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Student Services

Career Center/Job Placement

Whether you're looking for the latest information on GCSC or general scholarships, career and salary information, links to prospective employer web sites, valuable tips for writing resumes, or interview strategies, the GCSC Career Development and Job Placement Center is a great place to start. Let us help you explore career opportunities and find your path to a brighter future.

The Career Center and Job Placement offers:

• Computerized career assessments, including Please Understand Me, FACTS Choices, and many more, to clarify your personality, values, interest, and other characteristics that may affect your career choices.
• Assistance with job searches/referrals, unemployment, resumes, and additional employment resources.
• Literature and online resources on career fields‐salaries, labor market information, education requirement, job duties, and much more.
• Scholarship help to include up to date scholarships, search tools, and application assistance.
• Information on colleges across the state of Florida and the United States
• Student Assistant position postings (on campus jobs for full time students only). Students are encouraged to inquire a week prior to classes starting each semester.

The services are FREE for students, potential students, alumni, and the community. We are located on the first floor in the Student Union East Building Room 54 or you can visit our website at www.gulfcoast.edu/students/career_development/ or www.gulfcoast.edu/jobplacement/.

Student Support Services- TRiO

The Student Support Services-TRIO program provides support for students with academic need in the areas of English, Spanish, reading, and mathematics.  This support includes one-to-one and group tutoring as well as specialized workshops and test preparation. Professional learning managers provide program services to all eligible participants.  Additional support is provided by the program counselor through individual and group counseling activities that focus on study skills development, career exploration, student success strategies, and activities that foster a sense of belonging.  A learning laboratory with computer access and audio/visual equipment is also available for student use.  Eligibility for participation in the Student Support Services program is based on federal guidelines.  The program serves first generation and low-income students, as well as students with physical and learning disabilities. Once certified for the program, students remain eligible for program services throughout their tenure at Gulf Coast State College.  The offices for Student Support Services are located in the Student Union West Building, rooms 88, 89, 90B, and 90C.

Services for Students with Disabilities

Gulf Coast State College encourages the enrollment of students with disabilities and recognizes their special needs; thus the Disability Support Services program at GCSC is comprehensive in the services offered and the range of disabilities served. Its focus is academic support through human support services and technology to help students reach their potential. The college endeavors to provide equal access to a quality education by providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals. To promote academic success, we offer a wide range of assistance and support services. Services include but are not limited to assistance in course registration, information about and referrals to campus and community services, academic and personal counseling, learning specialists, testing accommodations, readers, note takers, interpreters, listening systems, and adaptive equipment. Students who have a disability requiring special assistance should contact the Office of Disability Support Services.

Gulf Coast State College has developed and implemented policies and procedures for providing reasonable course substitutions for eligible students with disabilities. Students who may be eligible for substitutions are those who have documented visual impairments, hearing impairments, or specific learning disabilities. Documentation must be provided to substantiate that the disability can be reasonably expected to prevent the student from meeting requirements for admission to the institution, admission to a program of study, entry to upper‐division, or graduation. For additional information and assistance, contact the Office of Disability Support Services located in the Student Union East, Room 59.

Returning Student Program

The Returning Student Program is funded to serve displaced homemakers over the age of 35 who were once dependent on the income of another and no longer have such income. This can be due to divorce, death, separation, or spousal disability. Academic support, personal and career development, and book and tuition scholarships are available for eligible clients per funding availability. The program is located in the Student Union East, Room 49. For more information, please call 872‐3835. The Returning Student Program is sponsored by Gulf Coast State College and the State of Florida and is administered by the Agency for Workforce Innovation.

Student E-Mail

Student Email is a GCSC provided email account for credit students and is issued upon admission to the college. You are expected to activate your account to check for important information. The student email account will be of the format AAANNNN@ my.gulfcoast.edu where AAA represents the student's initials and NNNN represents a unique electronically assigned number. This email account is the official means of communication between the student and Gulf Coast State College and thus, it is not permissible to forward this email address to any other email account. Please check this email account on a regular basis for administrative and instructional notifications and communications. Establish your student email account by following the instructions found at the following site: www.gulfcoast.edu/students/student_email/

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