Santa Monica College is a two-year public community college located in Santa Monica in Los Angeles County, California. The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... University President is the title of the highest ranking officer within a university, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Chancellor or rector. ... Alternate uses: Student (disambiguation) Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, which means to study, a student is one who studies. ... For other uses, see Santa Monica (disambiguation). ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... School colors are the colors chosen by a school to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification. ... The athletic nickname, or equivalently athletic moniker, of a university or college within the United States of America is the name officially adopted by that institution for at least the members of its athletic teams. ... Millie, once mascot of the City of Brampton, is now the Brampton Arts Councils representative. ... A Web site (or colloquially, Website) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on a Web server, usually accessible via the Internet or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML, that is almost always accessible via HTTP... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Junior college. ... For other uses, see Santa Monica (disambiguation). ... Map of California showing Los Angeles County. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ...

Santa Monica College was first opened in 1929 as Santa Monica Junior College. Current enrollment is 32,000 students in more than 90 fields of study. The college also has one of the largest international student populations of any community college in the US, with approximately 3,000 from more than 100 countries.

Santa Monica College is ranked number one among California's community colleges in transfers to the University of California [1][2], and is one of the leaders for the University of Southern California and other four-year campuses. Transfer courses are offered in such fields as business administration, journalism, fine arts, health sciences, and the liberal arts. Berkeley Davis Irvine Los Angeles Merced San Diego Santa Barbara Santa Cruz UC Office of the President in Oakland The University of California (UC) is a public university system in the state of California. ... Doheny Library. ... Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a tertiary degree in business management. ... Journalism is a discipline of gathering, writing and reporting news, and more broadly it includes the process of editing and presenting the news articles. ... Fine art is a term used to refer to fields traditionally considered to be artistic. ... Health science is the discipline of applied science which deals with human and animal health. ... In the history of education, the seven liberal arts comprise two groups of studies, the trivium and the quadrivium. ...

The Santa Monica College Arts Mentor Program provides certain students in the fine and applied arts with graduate-level training by professionals in their specialized fields. The program was designed for select individuals whose talents exceed the scope of the traditional curriculum at the College.

Santa Monica College also offers a variety of occupational certificate programs, including Accounting, Fashion Design, Office Information Systems, and its Academy of Entertainment Technology (which offers certificates in Interactive Media and in Animation).

Santa Monica College is also the home of KCRW (89.9 FM), a leading public radio station in the US which broadcasts throughout Los Angeles and Orange counties to an estimated 450,000 listeners. The station is the broadcast home of Morning Becomes Eclectic and Harry Shearer's Le Show. KCRW (89. ... Public broadcasting (also known as public service broadcasting or PSB) is the dominant form of broadcasting around the world, where radio, television, and potentially other electronic media outlets receive funding from the public. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Sounds Eclectic is a weekly public radio program hosted by Nic Harcourt that plays a variety of music, often by emerging artists. ... Harry Julius Shearer (born December 23, 1943) is an American comedic actor and writer. ... Le Show is a weekly syndicated public radio show hosted by satirist Harry Shearer and carried on many National Public Radio and other public radio stations throughout the US. It is also available internationally on NPR Worldwide and shortwave radio, as well as on XM Public Radio and Sirius Laugh...

Athletics

Santa Monica College fields 16 sports and competes in the Western State Conference. The mascot for SMC is the Corsair. SMC fields both men's and women's teams in basketball, cross country, swimming, track and field, volleyball, and water polo. SMC fields men's teams in football team, and women's softball, soccer, and tennis teams. The Western State Conference (or WSC) is a college athletic conference that is affliated with the California Communnity College - Commission on Athletics. ... Look up corsair in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ... The Minnesota State High school Cross Country Meet A cross country race in Seaside, Oregon. ... This article concentrates on human swimming. ... Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events. ... Volleyball is an Olympic sport in which two teams separated by a high net use their hands, arms or (rarely) other parts of their bodies to hit a ball back and forth over the net. ... Water polo is a team water sport, which can be best described as a combination of swimming, handball and wrestling. ... Look up Football in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Softball is a team sport, in which a ball, eleven to twelve inches (or rarely, 16 inches) (28 to 30. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ...

Corsair Field (4,850) built in 1948, is home to football and track and field.

Corsair Pavilion (1,600) is home to men's and women's basketball and volleyball teams, as well as the Hollywood Fame of the American Basketball Association The Hollywood Fame are a team of the American Basketball Association based in the Hollywood region of Los Angeles. ... For the league that began in 1999, see American Basketball Association (2000-). The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a professional basketball league founded in 1967, and eventually merged, in part, with the National Basketball Association (NBA). ...

The Santa Monica Swim Center is home to men's and women's swimming and water polo teams.

Trivia

• Santa Monica College was the setting of UPN's hit sitcom The Parkers, which starred Countess Vaughn and comedian Mo'Nique Imes.

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Notable alumni

• Isaac Bruce, Professional NFL (football) player
• Walter Cunningham, Astronaut (A.S. 1958) (B.S. 1960 at the University of California, Los Angeles)
• James Dean, Actor
• Dustin Hoffman, Actor
• Rickie Lee Jones, Musician
• Lenny Krayzelburg, Swimmer (A.A. 1996) (B.A. 1998 at the University of Southern California)
• Monica Lewinsky, White House intern
• Nathan Myhrvold, former Microsoft chief technology officer
• Nick Sagan, Novelist and screenwriter
• Kentaro Sato, Composer
• Arnold Schwarzenegger, 38th Governor of California (A.A. 1977) (B.A. 1979 at the University of Wisconsin-Superior). Schwarzenegger gave the commencement address in 2005.
• Steve Smith - Carolina Panthers wide receiver
• Chad Johnson - Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver
• Sidney Wicks - Four-time NBA All-star and 1972 NBA Rookie of the Year
• Gloria Stuart, Actress
• Sean Penn, Actor
• Kenan Thompson, Actor
• Kel Mitchell, Actor
• Hillary Swank, Actress
• Rivers Cuomo, Musician (Weezer)
• Mike Muir, Musician (Suicidal Tendencies)
• Alison Lohman, Actress
• Robby Krieger, Musician (The Doors)
• SNoW, Musician
• Cliff Eidelman, Musician

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External links

• Official webpage.
• SMC Corsairs Athletic webpage
• KCRW radio
• Le Show