College of the Canyons

College of the Canyons
Motto Start here. Go anywhere.
Type Public, Community College
Established 1969
President Dr. Dianne G. Van Hook
Academic staff
 358 (as of 2016) [1]
Students 17148 (as of 2016)[2]
Address Santa Clarita, CA 91355, Santa Clarita, CA, USA
34°24′16″N 118°34′05″W / 34.40444°N 118.56806°W / 34.40444; -118.56806Coordinates: 34°24′16″N 118°34′05″W / 34.40444°N 118.56806°W / 34.40444; -118.56806
Campus Suburban—153.4 acres (62.1 ha)
Colors Blue and Gold
Nickname Cougars
Affiliations Santa Clarita Community College District;
Western State Conference
Website www.canyons.edu

College of the Canyons(COC) is a public community college in the Santa Clarita Community College District of California.

History

Local voters approved the formation of the college in 1967. It officially opened in 1969, operating in temporary quarters on the campus of William S. Hart High School in Newhall. In 1970, the college purchased a permanent campus site along the east side of Interstate 5, south of Valencia Boulevard and north of McBean Parkway. The college relocated to a collection of modular buildings on the site in 1970 as permanent facilities were being built. Over the years, educational facilities have been built to ensure that they blend with the natural attributes of the location, creating a relaxed and comfortable physical environment.

Campus

The college is located on 153.4 acres (62.1 ha) of rolling, tree-dotted hills in the incorporated city of Santa Clarita in northern Los Angeles County, California.

Recent additions to the campus include a 926-seat performing arts center, built in partnership with the city of Santa Clarita, that offers academic, community and professional productions. The facility, which also holds a smaller experimental theater, opened in late 2004. A new Music/Dance Building opened adjacent to the performing arts center in 2005. As of early 2006, construction was under way on a new High-Tech Classroom Building (34,000 square feet) and a major expansion of the Laboratory Building.

In 2007 the college opened its Canyon Country campus on a 70-acre (28 ha) site located at 17200 Sierra Hwy., Santa Clarita, CA 91351. The campus had an enrollment of 3,845 in fall 2009. Its first permanent building, the Applied Technology Education Center, was scheduled to open in 2011 to provide education and training in a variety of high-demand "green" technology fields. The campus is composed primarily of modular buildings that are situated to best accommodate planned permanent buildings as they are built in the years to come. The campus has an outdoor venue, the Carl A. Rasmussen Amphitheater, that has hosted a variety of campus and community events such as the popular Star Party.

Academic profile

With 191 full-time faculty members (as of fall 2009), the college offers Associate of Arts and Associate of Science degrees in 69 academic programs, as well as credentials in 82 certificate programs. Programs include Audio/Radio Production, Biotechnology, Child Development, Dance, Film/Video Production, Fire Control Technology, Industrial Manufacturing, Music, Nursing, Paralegal Studies, Television Production, Theatre Arts and Video Game Animation. Recent additions to the curricula include programs in insurance, web development, ESL, hotel-restaurant entrepreneurship, human services-gerontology and medical laboratory technician.

The college also is a participant in several innovative partnerships that have redefined the traditional role of community colleges. Academy of the Canyons, a middle college high school operated by the William S. Hart Union High School District, opened on the College of the Canyons campus in 2002. The concept allows promising high school students to attend high school and college concurrently. The college also oversees the University Center, a collection of public and private universities that offer advanced degree programs on the college’s campus, eliminating the need for residents to commute long distances to earn their degrees. Also operating at the college are the Center for Applied Competitive Technologies and the Employee Training Institute, both of which have helped local businesses become more efficient and train employees in the latest emerging fields. The Small Business Development Center and the i3 Advanced Technology Center, hosted by the college, leverages college resources and provides addition support and seminars to assist entrepreneurs and small business owners.

Student life

Since 1994, the COC Speech Team has been recognized nationally at six consecutive Phi Rho Pi National Tournaments for all three major areas of speech competition. Headed by Professor Michael Leach, the team has advanced in its success over the years. Most recently, the team left the 2013 Phi Rho Pi National Tournament with 5 medals including, one gold, one silver and 3 bronze medals.

Athletics

The college athletics teams are nicknamed the Cougars. The college competes in the Western State Conference in twelve sports: football, soccer (men's and women's) women's volleyball, cross country running, golf (men's and women's), softball, baseball, swimming, track and field and men's and women's basketball. The men's golf team has won eight state championships 1991 and 7 since 2000 (2000, 2002, 2006,2008,2013,2015 and in 2017) women's golf won the state championship in fall of 2001 and again in 2007. This is the second time that the Women's and Men's team have won back to back state championships in the same academic year (Fall 2001, Spring 2002 and Fall 2007, Spring 2008) The men's football team won the national championship in 2004. The men's ice hockey club won the ACHA Division III National Title in 2011. The men's Baseball team has also won three state championships 1981,1983 and 1986.

As of 2017, COC has won 179 conference titles, 31 state titles, and 1 national title. Of the conference titles baseball holds 23, men’s basketball holds 8, women’s basketball holds 15, men's cross country holds 4, football holds 11, men’s golf holds 23, women’s golf holds 8, women’s soccer holds 10, softball holds 14, men's swim holds 8 individual titles, women's swim holds 1 individual title, women's dive holds 2, men’s track and field holds 2 team titles and 27 individual titles, women's track and field holds 1 team title and 17 individual titles, and women’s volleyball holds 5.[3] The 31 state titles are held by 7 teams: baseball (3), men’s track and field (7), women’s track and field (2), men’s golf (10), woman’s golf (4), football (1), and men’s cross country (4).[4] The one national championship was won by COC football in 2004.[5]

Filming location

Notable alumni

References

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