Santa Barbara City College

Coordinates: 34°24′23.36″N 119°41′54.73″W / 34.4064889°N 119.6985361°W / 34.4064889; -119.6985361

Santa Barbara City College
Type Public community college
Established 1911
Endowment $28.1 million[1]
President Lori Gaskin
Students 18,848[2]
Address 721 Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93109-2394, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Campus Urban/Suburban—74 acres (30 ha)
Colors Red and White
Mascot Vaqueros
Affiliations Santa Barbara Community College District; Western State Conference
Website www.sbcc.edu

Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) is a two-year community college that opened in 1909 and is located on a 74-acre (30 ha) campus in the city of Santa Barbara, California, USA. SBCC was named co-winner of the 2013 Aspen (Institute) Prize for Community College Excellence,[3] earning it a #1 national ranking. The college was recognized for its quality and focus in four areas: facilitating underrepresented and minority student success, student learning outcomes, degree completion and transfer rates, and labor market success in securing good jobs after college. Santa Barbara City College was established by the Santa Barbara High School District in 1909, making it one of the oldest community colleges in California. The college was discontinued shortly after World War I, and its work largely taken over by the Santa Barbara State Normal School, which became the Santa Barbara State College, and later, the University of California, Santa Barbara.

SBCC was reorganized by the high school district in the fall of 1946. Called Santa Barbara Junior College from its inception, the Santa Barbara Board of Education formally changed the name to Santa Barbara City College in July 1959.

Also in the summer of 1959, the institution moved to its present and permanent location on the Santa Barbara Mesa, former site of the University of California at Santa Barbara. Situated on a 74-acre bluff, the campus overlooks the harbor and Pacific Ocean. Passage of a 1969 construction bond issue and a 1973 land acquisition bond issue ensured that the college would have a single, consolidated Mesa campus.

The college has a wide range of associate degree and certificate programs, as well as transfer programs that provide the first two years of study toward the baccalaureate degree.

Lori Gaskin was appointed school President in spring 2012. SBCC is one of the 113 community colleges in the state of California.

Athletics

A member of the Western State Conference, City College offers intercollegiate athletic competition for men in baseball, cross country and football; for women in softball; and for men and women in basketball, volleyball, track and field, golf, tennis, and soccer. The men and women's soccer teams were both WSC Champions in 2011, the first time this had been achieved by one college in the WSC in the same year. The SBCC Vaqueros soccer and football teams play at the 10,000-capacity La Playa Stadium in Santa Barbara.

New developments and programs

The campus at Santa Barbara City College

The Earth & Biological Sciences Building was completely rebuilt between 2000 and 2002 and is now one of the most technologically advanced science buildings in the state.

The School of Media Arts (SOMA) was established in 2001 to focus on applied communication, visual literacy and digital media. The school covers many areas of interest, including film studies, film production, photography, and computer and multimedia arts.

The music department at features several performance groups, including three jazz ensembles, large and small vocal ensembles, a concert band, and a full symphony orchestra.

The automotive program has been certified by the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) as a master training institution, having met industry standards in all eight of the automotive specialty areas: engine repair, engine performance, heating and air conditioning, electrical systems, automatic transmissions, manual transmission and axle, and brakes and front end.

Santa Barbara City College’s Marine Diving Technologies Program is a recognized program in its field. It is the only community college degree program in the nation which is accredited by the Association of Commercial Diving Educators (ACDE), the International Diving Schools Association (IDSA) and the National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI). The program trains and certifies for all levels of SCUBA diving.

The Cancer Information Management Program at Santa Barbara City College offers two types of degrees: An Associate in Science in Cancer Information Management and the Certificate of Completion in Cancer Information Management. It is one of the few Cancer Information Management programs in the nation to currently offer an Associate degree which is required to sit for the National Exam to become a Certified Tumor Registrar with the National Cancer Registrars Association starting in 2009.

The student newspaper is named The Channels.[4]


Santa Barbara west campus

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

References

Notes

  1. ↑ As of February 4, 2013. "U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2012 Endowment Market Value and Percentage Change* in Endowment Market Value from FY 2011 to FY 2012" (PDF). 2013 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments. National Association of College and University Business Officers. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
  2. ↑ http://datamart.cccco.edu/Students/Enrollment_Status.aspx
  3. ↑ The Aspen Institute. The 2013 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, 2013. http://www.aspeninstitute.org/sites/default/files/content/upload/AspenPrize_2013FINAL.pdf Retrieved 02-06-2014.
  4. ↑ The Channels
  5. ↑ "Actor, director Kathryn Ish dies at 71". Variety Magazine. 2008-01-08. Retrieved 2008-01-10.


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