College of the Redwoods
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- The College of the Redwoods should not be confused with the similarly named College of the Sequoias in the San Joaquin Valley town of Visalia, California.
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| Established: | 1964 |
| Type: | Public |
| President: | Casey Crabill |
| Faculty: | 110 full-time; 375 part-time |
| Students: | 17,223 (Total Fall Semester 2007 enrollment) |
| Location: | Eureka, California, USA |
| Campus: | Rural; Three main educational sites, two off-campus sites which include 449,948 square feet (41,802 m²) of buildings sitting on 334 acres (1.4 km²). |
| Website: | http://www.redwoods.edu/ |
College of the Redwoods (CR) is a public two-year community college whose main campus, comprising 270 acres (1.1 km²), is located on the southernmost edge of Eureka in Humboldt County, California. This sprawling site is spacious and distinctive in the use of large buildings with massive, exposed wood support beams. Situated primarily on a man made shelf carved out of low hills, it has a commanding view of ranch land, the Humboldt Bay Wildlife Refuge, and the southern portion of Humboldt Bay. The campus, though well lit and obvious at night, seems to recede into the natural landscape during the day. Current enrollment in the Fall of 2007 is 17,223 students (at all sites in the extensive district).
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[edit] Curriculum specialties
The college offers a variety of transfer, vocational, and community-based classes, including its world-famous Fine Woodworking Program started by master woodworker James Krenov, a Police Academy, Nursing and Dental Programs, Truck Driving School, ever-evolving Computer Information Sciences, Computer-Aided Drafting, and Digital Media Departments, and the new, (added in 2006), Hospitality, Restaurant and Culinary Arts Program. The college is named after the Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) trees native to the region.
[edit] Satellite campuses
CR has two satellite campuses: CR Del Norte in Crescent City, Del Norte County; and CR Mendocino Coast in Fort Bragg, Mendocino County. CR also has other off-campus sites, including the Arcata Instructional Site, the Eureka Downtown Instructional Site, the Bianchi Farm and the Klamath-Trinity Instructional Site on the Hoopa Valley Tribe reservation.
[edit] History
The original Redwoods Community College District was formed in 1964 by a vote of the people of Humboldt County. In 1975, residents of the coastal portion of Mendocino County voted to join the District, and in 1978 Del Norte County similarly joined. The college serves these areas, as well as a portion of Trinity County.
[edit] Finances
Beginning with the passage of Proposition 13 by California in 1977, College of the Redwoods and most public institutions in the state have suffered declining revenue, and this has continued following the Dot-Com Bust. All of this occurs while simultaneously suffering increasing costs due to inflation, population growth, and increasingly unfunded state and federal mandates. In 2006, Humboldt County voters passed Measure Q to supply $40,000,000 funding to upgrade and renovate facilities at the main campus.
