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Get ready for an exciting outdoor Welcome Fair at the Verdugo Campus! This in-person event will feature new student information, a student resource fair, campus tours, fun, and food for all students and visitors.

2026 WELCOME FAIR

THURSDAY, AUGUST 27
9:30 AM - 2:00 PM
PLAZA VAQUERO @ VERDUGO CAMPUS

Let us know you're coming!

RSVP HERE

GCC Welcome
Workshops and Presentations
Student Resource Fair
Financial Aid Support
Campus Tours
Virtual Reality (VR)
Showcases: Vivarium & Planetarium
Textbooks & Student ID
Vaquero Spirit Pack
Music, Games, Giveaways & MORE!

Student Check-In & Welcome

All students who check-in will receive swag bags, campus map and tickets for free food and refreshments. Only available at check-in.

Student Resource Fair

Advanced Geometry Club
Allied Health
Architecture Department
Armenian Student Association
Aviation Department
Biology, Biotechnology, Baja
Career Center / Job Placement
Career Education & Workforce Development
Child Development Center
Constitutional Law Club
Cross Country M/W
DSPS
English
English Division
EOPS
Fiber Fiends Club
Financial Aid Office
GCC Cares Office / GoPass Program
GCC English Division
GCC Vaquero Marching Band
Health Center
Health Sciences / Addiction Studies Department
Kinesiology
Language Arts Division
Learning Center

Math Discovery Center
MCEC / DREAM / Pride / Student Equity Learning Communities
MESA
Music
Noncredit Business & Life Skills
Noncredit ESL
Nutrition
Office of Communications
Our Third Place Wellness Center
Pacific Clinics Head Start
Photography
SACNAS
Scholarship
Sexuality and Gender Alliance (SAGA) Club
Social Sciences / People, Power, & Perspectives
Theatre Arts - Technical Theatre
Transfer Center
Veterans Resource Center
Voices Organizing Immigrant Communities for Educational Success (V.O.I.C.E.S.)

Agenda

9:30am - 10:00am
Check-In + Breakfast

10:00am - 10:15am
GCC Welcome
Dr. Ryan Cornner - Superintendent/President
Dr. Alen Andriassian - Vice President of Student Services
Gary Karen Shamoyan - Program Manager, Student Outreach Services

10:15am & 11:00am
Student Services Workshops
Transfer 101
Scholars Program
Financial Aid + Promiseplus+
International Students

11:00am - 2:00pm
Lunch, Resource Fair & Giveaways

11:45am & 12:45pm
Campus Tours
*Meet at water fountain to begin tour

Parking

Parking will be available in Lot B (Outside parking lot into College Driveway off of Mountain Avenue). Parking is also available in the parking structure from level 3 to 6 on the left hand side as you pull in from Mountain Avenue (map included). As you pull into the parking lot structure from the entrance off of Mountain Avenue, you will be at the 3rd floor. Parking permits not required!! Just make sure not to park in staff parking in the structure (1st & 2nd floors with green parking spots).