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| Motto | Preparing students for productive work, lifelong learning, and community involvement. |
| Established | 1926 |
| Type | Public Junior College |
| President | Bill Scroggins |
| Location | 915 S. Mooney Blvd., Visalia, California, United States |
| Accreditation | Western Association of Schools and Colleges |
| Colors | Orange and Blue |
| Athletics | Football, Soccer, Volleyball, Softball, Baseball, Cheerleading, Cross Country, Tennis, Track & Field, Swimming & Diving, Golf, Equestrian |
| Mascot | Giants |
| Website | College of the Sequoias |
- The College of the Sequoias is a college located in central California. It should not be confused with the similarly named College of the Redwoods in the northern California city of Eureka and College of the Siskiyous in Weed, California.
College of the Sequoias (COS) is a public two-year community college located in Visalia in Tulare County, in California's San Joaquin Valley. The current enrollment of COS is 13,000 students, and the college offers a variety of transfer, vocational, and community-based classes, including the fire/police academies for Tulare and Kings counties. The college is named for the Giant Sequoia trees native to the nearby Sierra Nevada mountain range.
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History
College of the Sequoias was originally established in 1926 as Visalia Junior College as a department in the city high school. It's mission at that time was to provide inexpensive, lower-division college education to local high school graduates who intended to transfer to a traditional four-year college.[1] Visalia Junior College was later expanded and a campus was built in 1938. The campus was built on what is still the college grounds. In 1949, it expanded further and formed the College of the Sequoias Community College District.
Expansion and Renovation
College of the Sequoias is currently being expanded and renovated. The latest addition to the main campus is the John Muir building, a state of the art science wing.
Satellite Campuses
Currently, COS offers classes on several campuses. These campuses include: COS Farm Campus, Corcoran, Dinuba, Exeter, Farmersville, Hanford, Ivanhoe, Lemoore, Lindsay, Orosi, Porterville, Strathmore, Three Rivers, Tulare, and Woodlake.
Notable alumni
- Representative Devin Nunes - 21st Congressional District
- Frederick Ruiz Regent of the University of California
- Steve Perry - American singer and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Journey.
- DeeAndre Hulett - American basketball player
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