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Ventura College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• Ventura College, an accredited two-year institution of higher education, has been a part of this beautiful seaside community since 1925. It is conveniently located approximately 60 miles north of Los Angeles and 30 miles south of Santa Barbara. The 112-acre campus, set in the rolling hills of Ventura, has an enrollment of 13,000 students.
• As one of the oldest of the 109 California Community Colleges, Ventura College has a tradition of helping its students succeed. Whether you are interested in transferring to a four-year institution, achieving your associate's degree or a certificate of completion, improving your career skills or taking classes for fun and enrichment, we are here to be of assistance! To facilitate your progress, we offer a variety of support services including personal, academic and career counseling, tutoring, financial aid, on-site child care, and a center for learning and physically disabled students.
• The college serves high school graduates and others who are able to benefit from the academic and vocational opportunities it offers. Courses are provided using both traditional and distance learning delivery systems.
• The faculty and staff of Ventura College are committed to student success and strive to create an environment of continuous improvement through the establishment of measurable and/or observable student learning outcomes that can be used to assess student performance, improve instructional and service delivery, and guide institutional decision-making.
• Ventura College is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, an institutional accrediting body recognized by the Council on Post-Secondary Accrediting and the U.S. Department of Education.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Aguayo leads Oxnard over Moorpark (Ventura County Star)
  posted on March 19, 2010 at 07:01:00 am
  Local college roundup
• Local briefs: Brennan, Padilla named All-Americans (Ventura County Star)
  posted on March 16, 2010 at 06:18:00 am
  Ventura College sophomores Chanelle Brennan and Amanda Padilla were named WBCA honorable mention as All-Americans on Monday.
• Mircetic recognized need to evolve (Ventura County Star)
  posted on March 15, 2010 at 06:59:00 am
  On the second floor of the Gilbert Center, upstairs from where the Ventura College women’s basketball team earned its sixth state championship Saturday afternoon with a 59-47 win over Fullerton, sits the Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame.
• VC owns title again (Ventura County Star)
  posted on March 15, 2010 at 06:58:00 am
  A lot has changed in the eight years since Ventura College women’s basketball team last played on the final Sunday of the season. But the Pirates’ pride still shines through when protecting their own basket.
• Brennan takes her game to higher level (Ventura County Star)
  posted on March 15, 2010 at 06:57:00 am
  Chanelle Brennan wears Michael Jordan’s trademark socks and she wears Jordan’s signature shoes. After her performance on Sunday afternoon, the Ventura College sophomore shares two even more prominent mementos with the famous Chicago Bulls star — a championship and a Most Valuable Player award.

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