Golden West College
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| Motto | Oceans of Opportunity |
| Established | 1965 |
| President | Wes Bryan |
| Students | 12,796[1] |
| Location | Huntington Beach, California |
| Affiliations | Orange Empire Conference |
Golden West College or GWC, is a community college providing two-year associate of arts degrees, and lower-division classes transferable to other colleges and universities. It is located in Huntington Beach, California, about 35 miles (58 km) south of Los Angeles, California.
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[edit] Organization
The college is one of three in the Coast Community College District, a regional organization providing administrative services and funding for post-secondary education. The district is chartered by the state of California to provide community college services.
[edit] Academic profile
The mission of GWC is to provide inexpensive education in the trades, licensed trades and skilled professions, as well as remedial and transferable lower-division courses for students who plan to transfer to either a California State University, a campus of the University of California, or another university.
[edit] Athletics
California State Community College Championships
- Women's Basketball: 1979, 1990, 1991
- Field Hockey: 1980
- Women's Gymnastics: 1979
- Men's Soccer: 1977
- Softball: 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984
- Men's Swimming: 1985,1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004
- Women's Swimming: 1999, 2000, 2001
- Women's Tennis: 1980
- Men's Track Shot Put: 2010
- Women's Track Hammer: 2010
- Men's Volleyball: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
- Women's Volleyball: 1979, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997,1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
- Men's Water Polo: 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2009
- Women's Water Polo: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2009
[edit] Notable alumni
- Patty Cardenas - Olympic silver medalist, water polo
- Vivica A. Fox - Actress
- Doug Gottlieb - ESPN basketball analyst
- Joey Halzle - Oklahoma Sooners quarterback
- James McDonald - Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher
- Tito Ortiz - UFC fighter
- Michelle Pfeiffer - Actress
- Joseph Santos- Artist/Painter
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