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Had Dr. Leland Hartwell not been the product of a good family and solid
education from elementary school through high school and college, it is
doubtful that he would ever have accomplished the feats that led him to
be named a Nobel Prize winner in 2001 for his research on cell function.
When
Hartwell stands at the podium as the speaker at the 10th annual Glendale
College Foundation Business Luncheon on Tuesday April 29 at the Hilton
Glendale, he will no doubt touch on the educational stepping-stones that
led to his being named a Nobel Prize winner, which included taking
classes at Glendale College in 1957 before he transferred to Caltech.
But while Dr. Hartwell’s is a
story of an individual taking advantage of opportunities afforded him,
many students face overwhelming hurdles even to consider getting a college education. These
students, who are classified as at-risk, may come from economically
disadvantaged situations or grow up in communities where very few adults
are exposed to college and do not get support and encouragement from
their families to continue their educations.
In an effort to provide
educational opportunities for these at-risk students, the Step up to
College Program has been developed as a partnership between Glendale
Community College and California State University/Northridge. The
schools work together to provide educational services while these
students are in high school and financial resources to further support
them through a four-year college degree.
Current
affairs also affect student success, and that is why the Save our
Classes endowment fund was created as a way for the college staff and
faculty to make donations to a fund to support classes cut because of
the budget shortfall that exists in California.
Please call the Foundation
office at x5199 for information about the Business Luncheon, The Step up
to College Program and the Save the Classes fund.&
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