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Grossmont College

 
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Grossmont College
8800 Grossmont College Dr.
El Cajon, CA 92020
CA Tel. 619-644-7000
Fax 619-644-7922

Type: School
On the web: http://www.grossmont.edu

Grossmont College, a two-year associate-degree granting college located in east San Diego county, is part of the California Community College System. It offers lower division courses and academic preparation that permits students to transfer to any campus in the California State University and University of California systems, as well as to many private colleges and universities. The college also offers vocational programs. Grossmont has an enrollment of more than 18,000 students and was founded in 1961.

Officers:
President: Sunita V. Cooke
VP Academic Affairs: Tina Pitt
Dean, Learning and Technology Resources: Kats Gustafson

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Grossmont College
Grossmont College.PNG
Established 1961
Type Community college
President Dr. Sunita Cooke
Students 18,241
Location El Cajon, California, United States United States
Colors Green/Gold
Mascot Griffin
Website www.grossmont.edu

Grossmont College is a community college located in El Cajon, CA, (county of San Diego). The campus sits in the Fletcher Hills community of El Cajon and is bordered by the cities of San Diego and Santee. Grossmont College is one of the two colleges that make up the Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District with Cuyamaca College being the other college. Grossmont is one of the 110 community colleges in the California Community College System.

Grossmont College was voted "San Diego's Best" community college in polls conducted by the San Diego Union Tribune newspaper in 2004 and again in 2007 and 2008.

In addition to preparing thousands of students for four-year universities, Grossmont is also home to Grossmont Middle College High School, where selected high school students can receive both high school and college credit for taking courses on campus.

The newspaper for Grossmont College is The Summit. Its radio station is KGFN.

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Facilities

Quad and South Entrance of the Tech Center

The college has undergone major improvements of it facilities. Below are some of the changes:

  • 2003 Library (new)
  • 2004 Technology Center (new and remodeled old library)
  • 2006 Science Building (new)
  • 2007 Digital Arts Building (new)
  • 2007 Sculpture Comples (new)
  • 2008 Exercise Science Building (remodel)
  • 2009 Parking Structure (lot 5)
  • 2010 Health/Physical Sciences Building (replaces old biology building) - Under Construction

Past Presidents

North Entrance of Library


Dr. Dean Colli, Interim 19??-6/2007
Dr. Ted Martinez

Jack Randall, Interim
Dr. Richard Sanchez

Dr. Ivan Jones
Erv Metzgar


Walk of Fame

The quad holds Grossmont College's Walk of Fame, which honors alumni who have made significant contributions. This area is made up of plaques which include honorees' names and years of attendance.

Year Walk of Fame Student
1989 David Leisure Leisure.walk.of.fame.jpg
1989 Joe Roth Joe.Roth.walk.of.fame.jpg
1990 Robert Hays Hays.walk.of.fame.jpg
1990 Portia Goode Goode.walk.of.fame.jpg
1993 Deborah Ferrin Ferrin.walk.of.fame.jpg
1994 Peter Mirche Mirche.walk.of.fame.jpg
1996 Thomas McMahon McMahon.walk.of.fame.jpg
1998 Greg Barnes Barnes.walk.of.fame.jpg
2000 Anthony Pico Pico.walk.of.fame.jpg
2002 Dave Scott Scott.walk.of.fame.jpg
2003 Brad Daluiso Daluiso.walk.of.fame.jpg
2004 Dane Davis Davis.walk.of.fame.jpg
2004 Barry Jantz Jantz.walk.of.fame.jpg
2005 Ernest Ewin Ewin.walk.of.fame.jpg
2005 Dat Phan Dat.Tein.Phan.Walk.of.Fame.jpg
2006 Brian Sipe Sipe.walk.of.fame.jpg
2006 Bernard "Buddy Blue" Seigal Bernard.Seigal.walk.of.fame.jpg
2007
2008 Dorothy Wiley Wiley.walk.of.fame.jpg
2009 Pat Sprecco

Notable alumni

Sports

Football

The head football coach is Dave Jordan, father of author Brent Jordan. Dave Jordan has led Grossmont to multiple championships, and been named Coach of the Year.

Track & Football Field

References

  1. ^ http://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/la-me-mike-whitmarsh19-2009feb19,0,1619006.story

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