Cerritos College

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Cerritos College MCIS building

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Entrance to Cerritos College

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Falcon Stadium in 2008

Cerritos College is a public community college in Norwalk, California. It offers degrees and certificates in 87 areas of study in nine divisions.

History

The college was founded in 1955. It was named after Rancho Los Cerritos, a local ranch in the 19th century. In turn the college was part of the inspiration for the renaming of the neighboring city of Dairy Valley to Cerritos. The district covers Artesia, Bellflower, Cerritos, Downey, Norwalk, La Mirada, and Hawaiian Gardens.

Originally, classrooms were rented in the now defunct Excelsior High School in September 1956.<ref name="cerritos">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On July 24, 1957, the Cerritos Junior College District won the case against Dairy Valley (now Cerritos) to use the undeveloped land as an educational site.<ref name="cerritos"/> In September 1959, the college moved from Excelsior High School to the current site.<ref name="cerritos"/>

Organization and administration

The founder was Ralph Burnight of Redlands, a resident of Bellflower and superintendent of the Excelsior School District. The current college president is Jose Fierro.

Campus modernization

On February 15, 2017, the school opened two new buildings: a new Math and Computer Information Sciences building, and a Fine Arts complex. Together, the new facilities cost over $55 million and were funded by Measure G bond dollars.<ref name="cerritos_release2017">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Housing

On June 11, 2020, Cerritos became the first California community college to have housing for students without a place to live or with uncertain housing.<ref name ="Housing">Template:Citation</ref>

Athletics

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Baseball	Basketball
Basketball	Cross Country
Cross Country	Soccer
Football	Softball
Soccer	Swimming & Diving
Swimming & Diving	Track & Field
Track & Field	Volleyball
Water Polo	Water Polo
Wrestling	Wrestling

Notable alumni

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External links

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