GCC Catalog 2023-2024 - Flipbook - Page 7
As a community-based institution, Gogebic Community College is committed to providing comprehensive
education, enrichment, and economic development experiences designed to promote student success and
engagement, individual growth and social advancement. Engaging as members of a multicultural world,
fostering awareness and understanding of varied cultural perspectives, and cultivating a welcoming
environment are important to student growth.
All members of the College community share a responsibility for creating, maintaining, and developing a
learning environment in which difference is valued, equity is sought, inclusiveness is practiced, and
empowerment occurs.
It is a focus of the College to advance diversity as defined above. The College continues to assess its progress
to ensure diversity initiatives are effective.
INSTITUTIONAL INTEGRITY STATEMENT
We embrace a learner-centered philosophy that guides us in our efforts to improve student progress and
program completion with honesty, integrity, and mutual respect.
ACCREDITATION
Gogebic Community College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. Our status of accreditation can
be reviewed by clicking on the word “accreditation” at the bottom of the GCC home page, or by going to the
following link: https://www.gogebic.edu/AboutUs/accreditation.html. You can also find our accreditation
status on the Higher Learning Commission website. Under find institutions, search for Gogebic Community
College.
THE GCC FOUNDATION
The GCC Foundation, established in 1977 as a non-profit, 501 (c) (3), tax exempt organization, exists solely for
the support and development of the College and its mission. It is the preferred channel for private gifts to the
College. The mission of the GCC Foundation is to promote, encourage, and aid Gogebic Community College in
its development of educational programs and its enhancement of facilities. All members of GCC’s family –
alumni, parents, grandparents, friends, faculty and staff – are vitally important to the success and future of our
programs and the College.
Alumni Relations
Regardless of whether you took four credits, forty credits, received a certificate or an associate degree, you
are an alumnus of Gogebic Community College. No matter how many years or how many miles may separate
us – you’ll always receive a hearty “welcome home” when you visit us on campus or online. Stay connected
with the college and the community that has come to mean so much to you over the years by attending a
special event on-campus, an Open House, a Samson athletic event, or stopping in for a tour. For more
information, go to the About Us / Foundation link on the college web site at gogebic.edu.
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