www.citruscollege.edu
Citrus College is one of the community colleges which is situated in the suburb area of Los Angeles which is exactly in the Glendora of the California state. The communities included in the college are from the Charter Oak, Azusa, Claremont, Monrovia, Duarte and also from Glendora. The support is granted to the Citrus Community College District. The Citrus College is also one of the oldest public community college which is located in the Los Angeles County of the California state. The Citrus college was established in the year of 1915. The college was founded by Floyd S. Hayden who was an educator. Till the year of 1961, the Citrus college had been associated with the Citrus Union High School District and was also responsible for the administration operations. The reports in the year of 2006 shows that the Citrus College has got more than 12000 students enrolled. The current working president of the Citrus College is Geraldine M. Perri. The Public Policy Institute of California has showed that the Citrus College has got about 632 students who got transferred to the universities which was in the academic year of 2005 to the year 2006. The Citrus College was ranked on the seventh spot in the area of the Glendora. The college also has got its own performances hall which is known as the Haugh Performing Arts Center (HPAC). The Haugh Performing Arts Center is a proscenium venue which has got over 1440 seat in the 100 acre land of the college. The Citrus College organizes most of the performances in the HPAC and the HPAC also hosts over 140 performances every year. The distance from the seat is only about 90 feet which is equivalent to 27 meter from the performing stage.
Talking about the features of the college, Citrus College is one of the attractive college in the state of California. Citrus College also has got its own herbarium. Citrus College also has got a fountain which is displayed on the front of the College. The movie which was in the year of 2010 titled, MILF was also filmed on the premises of the Citrus College. The scene was for the opening of the title sequence. The scene for the movie was filmed near the fountain and the Hayden library of the Citrus College. The Citrus College has got the official approval from the Western Association of Schools of Colleges which is also known as WASC. The Citrus College also reflects the associative relationship and the membership with AACC which is also known as American Association of Community Colleges and also Community College League of California which is known as CCLC. Citrus College is home to the highly praised Citrus Singers program. This program, started by Ben Bollinger back in the 60's, has provided groundwork for students to learn music and carry out. Many of its former students have gone on to be entertainers on Broadway and Television. This group is now under the course of Doug Austin who also is the instructor.
The Citrus College has got various subject preferences for the students and also accordance to their choice of the courses. The list below depicts the Academic Division, Subjects and also the departments of the Citrus College:
Curriculum, Career/Technical, Continuing Education · James Lancaster, dean |
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Cosmetology |
Technology and Engineering |
Counseling · Dr. Lucinda Over, dean |
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Counseling |
Fine and Performing Arts · Robert Slack, dean |
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Fine Arts |
Performing Arts |
Kinesiology, Health and Athletics · Jody Wise, dean |
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Kinesiology (Physical Education) |
Language Arts · Dr. Samuel Lee, dean |
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Foreign Languages |
Language Arts |
Mathematics, Business and Health Sciences · James McClain, dean |
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Business and Mathematics |
Health Sciences |
Natural and Physical Sciences and Library Services · Dr. Eric Rabitoy, dean |
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Biological Sciences |
Physical Sciences |
Social and Behavioral Sciences and Distance Education · Dr. Dana Hester, dean |
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Behavioral Sciences The Citrus College also provides the programs which are associated to the Arts degree along with the degree in the Science. |
Behavioral Sciences |