Ohlone College is a community college in Fremont, California with a second campus located in Newark, California. The Ohlone Community College District serves the towns of Fremont and Newark, as well as parts of Union City. Ohlone offers 61 associate degrees leading to university or career transfers and over 100 vocational certificate programs that provide vocational training.
Ohlone is one of 112 colleges at the California Community College System. By 2013, it is recognized as one of the Top 10 Community Colleges in California for its transfer to university and success rates, based on data from the State Chancellor's Office.
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Founded as California Community College in 1965 after voter approval, Ohlone College serves the Fremont and Newark towns and parts of Union City in the southeastern region of the San Francisco Bay area. The Ohlone Community College District is a single college district with two expanding campuses and e-campuses.
Officially named Ohlone College on June 18, 1967, it honored the early Ohlone who lived in the Fremont and Newark regions and much around the San Francisco Bay for hundreds of years before the arrival of Europeans.
A Supervisory Board was elected in 1966, which subsequently employed the founding president, Dr. Stephen Epler, in June 1966. The college opened in the fall of 1967 at Serra Center, a temporary site on Washington Boulevard. Eventually college went to the community for a $ 10 million bond and in 1972 began construction of the new Ohlone College campus at Mission Boulevard in Fremont.
Ernest J. Kump designed nine original buildings that form an academic village. Buildings were added later to the campus including the performing arts center, technology center, child development center and student service center. The second campus was built in Newark, CA, The Ohlone College Newark Center for Health Sciences and Technology, which opened in 2008.
Including Dr. Epler, Ohlone has only six presidents in 45 years of history. The current President is Dr. Gari Browning, Ohlone's first female president.
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Athletics
Ohlone field teams in 7 sports universities (5 boys, 6 girls) including swimming, baseball, basketball, soccer and water polo, and members of the CCCAA (California Community College Athletics Association) and the Coastal Conference.
Academics
Ohlone offers a bachelor's degree in Arts and Sciences (AA and US) equivalent to completing a two-year college degree in many subjects. Ohlone also offers work training programs that can be completed in less than the two year cycle required for a degree.
Nutrition Center
In 1972, the Ohlone Study Center for Tulum Studies and Specialized Services was established when Higher Education opened its doors for 30 Deaf and Hard Hearing students. The Deaf Study Center has up to 200 Deaf and Hard-Hearing students within a year.
Outreach Program Biotechnology High School
Learning Alliance for Bioscience (LAB) Program is a National Science Foundation-funded program that places high school students from under-represented populations on an academic track to prepare for a bachelor's degree in biotechnology.
Department of Broadcasting
Ohlone College is home to 89.3 KOHL radios and ONTV-28 television channels broadcast via cable. Radio stations and TV studios are housed on the Fremont campus. The Ohlone Network News on ON-TV channel, which is broadcast on the local Comcast 28 channel, is prepared and delivered by the students.
Radio KOHL has hosted prominent figures such as civil rights activist Bobby Seale and actress Rita Moreno.
The department teaches television news production including live weekly newscasts during the spring and fall semesters, as well as live news broadcast of ASL (American Sign Language).
Dina Ruiz, Clint Eastwood's former wife, posted the Newsline show at school before moving to San Francisco State University and KSBW-TV.
Registered Care Department
Ohlone College offers an Associate of Science Degree in Nursing that is accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission and the California Board of Registered Nurses. Students who graduate from this program are eligible to join NCLEX-RN leading to licensure as a registered nurse (RN).
Assistant Physical Therapist (PTA)
The Ohlone College Physical Therapist Assistance Program (PTA) is a two-year calendar study program leading to the Associate of Science Degree and eligibility to take the PTA National licensing exam.
The PTA Ohlone College program is accredited by the Accreditation Commission in Physical Therapy Education from the American Physical Therapy Association.
Department of Respiratory Therapist (RT)
The Respiratory Therapist is a licensed health professional in the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of cardio-lung.
Upon completion of graduated Rescue breathing program eligible to sit for California State License Examination for Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP). Once the RCP Credentials have reached the graduates, it is entitled to follow the Advanced Level Practitioner Examinations (RRT) from the National Agency for Respiratory Care.
Media Reference
- Ohlone College is mentioned in Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner .
Alumni
- Terry Alderete (1945-2013), entrepreneur
- Glenn Dishman (born 1970), pitching baseball coach, 2004-5
- Brian Dunning (born 1965), author of
- Larry Johannessen (1947-2009), author of
- Lev Kirshner (born 1969), football player and coach
- Kenney Mencher (born 1965), painter
- Anjuli Papineau, football player and soul singer
- Gary Plummer (born 1960), an American footballer
- Dina Eastwood
References
External links
- The official site of Ohlone College
- ONTV
- ASOC Student Government Site
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