San Jose City College
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| Established | 1921 |
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| Type | Community college |
| Location | San Jose, California, USA |
| Address | 2100 Moorpark Avenue San Jose, CA 95128 |
| Website | www.sjcc.edu |
San Jose City College, founded in 1921, is a community college located in the city of San Jose, Santa Clara County, California.
San Jose City College originally operated in downtown San Jose. San Jose Unified School District took over the College’s operation in 1953, moving it to its present 2100 Moorpark Avenue location, overlooking Interstate 280. The name changed to San Jose City College in 1958.
The mission statement of the college is as follows:
"The mission of San Jose City College is to prepare and empower students for success in a global multicultural society. With the fostering of student learning as its primary focus, the College provides continuous access to a wide range of comprehensive and flexible post secondary academic and occupational programs that prepare Silicon Valley residents of all ages and backgrounds for balanced and productive lives and successful careers. To reach these educational goals, the College provides the appropriate support services to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student population. In fulfilling this mission, the College assists students in achieving their education, employment, and life long learning goals. These include but are not limited to:
- Two-year college degrees
- Lower-division transfer and general education courses
- Certificates
- Basic skills instruction
- English as a Second Language courses
- Distance learning opportunities
- Technology and career training
- Economic development
- Community services courses
- Adult non-credit courses
- This mission is, and shall remain, in accordance with all legislation enacted by the State of California."
The college’s award-winning newspaper, The Times, was established in 1956 to provide a key forum for campus news, information and opinion for approximately 10,000 students, faculty, staff and administrators each semester.
The college is home to radio station KJCC, found locally on the dial at 104.1 FM. The radio station first started broadcasting in 1978 as KSJC.
San Jose City College is part of the San Jose/Evergreen Community College District, which was formed in 1963.
Many recent construction projects have improved the campus. A new library and student center opened in 2003 and a state of the art science building opened in the fall of 2006.
[edit] Notable Faculty
- John Shrader, Professor of Journalism, has an extensive background in television and radio sports anchoring and sports reporting. For more than 15 years, John was a sports anchor/sports reporter/talk show host for KNBR Radio in San Francisco. He was a television sports anchor in San Jose for ten years, first at KNTV-TV and then KICU-TV. He is the current San Jose Sharks intermission host and rink-side reporter for the 2006-07 season on FSN Bay Area.
- Reginald Lockett, Professor of English, is the author of The Party Crashers of Paradise (2001), Where the Birds Sing Bass (1995), which won a PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award in 1996, and Good Times & No Bread (1978). His poetry, articles, and reviews have been published in over fifty anthologies, periodicals, and textbooks. Random History Lessons, his fourth book of poetry, was published by Creative Arts Books in Fall, 2003. He has performed his work in Illinois, St. Louis, Arizona, Nevada, Paris, and throughout California. He has taught composition, reading, literature, and creative writing at San Francisco State University, City College of San Francisco, Laney College, and College of Marin as well as other institutions.
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| Colleges and Universities of Santa Clara County |
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| Four-year colleges and universities: Cogswell Polytechnical College • National Hispanic University • San José State University • Santa Clara University • Stanford University Two-year and community colleges: De Anza College • Evergreen Valley College • Foothill College • Mission College • San Jose City College • West Valley College |
