho Chi, is committed to fostering and preserving academic excellence, to activities which promote leadership, and to the fellowship spawned by serving others. Active members of Phi Theta Kappa have the opportunity and the challenge of engaging in the annual honors study topic chosen by Phi Theta Kappa national headquarters and of competing for leadership scholarships available to those who are active members. They are also eligible for Phi Theta Kappa scholarships at four-year universities.
THE STUDENT SENATE
The Student Senate provides GCC students the opportunity to participate in self-government. The objective of the Student Senate is to teach its members, through active participation in college government, responsibilities and duties to their fellow students and to the college. The Student Senate sponsors a number of extracurricular activities and promotes student interest in the college as a whole. It fosters understanding among the faculty, students, and administration, and often serves as a student representative when issues need to be resolved.
Students who are interested in becoming Student Senate members should contact current Student Senate members in the Student Senate office in the Lindquist Student Center, or advisor, Dr. Brian Fors, or Dean, Steven Wesselhoft.
While this student handbook was prepared on the basis of the best information available at the time of publication, all information including statements of policy and procedure is subject to change without notice or obligation.