Ohlone College
| Type | Community College |
|---|---|
| Established | 1965 |
| President | Dr. Gari Browning |
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Academic staff
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465 (PT and FT) |
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Administrative staff
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235 |
| Students | 11,579 |
| Address |
43600 Mission Blvd, Fremont, CA 94539 (Fremont Campus and District Office) 39399 Cherry St, Newark, CA 94560 (Newark Campus), Fremont (main campus), California, United States 37°31′49.88″N 121°54′52.05″W / 37.5305222°N 121.9144583°WCoordinates: 37°31′49.88″N 121°54′52.05″W / 37.5305222°N 121.9144583°W |
| Campus |
Suburban 2 campuses (Fremont and Newark) |
| Colors | Green, Yellow and White |
| Athletics | CCCAA – Coast Conference |
| Nickname | Renegades |
| Affiliations | California Community Colleges |
| Website | www.ohlone.edu |
Ohlone College is a community college in Fremont, California with a second campus located in Newark, California. The Ohlone Community College District serves the cities of Fremont and Newark, as well as parts of Union City. Ohlone offers 61 associate degrees leading to university transfer or careers and over 100 vocational certificate programs that provide job skill training.
Ohlone is one of the 112 colleges in the California Community College System. In 2013, it was recognized as one of the Top 10 Community Colleges in California for its transfer to university and success rate, based on data from the State Chancellor's Office.
Established as a California Community College in 1965 following voter approval, Ohlone College serves the cities of Fremont and Newark and parts of Union City in the southeast region of the San Francisco Bay area. The Ohlone Community College District is a single college district with two campuses and a thriving e-campus.
Officially named Ohlone College on June 18, 1967, the institution honors the early Ohlone who lived in the Fremont and Newark area and much of the surrounding San Francisco Bay for hundreds of years prior to the arrival of Europeans.
A Board of Trustees was elected in 1966, which then hired the founding president, Dr. Stephen Epler, in June 1966. The college opened in fall 1967 at the Serra Center, a temporary site on Washington Boulevard. Eventually the college went out to the community for a $10 million bond and in 1972 began construction of the new Ohlone College campus on Mission Boulevard in Fremont.
Ernest J. Kump designed the original nine buildings that make up the academic village. Buildings added later to the campus include the performing arts center, the technology center, the child development center and the student services center. A second campus was constructed in Newark, CA, The Ohlone College Newark Center for Health Sciences and Technology, which opened in 2008.
Including Dr. Epler, Ohlone has had only six presidents in its 45+ year history. The current president is Dr. Gari Browning, Ohlone's first female president.
Ohlone fields teams in 7 varsity sports (5 men's, 6 women's) including swimming, baseball, basketball, soccer and water polo, and is a member of the CCCAA (California Community College Athletics Association) and the Coast Conference.
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