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Orange Coast College

May 06, 2023

Orange Coast College (OCC) is a public community college in Costa Mesa in Orange County, California. It was founded in 1947, with its first classes opening in the fall of 1948. It provides Associate of Art and Associate of Science degrees, certificates of achievement, and lower-division classes transferable to other colleges and universities. The college enrolls approximately 24,000 undergraduate students. In terms of population size, Orange Coast College is the third-largest college in Orange County.

Orange Coast College (OCC)
MottoWe'll help you get there.
TypePublic community college
Established1947
Parent institution
Coast Community College District
Endowment$10 million[1]
PresidentAngelica Suarez
Students25,000 (Fall 2016)[2]
Location
Costa Mesa
,
California
,
United States

Coordinates: 33°40′14″N 117°54′43″W / 33.67056°N 117.91194°W / 33.67056; -117.91194
CampusSuburban, 164 acres
Colors   Blue and Orange
NicknamePirates
MascotPete the Pirate
Websitewww.orangecoastcollege.edu
OCC's lawn surrounding the Art Building
Orange Coast College Sailing Base

History

Orange Coast College was formed after local voters passed a measure in the January 1947 election to establish a new junior college on a 243-acre (0.98 km2) site, secured from the War Assets Administration in Washington, D.C, and part of the 1,300-acre (5.3 km2) deactivated Santa Ana Army Air Base.[3]

The first official District board of trustees hired the college's founding president and district superintendent, Basil Hyrum Peterson, on July 28, 1947. Construction of campus classrooms and facilities began when Peterson hired Fran Albers as the college's carpenter in February 1948. Albers' crew of 35 workers (mostly Coast football players paid 60 cents an hour) turned an Army movie theatre into an auditorium and concert hall; a service club into a 500-seat gymnasium; an Army chapel into a facility for theatre productions and student/staff weddings; a military storage building into a library; an Army PX into a student center; a battalion headquarters building into an administration building; and several cadet barracks into student dormitories and married student and faculty housing.[4]

The first campus building phase occurred in the early 1950s when renowned architect Richard Neutra was brought in to re-design the campus. Leaving many of the original buildings intact, Neutra added several modernist structures including the strikingly minimalist Campus Theater and two large lecture halls. These were laid out on a 45-degree angle to the city street grid, in much the same manner as The Parkinsons' layout of USC. The second and largest building phase occurred in the 1970s when local architect William Blurock was hired to replace many of the original Army buildings with structures more suitable for educational purposes.

In December 2002, Rabbit Island,[5][6] a 38-acre (150,000 m2) island located in the North Gulf Islands of the Georgia Strait 50 miles (80 km) west of the city of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada, was donated to the Orange Coast College Foundation. Since then the OCC Foundation, using funds designated for the Orange Coast College School of Sailing & Seamanship, has refurbished the facilities on the island, made significant capital improvements, and has helped fund the use of the island as a field station to teach summer classes in Island Ecology, Biological Diversity, Vertebrate Biology, Intertidal Ecology, kayaking, and photography. It is now referred to as "Wheeler Station" at Rabbit Island (in honor of the donor, Henry Wheeler). OCC marine science and biology instructors have used the island to conduct research on species diversity, standing stock, species distribution, and oceanography. Plans were underway to find separate funding for the island outside of OCC. Possible funding sources included the National Science Foundation, rental of the island facilities to Canadians, funding from the Associated Students of OCC (ASOCC), and through other foundation grants and private donations. In March 2007, the Orange Coast College Foundation Board of Directors voted to sell the island after determining that keeping and maintaining it was unfeasible. As of July 2007, the island was in talks to be sold to a private party for $2.41 million.[7] However, the sale did not materialize and the island was sold in March 2008 to a privately held Canadian corporation for $2.19 million.[8]

In 2015, a plan is in effect to remove the early Neutra buildings in the center of the campus and open up a large central park around which both the outlying 1970s buildings and several newer buildings will be clustered.[9]

2016 recording controversy

In November 2016, an OCC student recorded a lecture by a professor of human sexuality, violating the school's Student Code of Conduct. In the lecture, the professor criticized President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, calling their election "an act of terrorism" against members of the LGBTQ community. The student shared the recording with a student club on campus, which then posted it on their public Facebook page. The video promptly went viral, sparking backlash and death threats against the professor.[10]

After an investigation, the student was suspended for one semester, and required to write an essay and apologize to the professor. After public outcry, the punishment was overturned in a special meeting of the Coast Community College District Board of Trustees, in the interest of bringing "closure to a chain of events that has led to the distress for many, most especially, an OCC teacher and student."

In 2017, the professor was awarded the Faculty of the Year award by her peers, which she declined to accept and did not want to participate in related activities.[11]

Organization and admissions

 
OCC Crew Base

The college is one of three in the Coast Community College District (CCCD) which also includes Golden West College in Huntington Beach, and Coastline Community College. CCCD is a regional organization providing administrative services and funding for post-secondary education. The district is chartered by the state of California to provide community college services.

The mission of OCC is to provide inexpensive education in the trades, licensed trades and skilled professions, as well as remedial and transferable lower-division courses for students who plan to transfer to either a California State University or University of California campus.

Academics

OCC is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges. It also has specialized accreditation by American Dental Association (Commission on Dental Accreditation), the American Dietetic Association (Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education), and the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology.[12]

Athletics

Orange Coast College sponsors 25 sports programs.[13] The 12 men's sports programs are baseball, basketball, crew, cross country, football, golf, soccer, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball and water polo. The 13 women's programs are cheerleading/dance, basketball, beach volleyball, crew, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball and water polo.

LeBard Stadium is located on the campus.

The Los Angeles Chargers have held training camp and regular season practices at the campus facilities.[14][15]

Coast Report

The Coast Report has been OCC's campus newspaper since 1948. The Coast Report currently distributes 5,000 copies of their paper throughout the campus every week on Wednesdays. The Coast Report also maintains the Coast Report Online, which is an online version of the paper. The faculty adviser for the paper is Dr. Jeremy Shermak.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ (PDF). 2009 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments. National Association of College and University Business Officers. June 30, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 14, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2010.
  2. ^ "California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office - Data Mart". from the original on 2012-12-31. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
  3. ^ Carnett, Jim. . Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
  4. ^ Carnett, Jim. . Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
  5. ^ Powers, Ashley (February 18, 2007). . Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved 2008-04-10.
  6. ^ Rabbit Island 2006-10-18 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Ryan, Carmela (September 12, 2007). "Island Sale Nearly Done". The Coast Report. Retrieved 2008-04-10.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ Hosboyar, Lisa (March 5, 2008). "Rabbit Island is Sold". The Coast Report. Retrieved 2008-04-10.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ Hodgins, Paul (July 12, 2015). "Design 'gems' on a cramped campus". The Orange County Register. pp. News 1, 7. from the original on 2015-07-14. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
  10. ^ Recalde-Martinez, Joshua. . YouTube. Archived from the original on 2016-12-08. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
  11. ^ Vega, Priscella (March 22, 2017). "OCC professor who made anti-Trump comments declines Faculty of the Year award". The Los Angeles Times. from the original on 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
  12. ^ "Institute of Education Sciences, US Department of Education web site". from the original on 2011-05-22. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
  13. ^ "OCC Pirates Athletics". occpirateathletics.com. from the original on 2018-01-26. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
  14. ^ "Chargers to open training camp in Irvine on July 29, then Chargers train in Costa Mesa on July 30". 22 June 2017. from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  15. ^ "Bengals Prep Begins". from the original on 2018-12-19. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
  16. ^ "Tiki Ghosn UFC Bio". from the original on August 20, 2014. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
  17. ^ "Matthew Harper's Biography". Vote Smart. from the original on September 6, 2022. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  18. ^ . Archived from the original on 2013-05-29. Retrieved 2013-02-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  19. ^ "Men's Volleyball Athlete Profile - Casey Jennings". www.byucougars.com. Brigham Young University. from the original on January 11, 2019. Retrieved January 15, 2010.
  20. ^ . Archived from the original on 2013-04-08. Retrieved 2013-02-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  21. ^ . Archived from the original on 2013-05-29. Retrieved 2013-02-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  22. ^ "Francisco Rivera OCC Alumni". from the original on March 18, 2018. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
  23. ^ "Francisco Rivera UFC Profile". from the original on September 25, 2014. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
  24. ^ "Occidental". from the original on 2013-02-17. Retrieved 2013-02-24. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

External links

  • Official website
  • Coast Report student newspaper

May 06, 2023
orange, coast, college, public, community, college, costa, mesa, orange, county, california, founded, 1947, with, first, classes, opening, fall, 1948, provides, associate, associate, science, degrees, certificates, achievement, lower, division, classes, transf. Orange Coast College OCC is a public community college in Costa Mesa in Orange County California It was founded in 1947 with its first classes opening in the fall of 1948 It provides Associate of Art and Associate of Science degrees certificates of achievement and lower division classes transferable to other colleges and universities The college enrolls approximately 24 000 undergraduate students In terms of population size Orange Coast College is the third largest college in Orange County Orange Coast College OCC MottoWe ll help you get there TypePublic community collegeEstablished1947Parent institutionCoast Community College DistrictEndowment 10 million 1 PresidentAngelica SuarezStudents25 000 Fall 2016 2 LocationCosta Mesa California United StatesCoordinates 33 40 14 N 117 54 43 W 33 67056 N 117 91194 W 33 67056 117 91194CampusSuburban 164 acresColors Blue and OrangeNicknamePiratesMascotPete the PirateWebsitewww orangecoastcollege eduOCC s lawn surrounding the Art BuildingOrange Coast College Sailing Base Contents 1 History 1 1 2016 recording controversy 2 Organization and admissions 3 Academics 4 Athletics 5 Coast Report 6 Notable alumni 7 References 8 External linksHistory EditOrange Coast College was formed after local voters passed a measure in the January 1947 election to establish a new junior college on a 243 acre 0 98 km2 site secured from the War Assets Administration in Washington D C and part of the 1 300 acre 5 3 km2 deactivated Santa Ana Army Air Base 3 The first official District board of trustees hired the college s founding president and district superintendent Basil Hyrum Peterson on July 28 1947 Construction of campus classrooms and facilities began when Peterson hired Fran Albers as the college s carpenter in February 1948 Albers crew of 35 workers mostly Coast football players paid 60 cents an hour turned an Army movie theatre into an auditorium and concert hall a service club into a 500 seat gymnasium an Army chapel into a facility for theatre productions and student staff weddings a military storage building into a library an Army PX into a student center a battalion headquarters building into an administration building and several cadet barracks into student dormitories and married student and faculty housing 4 The first campus building phase occurred in the early 1950s when renowned architect Richard Neutra was brought in to re design the campus Leaving many of the original buildings intact Neutra added several modernist structures including the strikingly minimalist Campus Theater and two large lecture halls These were laid out on a 45 degree angle to the city street grid in much the same manner as The Parkinsons layout of USC The second and largest building phase occurred in the 1970s when local architect William Blurock was hired to replace many of the original Army buildings with structures more suitable for educational purposes In December 2002 Rabbit Island 5 6 a 38 acre 150 000 m2 island located in the North Gulf Islands of the Georgia Strait 50 miles 80 km west of the city of Vancouver in British Columbia Canada was donated to the Orange Coast College Foundation Since then the OCC Foundation using funds designated for the Orange Coast College School of Sailing amp Seamanship has refurbished the facilities on the island made significant capital improvements and has helped fund the use of the island as a field station to teach summer classes in Island Ecology Biological Diversity Vertebrate Biology Intertidal Ecology kayaking and photography It is now referred to as Wheeler Station at Rabbit Island in honor of the donor Henry Wheeler OCC marine science and biology instructors have used the island to conduct research on species diversity standing stock species distribution and oceanography Plans were underway to find separate funding for the island outside of OCC Possible funding sources included the National Science Foundation rental of the island facilities to Canadians funding from the Associated Students of OCC ASOCC and through other foundation grants and private donations In March 2007 the Orange Coast College Foundation Board of Directors voted to sell the island after determining that keeping and maintaining it was unfeasible As of July 2007 the island was in talks to be sold to a private party for 2 41 million 7 However the sale did not materialize and the island was sold in March 2008 to a privately held Canadian corporation for 2 19 million 8 In 2015 a plan is in effect to remove the early Neutra buildings in the center of the campus and open up a large central park around which both the outlying 1970s buildings and several newer buildings will be clustered 9 2016 recording controversy Edit In November 2016 an OCC student recorded a lecture by a professor of human sexuality violating the school s Student Code of Conduct In the lecture the professor criticized President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence calling their election an act of terrorism against members of the LGBTQ community The student shared the recording with a student club on campus which then posted it on their public Facebook page The video promptly went viral sparking backlash and death threats against the professor 10 After an investigation the student was suspended for one semester and required to write an essay and apologize to the professor After public outcry the punishment was overturned in a special meeting of the Coast Community College District Board of Trustees in the interest of bringing closure to a chain of events that has led to the distress for many most especially an OCC teacher and student In 2017 the professor was awarded the Faculty of the Year award by her peers which she declined to accept and did not want to participate in related activities 11 Organization and admissions Edit OCC Crew Base The college is one of three in the Coast Community College District CCCD which also includes Golden West College in Huntington Beach and Coastline Community College CCCD is a regional organization providing administrative services and funding for post secondary education The district is chartered by the state of California to provide community college services The mission of OCC is to provide inexpensive education in the trades licensed trades and skilled professions as well as remedial and transferable lower division courses for students who plan to transfer to either a California State University or University of California campus Academics EditOCC is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges It also has specialized accreditation by American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation the American Dietetic Association Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education and the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology 12 Athletics EditOrange Coast College sponsors 25 sports programs 13 The 12 men s sports programs are baseball basketball crew cross country football golf soccer swimming tennis track and field volleyball and water polo The 13 women s programs are cheerleading dance basketball beach volleyball crew cross country golf soccer softball swimming tennis track and field volleyball and water polo LeBard Stadium is located on the campus The Los Angeles Chargers have held training camp and regular season practices at the campus facilities 14 15 Coast Report EditThe Coast Report has been OCC s campus newspaper since 1948 The Coast Report currently distributes 5 000 copies of their paper throughout the campus every week on Wednesdays The Coast Report also maintains the Coast Report Online which is an online version of the paper The faculty adviser for the paper is Dr Jeremy Shermak Notable alumni EditCraig Amerkhanian rower and rowing coach Pham Xuan An journalist and spy Blake Anderson comedian and actor Gustavo Arellano journalist and columnist Scott Aukerman writer actor Scott Beerer Major League Baseball player Carlos Bilbao Member of the Idaho House of Representatives Beverly Bivens lead singer of We Five Brandon Brennan MLB pitcher for the Boston Red Sox Venus D Lite drag queen Madonna impersonator and contestant on RuPaul s Drag Race season 3 David Denman actor Adam Devine comedian and actor Tom Dumont guitarist and producer Rob Enderle consultant Bob Ernst collegiate and Olympic rowing coach Paul Frank artist and fashion designer Denny Fitzpatrick basketball player Rebecca Forstadt aka Reba West actress Tiki Ghosn professional mixed martial artist at one time competing in Strikeforce the WEC and the Ultimate Fighting Championship 16 Roark Gourley painter sculptor Matthew Harper American politician California State Assemblyman 74th District and the 59th Mayor of Huntington Beach 2013 2014 17 Don Hồ singer Michael Irby actor Chris Jackson Arena Football League player 18 Casey Jennings beach volleyball player 19 Eddie Johnson NFL and CFL player Ross Johnson politician William Katt actor Diane Keaton actress Starr Parodi Grammy winning pianist composer amp music producer Keyboardist on The Arsenio Hall Show Curtiss King singer producer Brian Krause actor Tom Kubis jazz composer arranger Miracle Laurie actress Larry Lee baseball coach Cliff Livingston NFL player 20 Brent Mayne MLB Catcher Sabina Mazo Colombian Mixed Martial Artist Scott Mosier film producer Dustin Nguyen actor Henry Nguyen basketball player for the Hochiminh City Wings Quinn Norton journalist Raymond Obstfeld author and professor Dan O Mahony singer author activist journalist Carlos Palomino professional boxer Audrina Patridge reality show cast member The Hills and actress Kenda Perez model host B J Porter writer actor Russ Purnell NFL assistant coach Dan Quisenberry MLB pitcher Benny Ricardo NFL player 21 Francisco Rivera football player 22 professional mixed martial artist current UFC Bantamweight 23 Sergio Romo MLB pitcher Jack Scott Member of the California Senate Dave Staton MLB Player Jim Steffen NFL player 24 Shay Spitz soccer player Andy Strouse soccer player Steve Timmons 2 Olympic gold medalist Volleyball Alika DeRego US Open National Champion Volleyball Patrick Warburton actor Greg Willard basketball referee John Vallely NBA player Minoti Vaishnav songwriter and screenwriter Scott Weiland singer and musicianReferences Edit U S and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2009 Endowment Market Value and Percentage Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2008 to FY 2009 PDF 2009 NACUBO Commonfund Study of Endowments National Association of College and University Business Officers June 30 2009 Archived from the original PDF on December 14 2017 Retrieved February 2 2010 California Community Colleges Chancellor s Office Data Mart Archived from the original on 2012 12 31 Retrieved 2013 01 15 Carnett Jim Orange Coast College Secures Its Campus 60 Years Ago This Month Archived from the original on 2011 07 20 Retrieved 2009 01 04 Carnett Jim OCC Names Two Campus Buildings In Honor Of Charter Staff Members Archived from the original on 2011 07 20 Retrieved 2009 01 04 Powers Ashley February 18 2007 Island owning college may decide to sell Los Angeles Times Archived from the original on October 25 2012 Retrieved 2008 04 10 Rabbit Island Archived 2006 10 18 at the Wayback Machine Ryan Carmela September 12 2007 Island Sale Nearly Done The Coast Report Retrieved 2008 04 10 permanent dead link Hosboyar Lisa March 5 2008 Rabbit Island is Sold The Coast Report Retrieved 2008 04 10 permanent dead link Hodgins Paul July 12 2015 Design gems on a cramped campus The Orange County Register pp News 1 7 Archived from the original on 2015 07 14 Retrieved 2015 07 16 Recalde Martinez Joshua Orange Coast College Teacher Call Trump Supporters Terrorist YouTube Archived from the original on 2016 12 08 Retrieved 2017 07 09 Vega Priscella March 22 2017 OCC professor who made anti Trump comments declines Faculty of the Year award The Los Angeles Times Archived from the original on 2017 08 01 Retrieved 2017 07 09 Institute of Education Sciences US Department of Education web site Archived from the original on 2011 05 22 Retrieved 2008 04 12 OCC Pirates Athletics occpirateathletics com Archived from the original on 2018 01 26 Retrieved 2018 01 25 Chargers to open training camp in Irvine on July 29 then Chargers train in Costa Mesa on July 30 22 June 2017 Archived from the original on 19 December 2018 Retrieved 19 December 2018 Bengals Prep Begins Archived from the original on 2018 12 19 Retrieved 2018 12 19 Tiki Ghosn UFC Bio Archived from the original on August 20 2014 Retrieved September 9 2014 Matthew Harper s Biography Vote Smart Archived from the original on September 6 2022 Retrieved June 17 2020 Archived copy Archived from the original on 2013 05 29 Retrieved 2013 02 24 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Men s Volleyball Athlete Profile Casey Jennings www byucougars com Brigham Young University Archived from the original on January 11 2019 Retrieved January 15 2010 Archived copy Archived from the original on 2013 04 08 Retrieved 2013 02 24 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Archived copy Archived from the original on 2013 05 29 Retrieved 2013 02 24 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Francisco Rivera OCC Alumni Archived from the original on March 18 2018 Retrieved September 9 2014 Francisco Rivera UFC Profile Archived from the original on September 25 2014 Retrieved September 9 2014 Occidental Archived from the original on 2013 02 17 Retrieved 2013 02 24 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Cite journal requires journal help External links EditOfficial website Coast Report student newspaper Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Orange Coast College amp oldid 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