| Rio Hondo College | |
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| Type | Public Community College |
| President | Dr. Ted Martinez, Jr. |
| Undergraduates | 20,000 |
| Location | Whittier, California, USA |
| Nickname | Roadrunners |
| Mascot | Roadrunner |
| Website | Rio Hondo College |
Rio Hondo College is a community college located in the city of Whittier, California, United States, named after the Rio Hondo. It was founded in 1960 and mainly serves the cities of Whittier, Pico Rivera, Santa Fe Springs, El Monte, and South El Monte. The college is accredited by Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Aside from its academic programs, the college is also home to Rio Hondo Fire Academy and Rio Hondo Police Academy. The college is undergoing a multi-million dollar renovation. The school baseball team also scrimmaged the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes Minor League Baseball team on March 12, 2003. Rio Hondo won 7-5.
Rio Hondo offers on-campus, online, and off-campus courses to all of its students. The campus has free Wi-Fi that is available to all computers, which began in November 2007. Many online courses are given through Blackboard.
All full-time students (students enrolled in 12 or more units in a semester) are eligible for a free bus pass for transportation with the Norwalk Transit, Metro, Foothill Transit, Sunshine Shuttle and Montebello Bus Lines. Negotiations between the Rio Hondo College Board of Trustees created this program as early as 2006, which was proposed by Gary Mendez, Governing Board Member and followed by staff member Dr. Andy Howard.[1] The program was named the Rio Hondo College Bus Pass Subsidy Program, and has since been dubbed "GO RIO" and officially began during the 2006–2007 school year.[2]
The official student newspaper of the college is titled El Paisano.[3]
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