Citrus College
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Citrus College is a public community college in Glendora, California. The Citrus Community College District, which supports the institution, includes the communities of Azusa, Claremont, Duarte, Glendora and Monrovia.
Citrus Union High School was founded in 1891 to serve students from Azusa and Glendora. In 1915, educator Floyd S. Hayden expanded its offerings to include a junior college and, from 1915 to 1961, the school was operated by the Citrus Union High School District as both a high school and a junior college. Citrus College is the oldest community college in Los Angeles County, California, and the fifth oldest in the state of California.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, Citrus College enrolled 19,626 students. It conferred 2,444 degrees and awarded 2,175 certificates. Citrus College offers 65 associate degree programs and 88 certificate programs, as well as skill awards in career technical education programs. Its operating budget for 2020-2021 was $78 million.
Campus
Citrus College has a 104-acre (42 ha) campus, which includes 44 buildings and seven outdoor athletic facilities.
The Haugh Performing Arts Center (HPAC), which is located on campus, is a 1,440-seat proscenium venue and is host to over 140 performances annually, with over 100,000 patrons in attendance. Seats are no more than Template:Convert from the stage.
The campus is also served by a nearby rail station for the Metro A Line as of March 5, 2016.
Athletics
The college's athletic teams are known as the Owls. The college currently fields eight men's and eight women's varsity teams. It competes as a member of the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) in the Western State Conference (WSC) for all sports except football, which competes in Southern California Football Association (SCFA).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The football and soccer teams play at the 10,000-seat-capacity Citrus Stadium.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Academics
The college is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC). Its professional memberships include the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), the Community College League of California (CCLC), the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), and California Colleges for International Education (CCIE).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The college runs the Citrus Singers program.Template:Citation needed The program started in the 1960s and has provided a foundation for students to learn and perform music. Many of its alumni have gone on to be performers on Broadway and TV.
Student Life
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Notable faculty
- John Boylan, Professor of Critical Listening Skills, and Music Business/Audio Careers
- Dale Salwak, Professor of English. Author of numerous books, including Teaching Life, a memoir of over 35 years of teaching.
Notable alumni
- Sheryl Cooper, professional dancer and wife of Alice Cooper<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Dane Cruikshank, professional football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Carlos Fisher, professional baseball playerTemplate:Citation needed
- Quinton Ganther, professional football player and current coach
- Harvey Guillén, professional actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Billy Kilmer, professional football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Chris Limahelu, college football player<ref name="usctrojans1">Template:Cite web</ref>
- Lionel Manuel, professional football player<ref>Template:Cite web
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- Lynsi Snyder, owner and heiress of the In-N-Out Burger company<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Free speech lawsuits
In 2003, under the pressure of litigation and FIRE's national campaign for campus constitutional rights, the Citrus College Board of Trustees voted to rescind most of the speech codes at the public institution. This was the first victory in FIRE's declared war on speech codes at public colleges and universities.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Citrus College was sued again by FIRE in the early 2010s when it reinstated its policy after a Young Americans for Liberty chapter, led by Gabriel Nadales and Vincenzo Sinapi-Riddle, was threatened with sanctions for not staying inside the "Free Speech Zone." In an interview with the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Greg Lukianoff, the president of FIRE, said, "Citrus College agreed to eliminate its restrictive 'free speech zone' in the face of a FIRE lawsuit back in 2003, but later reinstated its speech quarantine when it thought no one was watching ... but FIRE was watching, and we'll continue to do so. If the speech codes come back again, so will we."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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- Citrus College
- California Community Colleges
- Glendora, California
- Universities and colleges established in 1915
- Schools accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges
- Universities and colleges in Los Angeles County, California
- 1915 establishments in California
- Two-year colleges in the United States