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Wes Bryan, President, Golden West College Where Weve Been OPENING DAY CEREMONY SEPTEMBER 12, 1966 Opening Day 9.12.66 Cornerstone Dedication 50-Year Time Capsule Installed The First Graduating Class was just 86 Students Since then,

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Wes Bryan, President, Golden West College

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Where We’ve Been

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Opening Day 9.12.66

OPENING DAY CEREMONY SEPTEMBER 12, 1966

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Cornerstone Dedication

50-Year Time Capsule Installed

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The First Graduating Class was just

86

Students

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Since then, over

have passed through Golden West College

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We’ve trained

  • ver 5,000 Nurses
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10,000+ Police Officers and Special Investigators

Have Trained at the Criminal Justice Training Center

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Over 400 PERFOMANCES

MUSIC DANCE THEATER

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65,000 children and adults

learned to swim at GWC

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Golden West College is the

4th Largest Employer in

Huntington Beach

1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000

Boeing HB Union HS Quicksilver GWC

Employees

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GWC OPERATIONS

Enhance the regional economy by

  • ver

$77 Million

Annually

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QUALITY-OF-LIFE- BENEFITS

$5,000,000

AVOIDED COSTS HIGHER EDUCATION
  • Lower crime and victim’s losses
  • Lower cost of incarceration
  • Lower welfare and unemployment
  • Greater community participation and voter turn-out
  • Improved lifestyle habits – lower absenteeism

Income and QOL increase $121 for each credit hour of instruction

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Where We Are

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GWC is Fully Accredited

By the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges

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2,389 Students

Graduated in 2015

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GWC Completers Get Jobs!

  • f GWC students who completed a

career certificate are employed and work in the same or close to the same field as their training

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3rd in State for Graduates’ Earnings

100,000 200,000 300,000 400,000 500,000 600,000 700,000 800,000 National Average State Average Golden West Ohlone College Foothill College

Increased Earnings

AA Degree vs. High School Diploma

  • ver working life.

359k 259k 712k 740k 745k

Source: American Institute for Research and the Nexus Research and Policy Center
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#1 in Athletics

Since 1966 GWC Rustlers have captured

  • More championships than

any other Calif. Community College

  • More AQUATICS

Championships than any community college in the NATION

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GWC RANKS 6TH IN STATE

Transfer Rates Graduation Rates Retention Rates Student-to-Faculty Ratio Distance Education Enrollment

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TOP 10% TRANSFER RATES

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THE GWC GUARANTEE

  • Eleven Associate

Degree for Transfer Majors

  • Priority Registration

guarantees seat in required courses

  • Schedule to complete

in 2 years

www.goldenwestcollege.edu/csu2

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New Facilities – Measure C

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Where We’re Going

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GRAND ENTRANCE – RUSTLER WAY

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PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING

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COMMUNITY EDUCATION BLDG.

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STUDENT SERVICES ONE-STOP CENTER

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MATH-SCIENCE BUILDING

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  • f the UC’s

Bachelor’s Degrees in S.T.E.M.

Transfer Students from community colleges to the University of California (UC) system account for

48%

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING CENTER

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Still to Come…

  • New Business

Building

  • New Cosmetology

Building

  • Automotive Tech

facility upgrades

  • Improvements to

Athletic Fields

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Boys & Girls Club of Huntington Valley

The only Boys & Girls Club on a college campus

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El Viento

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CIELO PARTNERSHIP

Oak View Renewal Partnership

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Wes Bryan President wbryan@gwc.cccd.edu 714-895-8101 Bruce Berman Director, Community Relations & Foundation bberman@gwc.cccd.edu 714-895-8315

Questions? Contact Us

www.goldenwestcollege.edu