Chabot College (Chabot or CC) is a

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. It is part of the Chabot-Las Positas Community College District.

History

Chabot College was the first college opened by the Chabot- Las Positas Community College District. The formation of a “junior college district” was approved by the voters on January 10, 1961, and the first board of trustees elected on April 18, 1961. Chabot College opened for classes on September 11, 1961, on a temporary site in San Leandro with an enrollment of 1,163 students. The Chabot College site on Hesperian Boulevard in Hayward opened for its first day of classes on September 20, 1965. The college primarily serves residents of

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in the

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(generally the suburban region south of

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), including the district communities of Hayward,

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, San Lorenzo and Union City. The school is named for noted Bay Area entrepreneur

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Organization and administration

The president is Susan Sperling.

Academic profile

Chabot offers a curriculum of over 175 majors of study, awarding more than 100 associate degrees and certificates. Chabot is on a semester system. The college features six academic divisions: Applied Technology and Business, Language Arts, Math and Sciences, Physical Education and Health, the College of the Arts, and Social Sciences. The Business program offers degrees in Business, Accounting, Retail Management, Business Management, Marketing and certificates in various areas, including Accounting, Health Care Management, Human Resources Assistant, Entrepreneurship, Real Estate, Marketing, Retailing, Management, etc.

Accreditation

Chabot College is accredited by the

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. Specific programs are accredited by the Council on Dental Education, American Dental Association, the Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation in collaboration with the American Hospital Health Information, Management Association, and the America Medical Assisting Association. The program in nursing is accredited by the California Board of Registered Nursing. The college is approved by the

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and is a member of the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges and the

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. Chabot College is an accredited institutional member of the

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Educational paths

Chabot provides the following academic pathways: * Technical and career-vocational education programs * Transfer education programs to four-year universities * General education * Basic skills instruction * English as a second language programs * Community and continuing Education programs * Radio & Television Broadcasting

Student life

Radio station KCRH

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is an 18 watt radio station operated by the mass communications class at Chabot.

Television station KCTH 27

Chabot College's Television Studio was established when the College first opened in 1964. It was the first West Coast College Television Station with 5 On Campus Channels that allowed instructors to receive 5 independent

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feeds of programming from the studio. Lately, it became the Community Media Center for the East bay by taking over

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channels from

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due to the DIVCA (Digital Infrastructure Video Communications Act). Which makes the Studio available to the communities as well as for Educational-access television use. Local business and Individuals can now use the

Leased access Leased access is airtime that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) mandates must be provided by cable operators (such as Comcast Xfinity and Charter Spectrum) for use by independent cable programmers and producers who are not owned by the ope ...

High Definition Studios, with access to over 100,000 viewers and on line streaming as well as AT&T-U-viewers. Currently the Station runs KCTH 27 the Educational-access television channel, KCMC 28 and 29, also Channel 99 under Hayward on AT&T U-verse. It is growing in programming and equipment.

Sport

In 1987 the Chabot College

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team won the intercollegiate national championship. The

Bay Area Ambassadors Bay Area Ambassadors was an American soccer team based in Hayward, California, United States. Active from 2009 to 2012, the team played in National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the American Socc ...

soccer team has played at the Gladiator Stadium from 2009-2012.

Noted people

Notable alumni

* Jeff Barnes, former NFL player *

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, bassist for the heavy metal band

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, basketball coach *

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, entrepreneur and author *

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, Major League Baseball pitcher * Tim Davis, football player * Ed Galigher, defensive lineman for the NFL's

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and

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* Chris Geile, offensive lineman for the NFL's

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, Academy Award-winning actor *

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, journalist and author * Robert Jenkins, former NFL player *

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, wide receiver for the NFL's

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, Major League Baseball outfielder * Eric Lane, former NFL player *

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, Major League Baseball outfielder * Lorenzo Lynch, former NFL player * Bip Roberts, All-Star Major League Baseball second baseman * Brandon Kolb, Major League Baseball pitcher * Aaron Ledesma, Major League Baseball infielder * Mike McRae, Olympic long jumper *

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, comic book artist *

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, Major League Baseball pitcher *

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, outfielder with the

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team *

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, former NFL player * Adrian Ward, former NFL player *

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, former Milwaukee Brewers and current Kansas City Royals manager * Mike Young, Major League Baseball outfielder * Doug Padilla, USA Olympic distance runner *

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, actress who played E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial *

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, former NFL football player with NY Giants, played in Super Bowl XXXV

Faculty

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, business professor *

Helen Feyler-Switz Helen Shafter Feyler-Switz (March 25, 1925 – July 18, 2006) was an American artist and art instructor, based in California. Early life and education Helen Shafter was born in Philadelphia, the daughter of Wasyl (William) Shafter and Anna ...

, art instructor * S. Floyd Mori, economics professor

References

External links

Official website
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