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Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) is a
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in
Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara ( es, Santa Bárbara, meaning "Saint Barbara") is a coastal city in Santa Barbara County, California, of which it is also the county seat. Situated on a south-facing section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coa ...
. It opened in 1909 and is located on a campus.


History

Santa Barbara City College was established by the Santa Barbara High School District in 1909, making it one of the oldest community colleges in California. The college was discontinued shortly after World War I, and its work largely taken over by the Santa Barbara State Normal School, which became the Santa Barbara State College, and later, the
University of California, Santa Barbara The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Barbara, California with 23,196 undergraduates and 2,983 graduate students enrolled in 2021–2022. It is part of the U ...
. SBCC was reorganized by the high school district in the fall of 1946. Called Santa Barbara Junior College from its inception, the Santa Barbara Board of Education formally changed the name to Santa Barbara City College in July 1959. Also in the summer of 1959, the institution moved to its present and permanent location on the Santa Barbara Mesa, former site of the University of California, Santa Barbara. Situated on a 74-acre bluff, the campus overlooks the harbor and Pacific Ocean. Passage of a 1969 construction bond issue and a 1973 land acquisition bond issue ensured that the college would have a single, consolidated Mesa campus. In 2013, Santa Barbara City College was awarded the
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Prize for Community College Excellence.


Academics

The School of Media Arts (SOMA) was established in 2001 to focus on applied communication, visual literacy and digital media. The school covers many areas of interest, including film studies, film production, photography, and computer and multimedia arts. The music department at features several performance groups, including three
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s, large and small
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s, a concert band, and a full symphony orchestra. The automotive program has been certified by the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) as a master training institution, having met industry standards in all eight of the automotive specialty areas: engine repair, engine performance,
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, electrical systems,
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s,
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and axle, and
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s and front end. Santa Barbara City College's Marine Diving Technologies Program is the only community college degree program in the nation which is accredited by the Association of Commercial Diving Educators (ACDE), the
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(IDSA), and the
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(NAUI). The program trains and certifies for all levels of
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. The Cancer Information Management Program at Santa Barbara City College offers two types of degrees: An Associate in Science in Cancer Information Management and the Certificate of Completion in Cancer Information Management. It is one of the few Cancer Information Management programs in the nation to currently offer an associate degree which is required to sit for the National Exam to become a Certified Tumor Registrar with the
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starting in 2009. The student newspaper is named ''The Channels''.


Athletics

The college's athletic teams are known as the Vaqueros. Santa Barbara competes as a member of the
California Community College Athletic Association The California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) is a sports association of community colleges in the U.S. state of California. It oversees 108 athletic programs throughout the state. The organization was formed in 1929 as the Calif ...
(CCCAA) in the
Western State Conference The Western State Conference (WSC) is a college athletic conference that is affiliated with the California Community College Athletic Association. The conference was established in 1950, making it the oldest community college conference in Califo ...
(WSC) for all sports except football, which competes in Southern California Football Association (SCFA). City College offers intercollegiate athletic competition with nine men sports and eleven women's sports. Santa Barbara City College has won 11 CCCAA State Championship with the women's water polo team being the most recent winner in 2017. Under the leadership of Athletic Director Rocco Constantino in 2017–2018, the Vaqueros finished tenth in the state of California in the NATYCAA Cup Standings, which measures the overall success of the athletic program on the state level. They were the highest ranking Western State Conference school in these standings. This represented the best showing for SBCC in the Cup's history. In 2017–2018, the Vaqueros won a WSC-leading six conference championships. The SBCC Vaqueros soccer and football teams play at the 10,000-capacity La Playa Stadium in Santa Barbara. A number of SBCC alumni have gone on to play professional sports in America. This group is highlighted by
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, Tyler Gilbert,
Dylan Axelrod Dylan Davis Haines Axelrod (born July 30, 1985) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds. At Santa Barbara High School Axelrod was the 2003 ...
, Delwyn Young, Gary Woods,
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and Scott Randall (Major League Baseball), Larry Moriarty, Mitch Wishnowsky and Booker Brown (National Football League) and Don Ford (National Basketball Association). Orosco is a member of the CCCAA Hall of Fame, along with former SBCC coaches and administrators Pat Moorhouse and Bob Dinaberg. In 2019, the Santa Barbara City College established the SBCC Vaqueros Hall of Fame to recognize athletes, coaches, contributors and teams from their past. The inaugural Hall of Fame Class of 2019 includes former head coaches/administrators Bob Dinaberg, Pat Moorhouse and Bud Revis, student-athletes Booker Brown, Gary Woods, Marina Gomez and Debbie Ekola and the 1977 State Champion Women's Track & Field team.


Notable people


Notable alumni

* Jaime Ambriz, retired professional soccer player * Tyler Gilbert, Major League Baseball player * Ron Anderson, NBA *
Dylan Axelrod Dylan Davis Haines Axelrod (born July 30, 1985) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds. At Santa Barbara High School Axelrod was the 2003 ...
, Major League baseball player * Eion Bailey, American actor *
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, American folk rock musician *
Phillip Gonyea Before the Mourning (also initialized as B4TM) was an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles. The band has released two EPs entitled'' Remembrance'' as well as'' Damned and Forsaken'', and published full-length album'' Etherial End ''on Aug ...
, drummer for Los Angeles heavy metal band Before The Mourning and former percussionist for alternative rock band Against All Will *
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, American basketball coach of the
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* James Kiffe, professional soccer player * Ozzy Lusth of '' Survivor: Cook Islands'' and '' Survivor: Micronesia'' * Randolph Mantooth, American actor, writer, and producer * Airin Older, bassist of Sugarcult *
Jesse Orosco Jesse Russell Orosco (born April 21, 1957) is a Mexican American former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who holds the major league record for career pitching appearances, having pitched in 1,252 games. He pitched most notably for the New ...
, major league baseball record-holder for career pitching appearances *
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, American singer/songwriter *
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, television reporter, host of eponymous radio show *
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, perpetrator of the 2014 Isla Vista killings * Mark Andrew Smith, graphic novelist * Matthew Landy Steen, American political activist, co-founder
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* Grace Tame, 2021
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* Das Williams,
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member * Delwyn Young, baseball player for the
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*
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, deputy prime minister of the
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and minister of presidential affairs * Mitch Wishnowsky, football player for the
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Notable faculty

*
Kathryn Ish Kathryn Ish (February 18, 1936 – December 31, 2007) was an American Broadway theater, film, television and voiceover actress. She was also a founding member of '' The Committee'' political satire improvisational comedy group. Her television cr ...
, acting teacher


References


External links


Official website
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