Citrus College is a public community college in Glendora, California. The Citrus Community College District, which supports the institution, includes the communities of Azusa,

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, Glendora and Monrovia. Founded in 1915 by educator Floyd S. Hayden, Citrus College is the oldest community college in

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, and the fifth oldest in the state of California. Until 1961, the school was operated by the Citrus Union High School District and served the local area as both a high school and a junior college. The superintendent/president is Dr. Greg Schulz, and the board of trustees includes Cheryl Alexander, Laura J. Bollinger, Dr. Anthony Contreras, Mary Ann Lutz and Dr. Patricia A. Rasmussen. During the 2019-2020 academic year, Citrus College enrolled 19,626 students. It conferred 2,444 degrees and awarded 2,175 certificates. 531 students graduated with honors (GPAs of 3.3 to 4.0). Citrus College currently offers 65

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s, 88 certificates and skill awards in

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programs, and 29 associate degrees for transfer (ADTs). Its operating budget for 2020-2021 is $78 million.

Campus

Citrus College has a 104-acre (42 ha) campus that includes 44 buildings and seven outdoor athletics facilities. The

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(HPAC) is a 1,440-seat proscenium venue and is host to over 140 performances annually, with over 100,000 patrons in attendance. Seats are no more than from the stage. The campus also holds a larger

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. The campus is also served by a nearby rail station for the Metro L Line as of March 5, 2016.

Athletics

The college's athletic teams are known as the Owls. The college currently fields eight men's and eight women's varsity teams. It competes as a member of the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) in the

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(WSC) for all sports except football, which competes in Southern California Football Association (SCFA). The football and soccer team play at the 10,000-seat-capacity

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Academics

The college runs the Citrus Singers program. This program, started in the 1960s, has provided a foundation for students to learn music and perform. Many of its alumni have gone on to be performers on Broadway and Television.

Accreditation

The college has accreditation from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). Its professional memberships include the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) and the Community College League of California (CCLC).

Notable faculty

* John Boylan (record producer), Professor of Critical Listening Skills, and Music Business/Audio Careers *

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, Professor of English. Author of numerous books, including ''Teaching Life'', a memoir of over 35 years of teaching.

Notable alumni

* Carlos Fisher, baseball,

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pitcher * Chris Limahelu, football, USC Trojans * Lionel Manuel, former

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wide receiver who played seven seasons in the

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, grew up in Rancho Cucamonga.

Free speech lawsuits

In 2003, at California's Citrus College, under the pressure of litigation and FIRE’s national campaign for campus constitutional rights, the Board of Trustees voted to rescind most of the speech codes at the public institution. This was the first victory in FIRE’s declared war on speech codes at public colleges and universities. The following year, Citrus College was sued again by FIRE when Citrus College reinstated its policy in the early 2010s, when a Young Americans for Liberty chapter, led by Gabriel Nadales and Vincenzo Sinapi-Riddle, was threatened with sanctions for not staying inside the " Free Speech Zone." In an interview to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune,

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, the president of Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, said, "'Citrus College agreed to eliminate its restrictive ‘free speech zone’ in the face of a FIRE lawsuit back in 2003, but later reinstated its speech quarantine when it thought no one was watching'...'But FIRE was watching, and we'll continue to do so. If the speech codes come back again, so will we.'"

References

External links

Official website

Official athletics website
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