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Santa Monica College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• To fulfill this mission, the College provides open and affordable access to excellent associate degree and occupational certificate programs. These programs prepare students for successful careers, develop college-level skills, enable transfer to universities, and foster a personal commitment to lifelong learning.
• We have an impressive academic record. We are the leader among the state's 108 community colleges in transferring students to the University of California , University of Southern California and other four-year campuses. We also pride ourselves on preparing students for careers of the 21st century – in such fields as nursing, computer applications, early childhood education, business, accounting, graphic design and other occupations.
• Set on a 38-acre main campus less than two miles from the beach, Santa Monica College has everything today's student needs to succeed – computer labs, athletic facilities, performing and visual arts spaces, and active student clubs. The SMC Library underwent a $23.6 million expansion and modernization and reopened in August 2003 as a state-of-the-art, architecturally praised facility. Our Science Complex, which opened in fall 1999, features the latest in equipment and high-tech labs. Our award-winning faculty works closely with students to ensure their success, and we have numerous student services to help students meet their goals.
• Santa Monica College – a two-year community college accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges – opened in 1929 with just 153 students. It has now grown to a thriving campus with 25,000 students and offerings in more than 80 fields of study.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Girls' varsity basketball achieves (The Malibu Times)
  posted on November 7, 2009 at 06:46:30 am
  The Malibu High School girls' varsity basketball team won a double-header in the final day of the Santa Monica College fall tournament, defeating the Venice Gondeliers, 32-30, and the Santa Monica Vikings, 37-32.
• Suspects in Santa Monica Murder Identified (LAist)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 11:06:08 pm
  Photo by CarbonNYC via Flickr Santa Monica police today released the names of the four suspects allegedly involved in Tuesday night's murder. Patrick Dwight Birdsong Jr, 18; Norman Lovan Cole, 33; Sean Alex Mermer, 29; and a male juvenile were all booked on murder, attempted murder and "promoting of a street gang." Cole and Mermer were also charged with violating parole. At around 8:52 p.m ...
• Four Suspects Arrested in Last Night's Murder in Santa Monica (LAist)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 11:06:19 pm
  Photo by CarbonNYC via Flickr A shooting that left one man dead last night in a Santa Monica park led to the arrest of multiple suspects. At around 8:52 p.m. last night, two suspects approached and began shooting at a group of four people in Virginia Park on Pico Boulevard, a few blocks from Santa Monica College. Three people escaped safely, but 20-year-old Richard Juarez was killed . The Santa ...
• Man found shot to death in Santa Monica (KABC-TV Los Angeles)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 04:02:55 pm
  A man was found shot to death on a basketball court near Santa Monica College.
• ‘Work to surf' to premiere at Duke's Malibu (The Malibu Times)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 03:03:52 am
  Duke's Malibu will host the Malibu premiere of the film “Work to Surf,” a biopic on local surfer Allen Sarlo, this Friday, Oct. 30, at 7:30 p.m. The 45-minute biopic was produced by Sarlo and directed/edited by Dave Ogle, a Malibu resident and Pepperdine University graduate who has traveled the world with the Sarlo family during the last eight years.

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