The College of Marin is a public

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Marin County, California Marin County is a County (United States), county located in the northwestern part of the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 262,231. Its county seat and ...

, with two campuses, one in

Kentfield Kentfield (formerly Ross Landing, Tamalpais, and Kent) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Marin County, California, United States, just north of San Francisco. Kentfield is located southwest of downtown San Rafael, at an elevation of 115 fee ...

, and the second in

Novato Novato ( Spanish for "Novatus") is a city in Marin County, California, in the North Bay region of the Bay Area. At the 2020 census, Novato had a population of 53,225. History What is now Novato was originally the site of several Coast Miwok ...

. It is the only institution operated by the

Marin Community College District The College of Marin is a public community college in Marin County, California, with two campuses, one in Kentfield, and the second in Novato. It is the only institution operated by the Marin Community College District. College of Marin has bee ...

. College of Marin has been in operation since 1926. Each semester, about 10,000 students are enrolled in over 1,100 credit classes. Approximately 100 international students participate in College of Marin's International Student Program. Nearly 6,000 students attend the college's community education and

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classes. College of Marin is known for its theatre department, which has the highest transfer acceptance to

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of any two-year college in the nation.

History

The college offers seventy Associate of Arts and Associate of Science degree programs, and has established approximately 200

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agreements with the

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, and private

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s. In addition, the college provides 35 two-year vocational and career programs, as well as providing basic skills,

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education, and community education classes. College_of_marin_sign

Originally known as Marin Junior College when established in 1926, the college was renamed College of Marin in 1947. In 1985 College of Marin merged with

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. This merger provided Marin residents with two campuses, the original campus located in Kentfield and the

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in Novato. The two campuses serve a county population of approximately 250,000 residents.

''The Echo Times''

''The Echo Times'' is the college's monthly student-run newspaper.

Governance

The College of Marin is governed as part of the

(MCCD), the community college district serving

. MCCD is one of six California community college districts that is considered "basic aid", or "self-supporting", and therefore receives most of its operating revenue from local property taxes rather than State apportionment (since local property tax revenues exceed apportionment figures). The MCCD is governed by seven members of a

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elected at-large to four-year terms. Elections are held every two years, three members chosen the year after a

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and four chosen the year before. The students also elect one non-voting student trustee, who serves a one-year term and can participate in discussions and make and second motions so long as they are not related to

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negotiations,

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Athletics

Fall

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(men's and women's) *

Water Polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

Winter

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(men's and women's)

Spring

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and

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Student body association

In 1927 the students of College of Marin organized an

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named "The Associated Students of Marin Junior College". On October 8, 1932, they filed in the office of the California Secretary of State a document titled "Articles of Incorporation of The Associated Students of Marin Junior College". The filing of that document transformed The Associated Students of Marin Junior College into a

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. On March 1, 1991, the students filed a "Certificate of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation". The filing of that amendment changed the corporation's name to "Associated Students College of Marin". California law provides that, "The governing board of each community college district shall establish, maintain, operate, and govern one or more community colleges". The Board of Trustees of Marin Community College District has authorized the students of the district to organize a "student body association". The district's governing board has recognized that Associated Students College of Marin is a student body association. The governing board has also recognized Associated Students College of Marin "as the official voice for the students in District decision-making processes". The bylaws of Associated Students College of Marin (ASCOM) include a paragraph that reads, "The Associated Students of the College of Marin shall be associated with and a member of the Student Senate orCalifornia Community Colleges. The rules and regulations of the Student Senate orCalifornia Community Colleges shall be followed when consistent with the rules and regulations of ASCOM. Each new administration must approve and review the affiliation of the Associated Students of College of Marin with the Student Senate orCalifornia Community Colleges."

2021-2022 ASCOM BOARD

Notable alumni

Robert Mailer Anderson Robert Mailer Anderson (born 1968) is an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright, Grammy-nominated producer and activist. He is the author of the bestselling novel '' Boonville'', which takes place in the Northern California town of Boonvil ...

, author, activist, and philanthropist *

Jack Angel Jack Angel (October 24, 1930 – October 18, 2021) was an American voice actor, comedian, and radio personality. He provided voice-overs for animation and video games. Angel had voiced characters in shows by Hasbro and Hanna-Barbera such as '' S ...

, voice actor *

Don Barksdale Donald Argee Barksdale (March 31, 1923 – March 8, 1993) was an American professional basketball player. He was a pioneer as an African-American basketball player, becoming the first to be named NCAA All-American, the first to play on a ...

, NBA Hall of Fame * Cabot Bigham, professional rallycross driver *

Terry Bozzio Terry John Bozzio (born December 27, 1950) is an American drummer best known for his work with Missing Persons and Frank Zappa. He has been featured on nine solo or collaborative albums, 26 albums with Zappa and seven albums with Missing Person ...

, musician, drummer (with

Frank Zappa Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, composer, and bandleader. His work is characterized by wikt:nonconformity, nonconformity, Free improvisation, free-form improvisation, sound experimen ...

and UK) *

Pete Carroll Peter Clay Carroll (born September 15, 1951) is an American football coach who is the head coach and executive vice president for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He was previously the head football coach at USC Troja ...

, American football coach *

Konrad Dryden Konrad Claude Dryden (born September 13, 1963) is an American author who has written extensively on Italian opera, particularly about the movement known as Verismo. Lineage Dryden is the son of a British father, Kenneth Dryden (an RAF pilot ...

, author *

Dian Fossey Dian Fossey (, January 16, 1932 – ) was an American primatologist and conservationist known for undertaking an extensive study of mountain gorilla groups from 1966 until her murder in 1985. She studied them daily in the mountain forests of R ...

(business classes, 1949–50), primate research *

David Haskell David Michael Haskell (June 4, 1948 – August 30, 2000) was an American film, stage and television actor and singer best known for his performance in Godspell. Early life He was born in Stockton, California. David graduated from Ter ...

, actor *

Leslie Hendrix Leslie Hendrix is an American actress. She is best known for playing the role of medical examiner Elizabeth Rodgers on four ''Law & Order'' series (''Law & Order'', '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', '' Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' and '' ...

, actor *

Echo Heron Echo Heron, born Echo Ruah Salato in Troy, New York is an author of fiction, non-fiction, mysteries and historical fiction. She is also a critical care registered nurse A registered nurse (RN) is a nurse who has graduated or successfully pas ...

, nursing, author (New York Times bestselling), activist *

Art Schallock Arthur Lawrence Schallock (born April 25, 1924) is an American former left-handed pitcher who played with the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles from 1951 to 1955. Early life Art Schallock was born in 1924, the fourth child and second son of ...

, oldest living MLB player *

Honor Jackson Honor W. Jackson (born November 21, 1948) is a former American football defensive back in the National Football League for the New England Patriots and New York Giants. He was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the ninth round of the 1971 NFL Dr ...

, NFL player * Doug Dressler, NFL player *

Naomi Judd Naomi Judd (born Diana Ellen Judd; January 11, 1946 – April 30, 2022) was an American singer and actress. In 1980, she and her daughter Wynonna (born Christina Claire) formed the duo known as The Judds, which became a very successful country ...

, nursing, singer/songwriter *

Jim Kent William James Kent (born February 10, 1960) is an American research scientist and computer programmer. He has been a contributor to genome database projects and the 2003 winner of the Benjamin Franklin Award. Early life Kent was born in Hawa ...

, Research scientist and computer programmer *

Young L The Pack was a hip hop group formed in Berkeley, California in 2004. The group consisted of Lil B (Brandon McCartney), Young L (Lloyd Omadhebo), Stunnaman (Keith Jenkins), and Lil Uno (Damonte Johnson). They all recorded together for over a y ...

, rapper *

Erik Raven Erik Kristopher Raven is an American political advisor who serves as United States under secretary of the Navy in the Biden administration. Education Raven earned an Associate of Arts degree from the College of Marin, a Bachelor of Arts degre ...

, United States Under Secretary of the Navy * Adam Steltzner (1985–87), NASA engineer at JPL; phase lead and development manager for EDL (Entry, Descent and Landing) of the ''Curiosity'' rover lander, which successfully landed on Mars on August 5, 2012 *

Scott Thunes Scott Thunes (pronounced "TOO-nis") (born January 20, 1960) is a bass player, formerly with Frank Zappa, Wayne Kramer, Steve Vai, Andy Prieboy, Mike Keneally, Fear, The Waterboys, Big Bang Beat, and others. Thunes was raised in San Anselmo, ...

(1976-78 music), musician, bassist for Frank Zappa *

Robin Williams Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian. Known for his improvisational skills and the wide variety of characters he created on the spur of the moment and portrayed on film, in dramas and come ...

(1970-1973 theatre), actor and comedian

References

External links

Official website

''Echo Times''
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