Palomar College

Infobox University
name=Palomar College


motto=Learning for Success
established=1946
type=Public
president=Robert P. Deegan| city=Main: San Marcos
state=CA
country=USA
undergrad=30,000
faculty=1,100 as of Fall 2003
campus=Main: Urban; 200 acres (.81 km²)
mascot=Comets
free_label=Athletics
free=24 teams
colors=Scarlet and Silver| website= [http://www.palomar.edu/ 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 [http://www.palomar.edu/masterplan/ Master Plan 2022] .

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:

Media, Newspapers and Magazines

* [http://www.the-telescope.com Palomar College Newspaper - The Telescope]
* [http://www.palomar.edu/kksm/ Palomar College Radio - KKSM]
* [http://www.palomar.edu/pctv/ Palomar College Television - PCTV]

Associated Student Government

The Associated Student Government is a student run organization at Palomar that strives to create the campus better for its students. Members of the AS 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 AS receive transferable credit for the Leadership Class, opportunities to attend conferences, special on-campus parking, and serve on campus wide committees as the "voice of the students."

Fall 2007/Spring 2008 Election results:

*President:
*Vice President: Jesse Lyn
*ICC Chairman: Shawn Emamjomeh

Clubs

There are many student run clubs at Palomar College, including:

* [http://clubs.palomar.edu/anime Anime Club]
* [http://clubs.palomar.edu/archaeology Archaeology Club]
* [http://www.palomar.collegegop.org/ College Republicans of Palomar College]
* [http://www.socalfca.org/ The Fellowship of Christian Athletes]
* [http://clubs.palomar.edu/geoscienceconnection Geoscience Connection]
* [http://palomarcollegedemocrats.org/ Palomar College Democrats]
* [http://clubs.palomar.edu/phithetakappa Phi Theta Kappa]
* [http://clubs.palomar.edu/photography Photography Club]
* [http://clinic4mexico.googlepages.com/ Pre-Med Club]
* [http://www.palomar.edu/speech_and_asl/ Speech & Debate Club]

Athletics

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

*Other Sports
** [http://www.palomar.edu/athletics/football/ Football]
**Baseball
**Softball
**Golf
**Wrestling.

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.
*Gene Knight - longtime San Diego radio personality, currently heard on KYXY 96.5 in San Diego.

External links

* [http://www.palomar.edu/ Palomar College Website]
* [http://palomarforums.co.nr Palomar Community College Forums]
* [http://www.the-telescope.com Palomar Community College Newspaper - The Telescope]
* [http://www.palomar.edu/kksm/ Palomar Community College Radio - KKSM]
* [http://www.palomar.edu/asg/ Palomar Community College Student Government - Associated Student Government]
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