GCCC PUBLIC EVENTS CALENDAR FOR JANUARY 2008

The GCCC Information Services Office publishes this calendar of events near the beginning of each month, in an effort to assist local and area news media professionals in keeping track of, and covering, the public events. Each listing includes basic details on college-based community events. New events and details may in some cases be determined after publication of the calendar. This calendar does not necessarily include all workshops, classes, seminars and events.

GCCC EVENTS

DEC. 26-30

"Inside GCCC," spring semester course schedule and newsletter tabloid, scheduled to arrive in most Southwest Kansas mail boxes with complete class listings and enrollment information for the public.

JAN. 2

GCCC reopens after the holiday break. Student and Community Services Center open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday.

JAN. 2 & 3

GCCC Spring Semester Telephone Enrollment open noon to 8 p.m. at 620-276-9653. Phone enrollment is a special convenience for anyone enrolling in up to seven credit hours - generally one to two classes - who has previously enrolled or applied at the college. Numbers to call for information are 620-276-9608 or 1-800-658-1696.

JAN. 2, 3, 4 & 8

GCCC spring semester enrollment open to the public. Registration hours are 8 am. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays at the Student and Community Services Center. Numbers to call for enrollment information are 620-276-9608 and 1-800-658-1696.

JAN. 7

GCCC offices and other facilities closed all day to accommodate employee inservice programming.

JAN. 9

GCCC spring semester daytime and evening classes begin.

JAN. 9, 10, 14 & 15

Key GCCC Offices open extended hours of 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. to assist students and the public with late enrollment and other semester start-up needs.

JAN. 9-20

Regular public viewing of the second segment of 2007-2008 GCCC Art Faculty Exhibition at Mercer Gallery, noon to 4 p.m. weekdays and 2 to 5 p.m. Sundays Jan. 9-20. Admission is free and Mercer Gallery is located in the west wing of GCCC's Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building. The exhibition features work by Brian McCallum, sculpture and ceramics instructor; and Gallery Director David Kinder, drawing and painting instructor.

JAN. 10

Steps to Startup workshop for people interested in launching small businesses, hosted by the GCCC Small Business Development Center, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the GCCC Student and Community Services Center. Admission is free but advance registration is requested at 620-276-9632.

JAN. 12

GCCC Board of Trustees long-ranging planning retreat, including public input breakfast, 8 to 9 a.m. at the Endowment Room of the Beth Tedrow Student Center, with serving line open at 7:45 a.m. Members of the community welcome. RSVP requested by Jan. 8 at 620-276-9653.

JAN. 21

Garden City Martin Luther King Day Celebration, 10 a.m. to noon at GCCC's Dennis Perryman Athletic Complex for the entire community, co-sponsored by GCCC and the City of Garden City Cultural Relations Board, featuring keynote speaker Jim Ellis, whose life story was showcased in the motion picture, "Pride." Free admission. Everyone welcome.

JAN. 30

Public performance by the Lieurance Woodwind Quintet of Wichita State University, 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building as the conclusion to a Santa Fe Trail League music clinic hosted by GCCC. Admission $5 at the door, with advance tickets available Jan. 23 and later from Audra Peitz at the GCCC Fine Arts Office, 620-276-9540.

FEB. 12

Steps to Startup workshop for people interested in launching small businesses, hosted by the GCCC Small Business Development Center, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the GCCC Student and Community Services Center. Session repeated 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the same location. Admission is free but advance registration is requested at 620-276-9632.

FEB. 18

President's Day. GCCC daytime and evening classes closed. Offices and other campus facilities closed.