The Vision - SOCCCD

The Vision of the South Orange County Community College District is to create

an environment of excellence that best serves the students and community.

The Mission of the South Orange County Community College District is to facilitate diverse opportunities

for learning, cultural enrichment and social experiences to foster student success and contribute to our dynamic community.

Dr. Raghu P. MathurChancellor since 2002

SOCCCD Professor since 1976 1

F orty years ago on Valentine’s Day, February 14, voters approved by more than a two-to-one margin the formation of the South Orange

County Community College District. This year is an exciting time as we celebrate our service to the community since 1967.

Saddleback College in Mission Viejo began offering classes in 1968. A satellite campus was established in 1979, which is now known as Irvine Valley College. Our third and newest campus, the Advanced Technology & Education Park (ATEP), will begin offering classes in Tustin in the Fall of 2007.

All three campuses are thriving – with numerous building construction and renovation projects underway. Distance education classes have grown over the past five years at an unprecedented rate: over 200% at Saddleback College and more than 143% at Irvine Valley College.

While it is generally recognized that community colleges are cost-effective and efficient, a recently published study shows that every dollar of state and local taxes invested in our district brings a return of 14.3 percent to state and local governments. Students who attend our colleges have higher earnings, pay more in taxes and use fewer social services than students with just a high school diploma. In recognition of our contributions, our district received the Orange County Business Council 2006 Workforce Development Award. Our first 40 years have been filled with great student accomplishments and successes. We give our profound thanks to the taxpayers for their continuing faith in our mission to provide the community with educational opportunities. Our deepest appreciation goes to all who have come before us, as well as to the Board of Trustees who are entrusted with shepherding our District’s resources over the coming decades.

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Fiscal Year 2006

General Fund Expenditures

State$17,477,174

9%

Beginning Fund Balance $20,748,723

11%

Local$152,125,780

79%

Student SupportIncludes admissions, counseling and

guidance, financial aid services, health center

$15,434,950

Accomplished FacultyFull-time Faculty 330 Doctoral Degrees 91 Master’s Degrees 294Part-time Faculty 842

EmployeesAdministration 31Classified Management 64Classified Support Staff 1,109 (Full- and Part-time)

Semester Enrollment Figures

Saddleback College 24,038Irvine Valley College 12,837Total 36,875

At the dedication of Saddleback College on October 15, 1968, President Ronald Reagan, then Governor of California, said, “We are here to dedicate an institution of opportunity and fulfillment.”

Aliso ViejoCapistrano BeachCoto De CazaDana PointDove CanyonEast Santa AnaEmerald BayFoothill RanchIrvineLadera RanchLaguna BeachLaguna HillsLaguna Niguel

Communities ServedLaguna Woods VillageLake ForestLas FloresMission ViejoNewport BeachPortola HillsRancho Santa MargaritaSan ClementeSan Juan CapistranoTrabuco CanyonTrabuco HighlandsTustin

America West AirlinesAmerican Museum of Military HistoryAquarium of the PacificAtlantic RecordsBest BuyBristol FarmsCalifornia State University, FullertonCalifornia State University, Long BeachCamp PendletonCapistrano-Laguna Beach Regional Occupational ProgramCapistrano Unified School DistrictChapman UniversityCoastline Regional Occupational ProgramColumbia Pictures Corp.

Concordia UniversityContinental AirlinesCounty of OrangeCox CommunicationsHoag Memorial HospitalIBMIrvine Unified School DistrictLaguna Beach Unified School DistrictJapan AirlinesMission Hospital Regional Medical CenterNewport-Mesa Unified School DistrictNorthrup GrummanOcean Institute

Pacific Wildlife ProjectRadio ShackRancho Mission Viejo Land ConservancyRaytheon CompanySaddleback Valley Unified School DistrictSanta Ana Unified School DistrictSony EntertainmentTustin Unified School DistrictTuttle-Click Automotive GroupU.S. Dept. of JusticeUnited Veterans OrganizationUniversity of California, IrvineUniversity of California, Los AngelesWells Fargo BankWet SealWhittier Presbyterian Hospital

Our Partners Through History (Partial List)

General Fund Revenues

The District was founded on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 1967, by a more than two-to-one margin of voters. A $9.5 million bond issue in April, 1968, guaranteed development of the first campus, Saddleback College.

In 1979, a satellite North Campus was opened in Irvine. In 1985, it became an independent college, and was officially named Irvine Valley College.

In 2007, the Advanced Technology & Education Park will begin offering classes to students on the Tustin campus.

District at a Glance

1967 1968 1985 2007

Total: $164,943,465

Total: $191,437,566

Federal$1,085,889

1%

Capital OutlayIncludes capital projects and

instructional equipment

$40,383,943

Security and Parking$4,988,969

Administration &Institutional Support

Includes administrative staff, human resources, accounting,

information technology, outreach

$20,899,395

Maintenance, Operations, Utilities

$10,331,217

InstructionIncludes faculty

salaries and benefits, libraries, classroom supplies, student aid

$72,904,991Total Employees 2,376

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Achievements in Academics

In 1973, the James B. Utt Memorial Library was dedicated in honor of the late Orange County congressman. Today the library is slated for an $18 million renovation including a state-of-the-art computer commons center.

For almost four decades, our renowned faculty and top-notch facilities have created a challenging environment for students who transfer and continue their baccalaureate degree at a university, or seek technical training to update their career skills.”

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Dr. Richard D. McCulloughPresident since 2004

Saddleback College Professor since 1971

In 1968, when Saddleback College opened its doors, 1,546 students

selected from 100 different course offerings. In 1975, student enroll-

ment increased 78 percent over the fall of 1974 to 11,041 students. In 2006, more than 24,000 students

selected from more than 1,000 course offerings each semester!

OM ore than 30 college and

community members participate in a new program

matching experienced, adult mentors with students who are in the Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS).

Saddleback is one of the only community colleges in the nation to provide a “real world” opportunity for aspiring film makers. For two years in a row, students have written scripts, directed and crewed feature length films. The films now have a berth at the Newport Beach Film Festival and are underwritten by film industry professionals.

Saddleback is the first community college in the nation to adopt the “Scholar-Baller” program for all of its 19 athletic teams. The program gives recognition and incentives to student-athletes who excel in the classroom and continue to progress towards completing their academic programs.

ut of 109 California Community Colleges, Saddleback College ranked second in the number of students transferred annually to UC Irvine and

third to California State University, Fullerton. It also ranks high in annual transfers to UC Los Angeles.

In an agreement with Indiana University, students with an associate degree can complete an additional 30 units at Saddleback before obtaining 30 units through Indiana University Distance Education to earn a bachelor’s degree in general studies.

Saddleback received the State Chancellor’s Award for Best Practices in Student Equity in recognition of its efforts to advance student diversity through numerous multicultural programs. A leader in nursing and health sciences education, Saddleback College achieved almost perfect licensing exam pass rates (nearly 100%) in all programs over the past several years. Gearing up to help meet the national

health care shortages, the College has generated almost $3 million in grants and partnership donations to support increased enrollment and equipment.

The Saddleback College Foundation awarded approximately $250,000 in student scholarships.

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Achievements in Technology

Saddleback College welcomed its first students on September 23, 1968 at an interim Mission Viejo site, now the present day site of Mission Regional Medical Center. In 1970, the new 200 acre permanent site was dedicated at 28000 Marguerite Parkway.

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Achievements in Community Outreach

ut of 109 community colleges, Saddleback ranks fourth in full-time equivalent students (FTES) taking distance education courses. Over the last five years,

the FTES have increased 200%. In fact, 15% of all Saddleback students are enrolled in one or more distance education classes online, on television or on the radio.

The rapid prototyping program, funded by a National Science Foundation grant, received national recognition for developing a model of a wounded American soldier’s skull used for reconstructive surgery. The program also received kudos for their virtual reconstruction of a .50-caliber rifle used during the 19th Century Lewis and Clark Expedition.

1,030 state-of-the-art computers have been installed throughout Saddleback. The entire campus is slated to go wireless in 2007.

uring the first quarter of the first school year in 1968, the

Saddleback College journalism program began publication of the Lariat. This independent, student-run newspaper has since created career pathways for hundreds of students, including nationally syndicated Drabble cartoonist Kevin Fagan and Pulitzer Prize-winner Lee McCormack. The Lariat has garnered a number of state and national awards and, for the past two years, was a finalist for the prestigious Pacemaker Award. In competition with community college journalism students from across the nation, the Lariat was nominated for the award by the Associated Collegiate Press because of its “commitment to excellence in journalism.” In 2005, the newspaper received 18 Awards of Excellence from the Journalism Association of Community Colleges. The Lariat is also a member of the Associated Collegiate Press Hall of Fame. A team of nearly 30 reporters and photographers now produce the paper throughout every fall and spring semester.

n on-campus memorial dedicated to veterans is being built – one of the first such memorials at an Orange County community college.

The Emeritus Institute celebrated 30 years of offering learning opportunities to older adults.

The Division of Fine Arts continued its tradition of sold-out student performances, the International Guest Artists Series and the 29th summer season of the Saddleback Civic Light Opera (SCLO).

KSBR-FM radio has been broadcasting since May of 1979. For two years running, KSBR has been a finalist for Radio and Records Industry Achievement Award for Smooth Jazz Station of the Year, the only student-operated station to be nominated.

The Saddleback College Foundation gala raised $60,000 for scholarships and instructional enrichment. The 5th Annual Athletic Associates Golf Tournament raised $14,000. The Alumna of the Year was film star Lynn-Holly Johnson who also received the 2006 Distinguished Alumni Award from the Community College League of California.

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Achievements in Excellence

Over the past 39 years, Saddleback has garnered 21 state titles in such sports as baseball, men’s basket-ball, football, men’s and women’s golf, softball, and men’s tennis. The College has also claimed 147 con-ference championships in 16 of its 19 intercollegiate programs. Thousands of Saddleback athletes have transferred to our nation’s universities and four-year colleges on athletic and academic scholarships.

18–2133.5%

22–2919.1%

> 6915%

50–6912.5%

30–4917%

<182.9%

AGE

GENDER

Female64.6%

Male35.4%

EDUCATION LEVEL

Freshmen47%

AA/AS/BA/BS or Higher

Degree 25.5%

HighSchool13.3%

Sophomore 6.7%

OtherUndergraduate

7.5%

ETHNICITY

Filipino2%

American Indian <1%

African American1.5%

Unknown/Other12.4%

Asian8.1%

Hispanic 13%

Caucasian62%

ENROLLMENT PATTERN

Evening25.5%

Day37.2%

Day & Evening37.3%

T he Gaucho Football Team won the 2006 National Bowl Championship of the Mission Conference, as well as the Orange Empire Conference title.

The Men’s and Women’s Golf Teams also won Orange Empire Conference titles. Golf Coach Bill Cunerty was named conference Coach of the Year.

The Saddleback College Full-time Professor of the Year, Music Instructor Norman Weston, was named Orange County Community College Professor of the Year by the Orange County Department of Education.

Professor of Nursing Phillis Kucharski earned the Status of California Nursing Spectrum of Excellence Award in the area of teaching.

The Surf Team won the NSSA National Championships edging out competition from other community colleges and four-year universities.

English as a Second Language Instructor Carol Bander was presented with the Sadai Iwataki Award, the highest honor for service to the organization and profession by the California Teachers of English as a Second Language.

Tony Lipold, Dean of Physical Education and Athletics, was named district-wide Administrator of the Year. Dr. Barbara Cox, Real Estate Instructor, was named Part-time Professor of the Year. Mary Williams, Grants Analyst, was named Classified Employee of the Year. Ron Hastings, a Professor of Adapted Physical Education, received the Adapted Physical Education Teacher of the Year Award from the State Commission on Physical Education (SCOPE).

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“Expanding Opportunities

Dr. Glenn R. RoquemorePresident since 2001

IVC Professor since 1990

2006 Shirley B. Gordon Award of Distinction RecipientPhi Theta Kappa International Honor Society

A $31 million Performing Arts Center is under construction. The 53,207 square-foot facility will seat 400 on its main level and opera house balcony. Its striking design promises to serve as the defining image of the campus, as well as an architectural gem of the community.

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We offer a small college atmosphere with outstanding student services and quality instruction. Our mission is to provide an increasingly relevant curriculum and the latest technologies to prepare our students for the future.

he Speech and Debate Team, with students and coaches from IVC and Saddleback College, has won the national championship for community

colleges in the National Parliamentary Debate Association competition for 11 out of the last 13 years. In 2006, for the fifth consecutive year, the team also won the year-long sweepstakes in the Pacific Southwest Collegiate Forensics Association. The team has competed in international tournaments in China, and IVC has hosted debate teams from Eastern Europe, China and Great Britain.

Students Nancy Luster and Wendell Chong were awarded First Prize at the California Community Colleges Satellite Network Students Film and Video Festival in the commercial/promo/PSA category for their production of “The Beat of IVC.”

Student Erit Maor was awarded First Place for her research paper “The Role of Portable Technology in College Students’ Lives: The Possible Consequences of Portable Technology on Academic Achievement” by the Psi Beta National Honor Society in Psychology for Community Colleges and Allyn & Bacon Publishers. She received her award at the 2006 American Psychological Association national convention in New Orleans.

After identifying 322 North American bird species, Wildbird magazine named student Leigh Johnson as its Birder of the Year.

Irvine attorney Stephen Christian, a second-year language student in the Japanese program, won First Prize in the 2006 Japanese Intercollegiate Speech Contest at California State University, Los Angeles.

Student Kathleen Settels’ poem was chosen from among 1,600 entries worldwide for publication in the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society’s literary anthology, Nota Bene. Hers is one of only 20 exceptional entries in this publication, which is distributed to more than 1,700 libraries in the U.S. and abroad.

he ground-breaking for a $20 million Business Sciences and Technology Innovation Center marks the first phase of a 42,000 square-foot, two story,

state-of-the-art learning facility.

Two new associate in art degrees were added: Art History and Japanese.

Over the last five years, the number of full-time equivalent students (FTES) in distance education courses has increased 143%. More than 11% of all students enrolled in one or more distance education classes.

IVC Channel 33 can now be viewed live via the College website. With no download time, students and the public can access cable programs immediately.

Over the past two years, more than 900 state-of-the-art computers have been installed throughout the campus for the use of students, faculty and staff. Also, the IVC campus is now wireless. It is possible to log on remotely to do research, homework, and lab assignments or to access class schedule information

– from either indoor or outdoor locations.

To reduce costs, 210 solar panels on the Hart Gymnasium roof convert sunlight into 58 kilowatts of free electricity. IVC will save as much as $1,000 a day in cooling costs.

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Since 1988, IVC has hosted the Astounding Inventions competition for students from Irvine Unified and Tustin Unified school districts to promote an interest in science and math. Preliminary rounds of the competition involve more than 4,000 budding inventors, with over 250 students competing in the final rounds. Past winners have appeared on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.”

Community InvolvementIT om Wall, a 20-year Marine veteran with over 1,000 combat

missions flown in Vietnam, received IVC’s first honorary degree for his long association with the College and many

accomplishments in the community. Before his death in June, he had the opportunity to present a scholarship to Criminal Justice major Ruben Vargas, the first recipient of the Lt. Col. Thomas Wall Scholarship established by the Irvine Chamber of Commerce.

The IVC Wind Symphony received its second donation of $50,000 from an anonymous donor to purchase instruments and instructional materials and to fund performances.

The IVC Foundation Awards Dinner featuring Huell Howser, the host of PBS’ California’s Gold, raised over $40,000 for educational programs. The first annual Alumnus of the Year Award went to Lisa Grossman, a deputy district attorney for Orange County. The 11th Annual Golf Tournament raised over $50,000 for scholarships and golf programs.

n 2004, IVC’s Alpha Omega Mu Chapter of the national Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) international honor society was awarded California’s top

honor of Most Outstanding New Reactivated Chapter. It also received the national Pinnacle Award, given annually to chapters that show significant membership growth in a year. Sumudu Weerasuriya, the PTK President that year and now attending UC Berkeley, was one of just 20 students worldwide to receive the 2004 Distinguished Chapter President Award.

Phi Theta Kappa’s mission is to encourage the academic achievement of two-year college students and provide opportunities for growth through participation in honors, leadership, service and fellowship programming. At IVC, PTK members are actively involved in supporting Bridge2Peace in the establishment of schools in Sri Lanka and hosting an international satellite seminar series.

Now acknowledged as one of the fastest growing chapters in the California/Nevada region, IVC’s PTK chapter dominated the 2006 Phi Theta Kappa 88th International Convention in Seattle. With a membership of over 60 students, the chapter was acknowledged with a Service Hallmark award, a Distinguished Chapter award, and a Top 100 Chapter award.

Among Convention awards and honors bestowed on the Chapter: English Professor Kurt Meyer won the Paragon Award for new advisors and College President Dr. Glenn R. Roquemore was named a Shirley B. Gordon Award of Distinction recipient because of “the outstanding support he has shown for community college students, his commitment to academic excellence, and for his professional leadership.”

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Leadership and Accomplishment

GENDER

Male40%

Female60%

ENROLLMENT PATTERN

Evening35.3%

Day &Evening35.5%

Day29.2%

AGE

22–2923.7%

30–4920.8%

50–6915%

18–2126.9%

Under 183.4%

> 6910.2%

ETHNICITY

Filipino2.7%

American Indian<1%

African American1.7%

Caucasian42.1%

Other/Unknown11.5%

Asian26.3%

Hispanic10.4%

Middle Eastern4.3%

EDUCATION LEVEL

AA/AS /BA/BS or

Higher Degree33%

Sophomore 7%

Other Undergraduate

7%

HighSchool13%

Freshmen40%

IVC alumna Amali Tower received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Community College League of California.

She founded a non-profit organization called Bridge2Peace which is opening schools in the regions of Sri Lanka that were devastated by the 2004 tsunami.

Music Professor Dr. Daniel Luzko had his original composition Study for Electronic Music broadcast nationwide in Germany on Radio WDR3. Music instructor Keatly Haldeman composed theme songs for two national cable television programs.

Psychology professor Dr. Kari Tucker was honored as the national faculty Advisor of the Year by the Psi Beta Honor Society in Psychology.

Ninety three-year-old Eva Garnet, who teaches senior chair exercise and dance, was honored as IVC’s first Emeritus Teacher of the Year. Dr. Peter Morrison, English Composition Instructor, was named Full-time Professor of the Year. James Granitto, Philosophy Instructor, was named Part-time Professor of the Year. Jeanne Venditti, Administrative Assistant in the Office of Instruction, was named Classified Employee of the Year. Donna Sneed, Director of Community Relations and Outreach, was named district-wide Manager of the Year.

Following years of hosting international debate competitions and traveling extensively to other countries, Debate Coach and IVC Professor Gary Rybold published a textbook entitled Speaking, Listening, and Understanding: Debate for Non-Native English Speakers.

The Laser men’s volleyball team won its second Orange Empire Conference title and Head Coach Tom Pestolesi and Assistant Coach Eric Olson were named as Conference Co-Coaches of the Year.

Dr. Elizabeth Cipres, Dean of Students, Guidance and Counseling, received the 2006 Association of California Community College Administrator’s (ACCCA) Volunteer of the Year Award.

South Orange County Community College District28000 Marguerite ParkwayMission Viejo, California 92692-3635949.582.4999www.socccd.org

Raghu P. Mathur, [email protected]

Gary PoertnerDeputy [email protected]

Andreea Serban, Ph.D.Vice Chancellor, Technology and Learning [email protected]

Robert E. King, J.D.Vice Chancellor, Human [email protected]

Tracy DalyDirector, Marketing and Public [email protected]

Job Hotline 949.582.4850www.socccdjobs.com

Saddleback College28000 Marguerite ParkwayMission Viejo, California 92692-3635949.582.4500www.saddleback.edu

Richard D. McCullough, [email protected]

Rajen Vurdien, Ph.D.Vice President for [email protected]

Lise S. TelsonVice President of Student [email protected]

Jane RosenkransDirector of Admissions and [email protected]

Mary HallDirector of Financial [email protected]

Maria Besnard, Ph.D.Director of Student [email protected]

Michelle AnstadtFoundation [email protected]

Jennie McCueDirector, Public Information and [email protected]

Irvine Valley College5500 Irvine Center DriveIrvine, California 92618949.451.5100 www.ivc.edu

Glenn R. Roquemore, [email protected]

Cal Nelson, Ed.D.Interim Vice President of [email protected]

Gwendolyn Plano, Ed.D.Vice President of Student [email protected]

John EdwardsDirector of Admissions and [email protected]

Darryl CoxDirector of Financial [email protected]

Helen LockeDirector of Student [email protected]

Al TelloFoundation [email protected]

Donna SneedDirector, Outreach and Community [email protected]

ATEP—Advanced Technology & Education Park15442 Red Hill AvenueTustin, California 92780www.atep.us

Robert J. Kopecky, [email protected]

Tere FluegemanDirector, Public Information and [email protected]

District Directory

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Dr. Robert J. KopeckyProvost since 2005

The City of Tustin conveyed 68 acres of prime Orange County real estate on the former Marine Corps Air Station-Tustin to build ATEP, a new educational campus with a technology focus, in 2004.

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T he largely suburban and agricultural makeup of the original district consisted of only 127,000 residents. In contrast, 40 years later, there are more than 860,000. In 1967, the new district served 14 communities, compared to 25 communities today.

nce a bustling military base, the former Marine Corps Air Station-Tustin is evolving into a hub of commerce, residential development and an emerging 21st Century campus. ATEP

will focus on collaboration with technology-oriented businesses and other two- and four-year colleges and universities.

The first phases of construction began using environmentally friendly, architecturally designed, pre-engineered buildings.

A Request for Proposal was recently issued to solicit partnerships and collaborations from technology-based businesses and other educational institutions to help build out the remaining 67 acres and develop market-driven educational programs.

ATEP’s Center for Applied Competitive Technologies (CACT) was chosen as a National Science Foundation Center of Excellence for Optics & Photonics Education, a four-year award.

The initial one-acre campus will open in Fall 2007, with course offerings in photonics, design model-making, rapid prototyping, information security and languages.

We will be able to educate and train students in current technologies and, at the same time, allow them to gain valuable experience with companies practicing these technologies right here in Orange County.

Huntington Beach Irvine

Costa Mesa

Foothill Ranch

Laguna Hills

Tustin

Fountain Valley

Aliso Viejo

Garden Grove

OrangeVilla Park

Anahein Hills

Stanton

Newport Beach

Newport Coast

Corona Del Mar

Laguna Beach

Lake Forest

Fullerton

Buena Park

Anaheim

Santa Ana

San Juan Capistrano

Dana Point

Mission Viejo

Rancho Santa Margarita

Westminister

Pacific Ocean

San Clemente

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Board of TrusteesThomas A. Fuentes

William O. Jay

David B. Lang

Marcia Milchiker

Nancy M. Padberg

Donald P. Wagner

John S. Williams

Raghu P. Mathur, Ed.D., Chancellor

28000 Marguerite Parkway • Mission Viejo, CA 92692-3635 • 949.582.4999

www.socccd.org

The South Orange County Community College District includesSaddleback College, Irvine Valley College and the Advanced Technology & Education Park.

The SOCCCD is governed by its Board of Trustees. No oral or written representation is binding on the SOCCCD without the express approval of the Board of Trustees.

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