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Gavilan College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• Gavilan College was originally established in 1919 as San Benito County Junior College. It operated under this title until 1963, when a new community college district was drawn that included both San Benito and southern Santa Clara Counties. Successful passage of a local bond in 1966 provided the needed funds to construct the present campus at Santa Teresa Boulevard in Gilroy.
• The main campus is located south of Gilroy against the hills that form the western boundary of the Santa Clara Valley. Every aspect of the 150-acre Gavilan College campus has been planned to emphasize the student-centered philosophy adopted by the Board of Trustees and the college staff. Buildings have been designed and constructed to serve the needs and interests of college students and are equipped with the most recently developed aids to enhance teaching and learning.
• Gavilan College also has sites in Hollister at the Briggs Building and in Morgan Hill as a wing of the Morgan Hill Community and Cultural Center. These two sites are an integral part of the District's effort to enhance student access to a college education.
• Gavilan College offers a wide range of services, including programs of community education, study in the liberal arts and sciences, and study in the pre-professional, business, voactional, and technical fields. To support student success, we offer services that strengthen and augment the learning environment. Courses and programs of study are offered days, evenings, weekends, and online. All offerings are designed to assist students in meeting their educational and life goals.
• Gavilan College is fully accreditated by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC.), last granted a six-year accreditation in 2001, the Gavilan College's accreditation will be reviewed again in 2007.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Kidnap victim's mother calls for punishment of lying girl (The Gilroy Dispatch)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 03:09:12 am
  Debbie Boyd stands in her home with a picture of her daughter, 27-year-old Christie Wilson, who was abducted and killed in Sacramento in 2005. Boyd is calling for punishment of a 14-year-old Gilroy girl who skipped class and lied to police about being abducted. Photo by: Lora Schraft, Staff Photographer Four years after a gambler with a violent past snatched her daughter from a casino parking ...
• Diversity unifies South Valley Unitarian church (The Gilroy Dispatch)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 02:54:02 am
  Several decades ago, Dina Joya's family of four paid $50,000 and left behind everything they owned in order to get out of war-torn Afghanistan. Their guide dressed up like a member of the Taliban to help cover up their escape. In the first year after leaving, she said she and her sister cried every day. "Losing your country is like losing everything you have," Joya said. Before she was forced to ...
• Sheriff's blotter: Man arrested with anabolic steriods, methamphetamine (The Gilroy Dispatch)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 07:54:02 pm
  Sheriff's arrests Sales of marijuana Frank Kitchens, 36, of Gilroy, 4:16 p.m. Sunday, on the 7700 block of Eigleberry Street for sale of marijuana, transportation of marijuana and parole hold. Possession of methamphetamine Daniel Joseph Montenegro, 28, of Gilroy, 5:55 a.m. Friday, near San Martin and Columbet avenues for possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, probation ...
• GAVILAN VOLLEYBALL: Lady Rams capture Coast Conference co-championship (The Gilroy Dispatch)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 04:54:02 am
  SAN JOSE - For the first time in program history, the Gavilan College women's volleyball team achieved a Coast Conference championship after a methodical three-game sweep of West Valley (25-17, 25-15, 25-19) in San Jose on Wednesday night. "That was probably one of the better matches we have played in about a month," said head coach Kevin Kramer. "Everybody played selfless and we had some ...
• Local media center wins regional awards (The Gilroy Dispatch)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 12:39:12 am
  CMAP Executive Director Kathy Bisbee talks with Mark Echevarria, 16, from Hollister, in the CMAP television studio on the first day of the summer work program at Gavilan College earlier this year. Photo by: Dispatch file photo A local public access television station and community media center recently brought home several awards for videos produced by their staff or with their equipment ...

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