Welcome to Garden City Community College!

From here, you can go anywhere.

I am excited to welcome you to Garden City Community College for the 2024-25 academic year. Our mission is to produce positive contributors to society and heading into this academic year I want to assure you that Garden City Community College exists specifically for you as students to help meet your educational and career goals. At the very heart of GCCC are our Values which focus directly on serving and preparing you for transfer, workforce, and life. Our faculty and staff are dedicated to providing quality education and making Garden City Community College a positive experience. GCCC faculty, staff, and administration work closely to ensure that decision making leads to creating a safe and healthy campus focused on student success.

The Student Handbook is prepared as a guide to help you to better understand the many opportunities and services that are available to assist both inside and outside the classroom for success. This handbook will help you connect with the people, services, and programs here to support your academic and personal enrichment.

The College’s goal is to ensure your success. Garden City Community College provides student and academic support services to assist in successfully completing your college education. We offer services both in-person or online to assist with meeting your needs and being responsive. Student organizations, athletic teams, and unique learning opportunities will help you expand your knowledge, make connections, and explore interests. By fully participating in the College community, you can obtain leadership and teamwork skills, meet new people, and build your résumé. I encourage you to be engaged, involved and through this involvement your contributions will also make the College a better place to work and study.

Garden City Community College is a special place, and STUDENTS are the focus of all that we do at GCCC. I am excited to have you as a Broncbuster and I look forward to an enjoyable year ahead as we work together to shape and enhance our College, community, state, and nation. Together we make a difference and Broncbusters will lead the way. It’s a GREAT day to be a Buster.

I wish you the very best this new academic year, and From Here you can Achieve Anything.

Dr. Ryan J. Ruda, President

Mission Statement

Garden City Community College exists to produce positive contributors to the economic and social well-being of society.

Vision Statement

GCCC will be the premier educational nexus of progress, providing world class learning in a dynamic environment. From here, you can go anywhere.

Values

Bold Innovation

Unwavering Integrity

Service and Collegiality

Trust, Transparency & Accountability

Empowered Creativity & Academic Freedom

Responsible Leadership

Student-Centered Focus

Symbols and Seals

The Broncbuster is the College mascot, initially selected by the class of 1939 as the College symbol. A logo featuring the letters “GCCC”, designed by a student, was adopted by the Board of Trustees as the official College symbols in 1989. Brown and gold are the official College colors, represented of the College flower, the sunflower. The emblematic Seal of the College was designed by an early Fine Arts student, Thelma Whitney, and art instructor Vera L. Stone. The 32 petals of the sunflower represent the 32 members of the first class. The lamp of knowledge atop two books, the sugar beets, denoting the original name of the school newspaper, the organizing date and the motto, Plus Ultra (Ever Upward), are significant to GCCC. The seal was officially adopted for the College by the Board of Education.

The Alma Mater

On the plains of Western Kansas 

glorious to view,

stands our College Alma Mater

Oh hail, to you!

Glorious, victorious

famous Brown and Gold

Hail, oh hail, you Broncbusters hail

Hail, oh hail, to you.

Athletics

The College is a member of the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference and the National Junior College Athletic Association. Men’s athletic programs include football, basketball, baseball, golf, rodeo, soccer, cross country, and track & field. Women compete in volleyball, basketball, rodeo, softball, soccer, golf, cross country, and track & field. GCCC women athletes compete as the Lady Broncbusters; the men athletes as the Broncbusters.

Members of the conference are:

Allen CCC (Iola) Red Devils

Butler CC (El Dorado) Grizzlies

Coffeyville CC Red Ravens

Cowley College (Arkansas City) Tigers

Fort Scott CC Greyhounds

Highland CC Scotties

Independence CC Pirates

Kansas City Kansas CC Blue Devils

Neosho CCC (Chanute) Panthers

Seward CCC (Liberal) Saints

Barton CCC (Great Bend) Cougars

Cloud CCC (Concordia) Thunderbirds

Colby CC Trojans

Dodge City CC Conquistadors

Garden City CC Broncbusters

Hutchinson CC Blue Dragons

Johnson CCC (Overland Park) Cavaliers

Labette CC (Parsons) Cardinals

Pratt CC Beavers

Fort Hays Tech Northwest (Goodland) Tigers

Approval and Implementation

No rights or obligations on the College are created or intended by this Policy beyond those typically found within the background laws informing such codes, generally. This policy and procedures are effective August 19, 2024.