Barstow College
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| Latin: Collegium Barstowea | |
| Motto | Jewel of the Desert |
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| Type | State Community College |
| Established | 1959 |
| Endowment | Barstow College Foundation |
| President | Dr. Debbie DiThomas |
| Vice-president | Dr. Bill Orr (Academic Affairs) |
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Academic staff
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235 full time and part-time instructors |
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Administrative staff
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150 |
| Students | 3,746 |
| Postgraduates | none |
| Location | Barstow, California, USA |
| Campus | Barstow and Ft. Irwin |
| Colors | Maize and Blue |
| Sports | Baseball, Basketball and Softball |
| Nickname | Vikings |
| Mascot | Viking Warrior |
| Website |
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Barstow Community College (BCC) is a community college in Barstow and the Mojave Desert, in San Bernardino County, Southern California.
BCC provides the first two years of general education requirements that enable students to transfer onward to a four-year college or university and provides certification and vocational training.
Barstow Community College (BCC) is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), an institutional accrediting body recognized by the Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation and the U.S. Department of Education. Barstow Community College offers the following degrees:
The Barstow Community College district was established in September 1959 by the citizens of the upper High Desert region of Southern California. Evening classes began the next year at Barstow High School, followed by the first day of classes in fall 1962 at Barstow First Methodist Church. The campus was constructed in 1964 at its current location on Barstow Road and first classes began in February 1965. Presently, the campus of BCC represents the standards of any college campus in the U.S. and includes: instructional halls, gym, athletic fields, tennis courts, cafeteria, student center, state of the art library, amphitheatre, fine arts center, and numerous administrative and technical buildings.
An open-admission, public institution, the college serves more than 3,700 students in degree and certificate programs with approximately 120 faculty. It provides the first two years of college or university study as part of the California State Community College System of Higher Education. The college's educational program includes lower-division course work, general education offerings, and vocational courses for transfer to baccalaureate degree institutions. The college offers a number of occupational programs designed to prepare students for entry into the workforce. Service learning and self-enrichment classes are also offered to the community.
Barstow Community College’s vocational program was revamped in 2006 to meet the needs of the community and workforce. In 2010, a partnership between a local business leader and a charter school emerged and the Center for Workforce and Economic Development (a partnership between BCC and Excelsior Charter School) was formed. 90 percent of the college’s Career Technical Education (CTE) programs are centrally located in one facility and include Solar Technology, Logistics and Warehousing, Electrical, Building Construction Trades Technology, HVAC, Automotive and Diesel Technology, Photography and Welding. The college completed the renovation of its student services center (Norman Smith Student Services Center) in 2009 and began construction of a 700-seat Performing Arts Center in October 2010 and opened Fall of 2014. A two-story Wellness Center (located behind the current James R. Parks gymnasium), complete with an indoor track broke ground in late 2011.
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