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Merritt College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• Merritt College and academic tradition are synonymous. Its over 40-year tradition of academic excellence is prominently manifested in its distinguished alumni and faculty who taught them. Annually, four-year colleges and universities across the state are eager recipients of Merritt transfer students from medicine and law, to art and science.
• Always the community college innovator, Merritt boasts many unique occupational programs such as its much touted nursing and health professions, community social services/substance abuse counselor, environmental hazardous materials technology, computer information systems, landscape horticulture and environmental management, paralegal studies and restoration technology.
• There are many benefits that make Merritt the first choice of over 6,000 students each semester. Merritt cares. You can be assured of small classes, caring faculty, friendly admissions staff, and first class support services. Merritt has a great location. The campus is nestled in the scenic Oakland hills with a panoramic view of the San Francisco Bay out through the Golden Gate. A safe, clean, cheerful environment awaits your ascent to Merritt's opportunities.
• Merritt has a wide array of excellent courses taught by very caring and knowledgeable faculty. Our professional staff is eager to help you develop an educational plan which will make your dreams become a reality. Merritt has a wide range of services and resources provided by friendly, helpful, and devoted professional staff. The entire Merritt College family is committed to contributing to your success as a student. Merritt college has a rich cultural diversity of students from many ethnic groups which provides a positive and enriching learning environment.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Lincoln Students Learn How to Monitor and Restore Area Creeks (PitchEngine)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 06:00:25 pm
  LINCOLN, Calif. November 6, 2009 Students from Lincoln High School are helping to study and protect the Auburn Ravine in a program that combines science with environmental stewardship. For 12 weeks, students have been learning how to monitor the creek in Auburn Ravine and how it can be restored to its natural state. The monitoring process is called SWAMP Surface Water Ambient Monitoring...
• To the Passion Born: Such a Full Tilt Radical Boogie Brave (The Berkeley Daily Planet)
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• ‘Operation Small Axe’ highlights resistance in Oakland’s occupied territories (San Francisco Bay View)
  posted on October 31, 2009 at 01:35:38 am
  The new short film, “Operation Small Axe,” by Prisoners of Conscience Committee Minister of Information JR Valrey, debuted in October at the Eighth Oakland International Film Festival with screenings at Merritt College, Jack London Cinema and the Uptown. The short has been shown at other venues as close as the Rock Paper Scissors Gallery in Oakland to as far away as Cape Town, South Africa.
• Encinal High Grad Awarded Scholarship (Alameda Sun)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 02:33:41 pm
  Dina Sorth has been awarded Alameda Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association's first public safety two-year scholarship in the amount of $500.
• 'Oh Happy Day' changed Edwin Hawkins' life (San Francisco Chronicle)
  posted on October 23, 2009 at 07:33:04 am
  Edwin Hawkins isn't quite sure what he'd be doing today if his Latin-soul arrangement of the 18th century Protestant hymn "Oh Happy Day" hadn't become a fluke international hit in 1969, selling 7 million copies and earning him the first of his two Grammy...

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