Santa Monica College

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Santa Monica College
Established	1929
Type	Public Community College
President	Dr. Chui L. Tsang
Students	32,000
Location	Santa Monica, CA, USA
Address	1900 Pico Blvd Santa Monica, CA 90405
Telephone	310.434.4000
Campus	Urban, 38-acres
Sports	7 men's teams, 9 women's teams
Colors	Blue and White
Nickname	Corsairs
Mascot	Pico the Corsair
Website	www.smc.edu

Santa Monica College is a two-year public community college located in Santa Monica in Los Angeles County, California.

Santa Monica College was first opened in 1929 as Santa Monica Junior College. Current enrollment is 32,000 students in more than 90 fields of study. The college also has one of the largest international student populations of any community college in the US, with approximately 3,000 from more than 100 countries.

Santa Monica College is ranked number one among California's community colleges in transfers to the University of California [1][2], and is one of the leaders for the University of Southern California and other four-year campuses. Transfer courses are offered in such fields as business administration, journalism, fine arts, health sciences, and the liberal arts.

The Santa Monica College Arts Mentor Program provides certain students in the fine and applied arts with graduate-level training by professionals in their specialized fields. The program was designed for select individuals whose talents exceed the scope of the traditional curriculum at the College.

Santa Monica College also offers a variety of occupational certificate programs, including Accounting, Fashion Design, Office Information Systems, and its Academy of Entertainment Technology (which offers certificates in Interactive Media and in Animation).

Santa Monica College is also the home of KCRW (89.9 FM), a leading public radio station in the US which broadcasts throughout Los Angeles and Orange counties to an estimated 450,000 listeners. The station is the broadcast home of Morning Becomes Eclectic and Harry Shearer's Le Show.

Contents 1 Athletics 2 Trivia 3 Notable alumni 4 External links

[edit] Athletics

Santa Monica College fields 16 sports and competes in the Western State Conference. The mascot for SMC is the Corsair. SMC fields both men's and women's teams in basketball, cross country, swimming, track and field, volleyball, and water polo. SMC fields men's teams in football team, and women's softball, soccer, and tennis teams.

Corsair Field (4,850) built in 1948, is home to football and track & field.

Corsair Pavilion (1,600) is home to men's and women's basketball and volleyball teams.

The Santa Monica Swim Center is home to men's and women's swimming and water polo teams.

[edit] Trivia

• Santa Monica College was the setting of UPN's hit sitcom The Parkers, which starred Countess Vaughn and comedian Mo'Nique Imes.

[edit] Notable alumni

• Isaac Bruce, Professional NFL (football) player
• Walter Cunningham, Astronaut (A.S. 1958) (B.S. 1960 at the University of California, Los Angeles)
• James Dean, Actor
• Dustin Hoffman, Actor
• Rickie Lee Jones, Musician
• Lenny Krayzelburg, Swimmer (A.A. 1996) (B.A. 1998 at the University of Southern California)
• Monica Lewinsky, White House intern
• Nathan Myhrvold, former Microsoft chief technology officer
• Nick Sagan, Novelist and screenwriter
• Kentaro Sato, Composer
• Arnold Schwarzenegger, 38th Governor of California (A.A. 1977) (B.A. 1979 at the University of Wisconsin-Superior). Schwarzenegger gave the commencement address in 2005.
• Steve Smith - Carolina Panthers wide receiver
• Chad Johnson - Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver
• Gloria Stuart, Actress
• Sean Penn, Actor
• Kenan Thompson, Actor
• Kel Mitchell, Actor
• Hillary Swank, Actress
• Rivers Cuomo, Musician (Weezer)
• Mike Muir, Musician (Suicidal Tendencies)
• Alison Lohman, Actress
• Robby Krieger, Musician (The Doors)
• SNoW, Musician

[edit] External links

• Official webpage.
• SMC Corsairs Athletic webpage
• KCRW radio
• Le Show