Riverside City College (est. 1916) is the seventh oldest public community college in California. Nearly 95 years as the largest higher education institution in the Inland Empire, the College has earned a reputation of excellence in the classroom, on stage, and on the athletic courts and fields.
RCC alumni include such luminaries as Japanese American artist Miné Okubo, Senator Robert Presley, Xerox process inventor Chester Carlson, and Admiral Allen Hill. It is home to the internationally acclaimed Marching Tigers band and to state champions in basketball, baseball, track and field, and water polo, as well as national football champions. The College boasts one of California's most successful ADRN and LVN nursing programs and a top Model United Nations team. And it is home to the state's first Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-funded Gateway to College charter schools.
As a 23,000-student college, RCC is part of a multi-college system that includes the newly accredited Moreno Valley College and Norco College. Thanks to a $350 million general obligation bond approved in 2004, RCC and its sister colleges are in the middle of ambitious long-term capital construction plans. For RCC, current construction includes a 136,000 sq. ft. Nursing/Science/Math Complex, a 65-meter Olympic standard, and renovation of the historic Wheelock Stadium; future plans include a downtown Culinary Arts facility and the Riverside School for the Arts.
(Update 10/28/2010)
Schedule of events and interviews (PDF) with finalists have been confirmed.
RCC At-a-Glance
Riverside City College is located in the downtown Riverside area, part of the 44th Congressional District, the 31st Senate District, and the 64th and 66th Assembly Districts. It operates as a comprehensive liberal arts and sciences college, but is known for its program emphases in nursing, performing arts, and career and applied technology programs.
Campus: 108 acres
Communities: Riverside, Rubidoux, Mira Loma, Glen Avon, Eastvale, Pedley, Woodcrest, Highgrove
Enrollment: 23,000
Program Focus: Nursing, Automotive Technology, Business, Cosmetology, Computer Information Systems, Fine and Performing Arts
Non-traditional: Gateway to College
A charter school for high school dropouts
Culinary Arts Academy
Workforce Development
Draws welfare recipients and unemployed workers back into the education system for job skills
The Rubidoux Education Annex
Brings college to the community: regular college classes and an Early High School College program at a high school
The Stokoe Innovative Learning Center
Teacher preparation, Early Childhood Studies and general classes in association with Alvord Unified School District
Riverside School for the Arts
A new type of arts education to prepare creative professionals for jobs in the entertainment/new mediasectors
