Palomar College

Palomar College

Motto in English	Learning for Success
Type	Public
Established	September 23, 1946; 77 years ago(1946-09-23)
President	Star Rivera-Lacey
Address	1140 West Mission Road , San Marcos , California , 92069 , United States
Campus	Multiple sites
Language	English
Colors	Scarlet and silver
Mascot	Comets
Website	www.palomar.edu

Palomar Collegeis a publiccommunity collegeinSan Diego County, California. The main campus is inSan Marcosand three centers and four education sites are located elsewhere throughout north San Diego County.

Palomar College offers 250associate's degreesand certificate programs, and also offers programs for students wishing to transfer to many different four-year universities, including institutions in theUniversity of CaliforniaandCalifornia State Universitysystems. These programs are organized into five academic divisions:

• Arts, Media, Business Administration
• Career, Technical and Extended Education
• Languages and Literature
• Mathematics and The Natural and Health Sciences
• Social and Behavioral Sciences

In addition, Palomar College and other local adult schools in North County work collaboratively to leverage services and resources to better serve adult education students in the areas of Adult Basic Education, ESL, GED, HISET, high school diploma, and post-secondary education and vocational training. Palomar College is the lead member of the Education to Career Network of North San Diego County. ETCN is one of 71 Consortiums in the State of California and is funded by the California Adult Education Program. Members of the ETCN Consortium are: Escondido Adult School, Palomar College, Poway Adult School, Ramona Adult School, San Marcos Adult School, and Vista Adult School.

• IMPACT, lifestyle magazine
• KKSM, radio
• PCTV(shares airtime with ITV Cable 16), television
• The Telescope, college newspaper

The Governing Board of the Palomar Community College District has authorized the students of the District to organize a student body association named "Associated Students of the Palomar Community College District".^[1]The association is required by law to "encourage students to participate in the governance of the college".^[2]

The governing body of the association is named "Associated Student Government" (ASG).^[3]The ASG is a student-run organization at Palomar that strives to create a better campus for its students. Members of the ASG serve on campus-wide shared-governance committees and hiring committees, lobby State and Federal representatives on student issues, attend leadership conferences, and are responsible for Comet Week, Springfest, and some campus-wide activities. Members of the ASG have opportunities to attend conferences, special on-campus parking, and serve on campus-wide committees as the "voice of the students."

The Associated Students periodically participates in meetings sponsored by a statewide community college student organization namedStudent Senate for California Community Colleges. The statewide Student Senate is authorized by law "to advocate before the Legislature and other state and local governmental entities".^[4]

The intercollegiate athletic program at Palomar College consists of a combined 22 men's and women's sports teams, averaging over 450 participating student-athletes per year. Men's and women's sports include basketball, volleyball, tennis, soccer, swimming, water polo, and cross country. Other Sports are football, baseball, softball, golf, wrestling, track and field.^{[citation needed]}

• Todd Bankhead– professional football player
• Joey Beltran– professionalmixed martial artistforBellatorFighting Championships, formerly fighting forKing of the Cage,Strikeforce, andUFC^[5]
• Lizet Benrey– painter
• Ken Block– Rally Car driver, and founder ofDC Shoes
• Travis Browne– professionalMMAfighter, currentUFCheavyweight contender, played basketball for Palomar^[6][7]
• Matt Chico– professional baseball player
• Tom Dempsey– professional football player best known for his then-record 63-yardfield goalwith theNew Orleans Saints
• Ryan Dahl– software engineer, inventor ofNode.js
• Pita Elisara– professional football player
• Lina Fanene– professional wrestler forWWEand plus-sized model
• Saalim Hakim– professional football player
• Tim Hill(attended) – professional baseball player
• James Hoyt– professional baseball player
• Candi Kubeck– captain ofValuJet Flight 592, which crashed into theFlorida Evergladeson May 11, 1996.
• Bobby Lee(attended) – comedian and actor
• Tommy Lister Jr.– actor and former professional wrestler
• Tom Luginbill– college football quarterback andcollege footballanalystforESPN
• Brett Salisbury– college football quarterback and author of theTransform Diet
• Robert Stromberg– Oscar-winning art director, production designer, special effects artist, and filmmaker
• Jesse Taylor(attended) – Junior College State Champion in 2004; current professionalMMAfighter, two-time Ultimate Fighter Finalist, UFC Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Season Champion^[8]
• Kenbrell Thompkins(attended) – professional football player
• Nick Vincent(born 1986) – professional baseball player

• Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz(1921–2014), surfer and physician
• Joyce Cutler–Shaw(1932–2018), multidisciplinary artist; taught from 1974 to 1978.^[9]

• Official website

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