College+Life

===Welcome to Glendale Community College! For those of you coming to college straight from high school, you'll notice that college is very different from high school. The freedom is heady, but can also be a bit intimidating. For those of you starting college, or returning to college, after years spent away from school, college can be a rough adjustment. There are resources to help you though.===

There are a number of things you might want to consider, and places that you can go to if you ever need advice or help.


 * Here's an article, printed in The Globe and Mail, on September 9th, 2013, about what you might want to ask your profs.


 * GCC has some great resources for students, among them the Health Center, which offers free bandaids, tylenol, ibuprofen, etc... for those emergencies. It also has a nurse practitioner for more pressing issues, and a mental health counsellor. It emails out the Student Health 101 "newspaper" which always has good articles.


 * There are also student development classes (input "student development" in the search window) you can enroll in that will help you learn how to manage your time more efficiently and effectively, and how to deal with the stress of school.


 * The GCC library has an amazing set of workshops to help you learn how to properly conduct research. This is an invaluable tool that will help you for years to come. Might as well learn from the experts, at the beginning of your college career! The workshops are conducted through the year, and the schedule is here.


 * The Center for Student Involvement reminds us that, "As these difficult financial times continue, many students have approached staff and faculty with questions about community resources such as legal, medical, housing/shelter, emergency, and other services." The Community Resource Directory was developed by the Center and provides a list of services for those in need. The Directory, linked here, can also be downloaded.