Palomar College

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Palomar College


Motto	Learning for Success
Established	1946
Type	Public
President	Robert P. Deegan
Faculty	1,100 as of Fall 2003
Undergraduates	30,000
Location	Main: San Marcos, CA, USA
Campus	Main: Urban; 200 acres (.81 km²)
Athletics	24 teams
Colors	Scarlet and Silver
Mascot	Comets
Website	www.palomar.edu

Palomar College is a community college with one campus and eight satellite centers in San Diego County, California. The main campus is located in San Marcos, while the eight satellite centers are located elsewhere throughout north San Diego County. The largest of these is the education center located in Escondido. Other satellite centers are located at Camp Pendleton, Poway High School, Mount Carmel High School, Fallbrook High School, Borrego Springs High School, the Pauma Indian Reservation, and at Ramona High School.

The Palomar Community College District's facilities improvement measure, Proposition M, was passed by 57% of voters in the November 8, 2006 General Election. As a result, the $694 million provided by the measure, as well as over $200 million in matching funds from the State and an additional $37 million from Proposition 1D, will provide for the implementation of the college's Master Plan 2022.

1 Academic Programs
2 Media, Newspapers and Magazines
3 Associated Student Government
4 Athletics
5 Notable Alumni
6 External links

[edit] Academic Programs

Palomar College offers more than 250 associate's degrees and certificate programs, and also offers programs for students wishing to transfer to many different four-year universities, including institutions in the University of California and California State University systems.

Academic Divisions:
- Arts, Media, Business and Computer Systems
- Career, Technical and Extended Education
- Languages and Literature
- Mathematics and The Natural and Health Sciences
- Social and Behavioral Sciences. Instructional departments are:

[edit] Media, Newspapers and Magazines

[edit] Associated Student Government

President: Michelle Eichelberger
Vice President: Joseph Park
ICC Chairman: Shawn Emamjomeh

[edit] Athletics

Men’s and women’s
- Basketball
- Volleyball
- Tennis
- Soccer
- Swimming
- Water polo
- Cross country

Other Sports
- Football
- Baseball
- Softball
- Golf
- Wrestling.

[edit] Notable Alumni

Tom Dempsey - Former NFL kicker best known for his record 63 yard field goal with the New Orleans Saints.
Candi Kubeck - Captain of ValuJet Flight 592, which crashed into the Florida Everglades on May 11, 1996.
GeneKnight - longtime San Diego radio personality, currently heard on KYXY 96.5 in San Diego.