Chabot College

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Chabot College

Type	Publiccommunity college
Established	1961
President	Jamal A. Cooks[1]
Administrative staff	516
Students	13,145[2]
Location	Hayward , California , United States 37°38′28″N122°6′20″W / 37.64111°N 122.10556°W /37.64111; -122.10556
Campus	Suburban, 94 acres (380,000 m2)
Affiliations	Chabot-Las PositasCommunity College District
Mascot	Gladiator
Website	www.chabotcollege.edu
Location in California

Chabot College(ChabotorCC;/ʃəˈboʊ/shə-BOH) is apubliccommunity collegeinHayward, California. It is part of theChabot-Las Positas Community College District.

Chabot College was the first college opened by the Chabot-Las PositasCommunity 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 7.5-acre (30,000 m²) temporary site in San Leandro with an enrollment of 1,163 students. The 94-acre (380,000 m²) Chabot College site on Hesperian Boulevard in Hayward opened for its first day of classes on September 20, 1965.

The college primarily serves residents ofAlameda Countyin theEast Bay area(generally the suburban region south ofOakland), including the district communities ofHayward,Castro Valley,San Leandro,San LorenzoandUnion City.

The school is named for noted Bay Area entrepreneurAnthony Chabot.

In 2023, Jamal A. Cooks became president of the college.^[1]

Chabot offers a curriculum of over 175 majors of study,^[3]awarding more than 100 associate degrees and certificates.^[4][3]Chabot is on asemestersystem.

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.^[5]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.^[6]

Chabot College is accredited by theAccrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges. Specific programs are accredited by the Council on Dental Education,American Dental Association, 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 theCalifornia Board of Registered Nursing. The college is approved by theCalifornia State Department of Educationand is a member of theAmerican Association of Community and Junior Collegesand theCommunity College League of California. Chabot College is an accredited institutional member of theNational Association of Schools of Art and Design.

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

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

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 independentcable TVfeeds of programming from the studio. Lately, it became the Community Media Center for the East bay by taking overPublic-access televisionchannels fromComcastdue to the DIVCA (Digital Infrastructure Video Communications Act). Which makes the Studio available to the communities as well as forEducational-access televisionuse. Local business and Individuals can now use theLeased accessHigh 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.

Chabot College has 16 intercollegiate sports.^[7]

In 1987 the Chabot Collegeultimate discteam won the intercollegiate national championship.^[8]

TheBay Area Ambassadorssoccer team has played at the Gladiator Stadium from 2009 to 2012.

• Jeff Barnes, former NFL player
• Cliff Burton, bassist for the heavy metal bandMetallica
• Lester Conner, basketball coach
• Stephanie Chandler, entrepreneur and author
• Mark Davis, Major League Baseball pitcher
• Tim Davis, football player
• Tamara De Treaux, actress who playedE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
• Ed Galigher, defensive lineman for the NFL'sSan Francisco 49ersandNew York Jets
• Chris Geile, offensive lineman for the NFL'sDetroit Lions
• Tom Hanks, Academy Award-winning actor^[9]
• Bruce Henderson, journalist and author
• Robert Jenkins, former NFL player
• Stevie Johnson, wide receiver for the NFL's San Francisco 49ers
• Von Joshua, Major League Baseball outfielder
• Eric Lane, former NFL player
• Darren Lewis, Major League Baseball outfielder
• Lorenzo Lynch, former NFL player
• Bip Roberts, All-Star Major League Baseballsecond baseman
• Brandon Kolb, Major League Baseball pitcher
• Aaron Ledesma, Major League Baseball infielder
• Mike McRae, Olympic long jumper
• Doug Padilla, Olympic distance runner
• Carl Potts, comic book artist
• Rick Rodriguez, Major League Baseball pitcher
• Nate Schierholtz, outfielder with theChicago Cubsmajor league baseballteam
• Cal Stevenson(born 1996), baseball outfielder for theSan Francisco Giants
• Junior Tautalatasi, former NFL player
• Adrian Ward, former NFL player
• Lyle West, former NFL football player with NY Giants, played in Super Bowl XXXV
• Ned Yost, formerMilwaukee Brewersand currentKansas City Royalsmanager
• Mike Young, Major League Baseball outfielder

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

• Official website

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