Santa Ana College

Santa Ana College is a public community college in Santa Ana, California.

Santa Ana College
Other name
SAC
MottoCelebrated Past. Boundless Future.
TypePublic community college
Established1915
PresidentDr. Linda D. Rose, Ed.D.[1]
Students37,916 (Fall 2015)[2]
Location
Santa Ana
,
California
,
United States

33.7596°N 117.8875°W / 33.7596; -117.8875
CampusSuburban, 48 acres (19 ha)
ColorsRed and Black
NicknameDons
AffiliationsRancho Santiago Community College District, California Community Colleges
Websitewww.sac.edu

History

In 1915, Santa Ana Junior College opened its doors to 25 students as a department of Santa Ana High School. It was the second community college founded in Orange County, behind Fullerton College, and the fourth oldest in all of California. The 1933 Long Beach earthquake damaged the Santa Ana High School building, prompting the campus move to North Main Street where it remained until 1947. A bond issue passed in 1945, paving the way for development of a 48-acre (194,000 m²) campus at its current location. Santa Ana College plays host to Middle College High School, a small alternative high school in the Santa Ana Unified School District in which students can earn their Associate of Arts degree at the same time as their high school diploma. In the late 1970s the college purchased the properties on Martha Lane south of the original campus and that land is now part of the parking lot. Recent years have witnessed the further development of and annexation of adjacent property to the original location.

For a short time, the college was known as Rancho Santiago College, but the name changed back to Santa Ana College in the late 1990s.

In 1985, a satellite campus, what is now called Santiago Canyon College was established in Orange, California. Santiago Canyon has since grown in size to become a separate college from Santa Ana College (although both colleges are part of the Rancho Santiago Community College District).

Academics

Various programs lead to the awarding of Associate's degrees in Arts and Sciences, as well as vocational certificates.

Santa Ana College is also home to the Tessmann Planetarium which was renovated and now has a state-of-the art planetarium system.

Tessmann Planetarium is the largest, both in diameter (30 ft) and seating capacity planetarium in the County of Orange CA. It was completed and became operational in 1967.

Santa Ana College is also home to Around and About Orange County News (AAOC) and Noticiero Latino del Condado de Orange (NLCO) are student produced weekly news shows that have produced hundreds of professionals that work in the TV Broadcast, Film and Radio Industry. NLCO became the first Spanish language college newscast produced by a community college.

The TV Department takes advantage of the Digital Media Center (DMC) which was opened a few years ago. They use the DMC to produce, shoot and edit the College's Newscast.

Athletics

Santa Ana College sponsors 18 sports programs.[3] The 9 men's sports programs are baseball, basketball, cross country, football, soccer, swimming, track and field, water polo and wrestling. The 9 women's programs are basketball, beach volleyball, cross country, soccer, softball, swimming, track and field, volleyball and water polo.

Notable alumni
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References
  1. "Welcome from the President". Santa Ana College. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  2. "Enrollment Status Summary Report - Parameter Selection Area". datamart.cccco.edu. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  3. "Santa Ana College Dons". sacdons.com. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
  4. "Duane Allen Duane Allen Football, Class of 2003". www.sacdons.com. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  5. "Heath Bell". www.thebaseballpage.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  6. "Bob Boyd". www.sacdons.com. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  7. "LEM BURNHAM". profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on September 9, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  8. "George Brancato". www.databasefootball.com. Archived from the original on 11 April 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  9. "Al Carmichael Al Carmichael Track & Field, Class of 2003". www.sacdons.com. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  10. "Ed Caruthers Ed Caruthers Track & Field, Class of 2003". www.sacdons.com. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  11. Clayton, Adam (November 13, 2013). "Ginsberg's owner brings her 'Farmhouse Rules' to Food Network - Columbia-Greene Media: News". Chatham Courier. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  12. Robert David Hall
  13. "Bob Hamelin, Baseball, Class of 2003". www.sacdons.com. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  14. journal Orange Coast Magazine December 2001
  15. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-11-03. Retrieved 2013-02-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  16. "Santa Ana College". www.stateuniversity.com. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  17. Cathy Marino
  18. "Kris Medlen, Kristopher Allen Medlen". www.baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  19. "Dan Meyer, Daniel Thomas Meyer". www.baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  20. "Rick Ownbey, Richard Wayne Ownbey". www.baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  21. "John Pitts, Football, Class of 2006". www.sacdons.com. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  22. "Jim Steffen". www.databasefootball.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  23. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000188
  24. http://www.sacdons.com/hof/members/members/webster
  25. http://www.sacdons.com/hof/members/members/willsey
  26. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wilsocj01.shtml
  27. http://www.sacdons.com/hof/members/members/vasquez
  28. United States Department of State
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