Chabot College (Chabot or CC; ) is a

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. It is part of the Chabot-Las Positas Community College District.

History

Chabot College was the first college opened by the Chabot- Las Positas Community College District. The formation of a "junior college district" was approved by the voters on January 10, 1961, and the first board of trustees elected on April 18, 1961. Chabot College opened for classes on September 11, 1961, on a temporary site in San Leandro with an enrollment of 1,163 students. The Chabot College site on Hesperian Boulevard in Hayward opened for its first day of classes on September 20, 1965. The college primarily serves residents of

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in the

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(generally the suburban region south of

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), including the district communities of Hayward,

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and Union City. The school is named for noted Bay Area entrepreneur

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Organization and administration

On August 1, 2023, Jamal A. Cooks became president of the college.

Academic profile

Chabot offers a curriculum of over 175 majors of study, awarding more than 100 associate degrees and certificates. Chabot is on a semester system. The college features six academic divisions: Applied Technology and Business, Language Arts, Math and Sciences, Physical Education and Health, the College of the Arts, and Social Sciences. The Business program offers degrees in business, Accounting, Retail Management, Business Management, Marketing and certificates in various areas, including Accounting, Health Care Management, Human Resources Assistant, Entrepreneurship, Real Estate, Marketing, Retailing, Management, etc.

Accreditation

Chabot College is accredited by the

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. Specific programs are accredited by the Council on Dental Education,

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, the Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation in collaboration with the American Hospital Health Information, Management Association, and the America Medical Assisting Association. The program in nursing is accredited by the

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. The college is approved by the California State Department of Education and is a member of the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges and the Community College League of California. Chabot College is an accredited institutional member of the

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Educational paths

Chabot provides the following academic pathways: * Technical and career-vocational education programs * Transfer education programs to four-year universities * General education * Basic skills instruction * English as a second language programs * Community and continuing Education programs * Radio & Television Broadcasting

Student life

Radio station KCRH

KCRH is an 18 watt radio station operated by the mass communications class at Chabot.

Television station KCTH 27

Chabot College's Television Studio was established when the college first opened in 1964. It was the first West Coast College Television Station with 5 On Campus Channels that allowed instructors to receive 5 independent

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feeds of programming from the studio. Lately, it became the Community Media Center for the East bay by taking over

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channels from

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due to the DIVCA (Digital Infrastructure Video Communications Act). Which makes the Studio available to the communities as well as for Educational-access television use. Local business and Individuals can now use the

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High Definition Studios, with access to over 100,000 viewers and on line streaming as well as AT&T-U-viewers. Currently the Station runs KCTH 27 the Educational-access television channel, KCMC 28 and 29, also Channel 99 under Hayward on AT&T U-verse. It is growing in programming and equipment.

Athletics

Chabot College has 16 intercollegiate sports. In 1987 the Chabot College

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team won the intercollegiate national championship. The Bay Area Ambassadors soccer team has played at the Gladiator Stadium from 2009 to 2012.

Noted people

Notable alumni

* Jeff Barnes, former NFL player *

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, bassist for the heavy metal band

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, basketball coach * Stephanie Chandler, entrepreneur and author * Mark Davis, Major League Baseball pitcher * Tim Davis, football player *

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, actress who played

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* Ed Galigher, defensive lineman for the NFL's

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and

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* Chris Geile, offensive lineman for the NFL's

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, Academy Award-winning actor *

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, journalist and author * Robert Jenkins, former NFL player *

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, wide receiver for the NFL's San Francisco 49ers *

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, Major League Baseball outfielder * Eric Lane, former NFL player *

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, Major League Baseball outfielder *

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, former NFL player *

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, All-Star Major League Baseball

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* Brandon Kolb, Major League Baseball pitcher * Aaron Ledesma, Major League Baseball infielder * Mike McRae, Olympic long jumper *

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, Olympic distance runner *

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, comic book artist *

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, Major League Baseball pitcher * Nate Schierholtz, outfielder with the

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team *

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(born 1996), baseball outfielder for the

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* Junior Tautalatasi, former NFL player * Adrian Ward, former NFL player * Lyle West, former NFL football player with NY Giants, played in Super Bowl XXXV *

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, former

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and current

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manager * Mike Young, Major League Baseball outfielder

Faculty

* Marshall Drummond, business professor * Helen Feyler-Switz, art instructor * S. Floyd Mori, economics professor

References

External links

Official website
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