Bakersfield College Explained

Bakersfield College
Established:1913
President:Jerry Fliger[1]
Chancellor:Steven Bloomberg[2]
Students:27,800[3]
Country:United States
Campus:Suburban, 153acres
Colors:Red and white
Mascot:Knight
Athletics Affiliations:CCCAA – WSC,
SCFA (football),
SCWA (wrestling)
Coor:35.4097°N -118.9733°W

Bakersfield College (BC) is a public community college in Bakersfield, California. BC serves about 27,800 students each semester or 31,000 annually, and offers associate degrees, certificate programs, and is one of fifteen California Community Colleges offering a baccalaureate degree. It is part of the Kern Community College District (KCCD), which is itself part of the California Community Colleges system.

History

Founded in 1913 as Bakersfield Junior College, the school was initially housed on the campus of Bakersfield High School (then Kern County Union High School). In 1947, the school dropped "Junior" from its name. In 1956, Bakersfield College moved to its current location "on the hill" in northeast Bakersfield on the "Panorama Bluffs" that overlook the prolific Kern River Oil Field.[4] [5]

Campus

The main campus is located on a 153acres plot in Northeast Bakersfield, and it also operates three satellite campuses: the Weill Institute in downtown Bakersfield, shared by the Kern Community College District, the SouthWest Campus also located in Bakersfield, and the Delano Campus in Delano, approximately 35miles north of Bakersfield.

Organization and administration

BC is part of the Kern Community College District (KCCD).

Academics

BC serves about 25,000 students each semester.[6]

Student life

2022
Hispanic and Latino American72%
African American5%
Asian American5%
American Indian0%
White15%
Multiethnic Americans3%
International students0%
Unknown0%
Female56%
Male42%
Unknown2%

Newspaper

The Renegade Rip is the student newspaper of Bakersfield College. In publication since 1929,[7] The Rip covers campus news as well as major events off campus. The Renegade Rip won Associated Collegiate Press National Pacesetter Awards in 2003 and 2008.[8] [9]

Performing arts

The Renegade Pep Band supports the college's athletic teams.

Golden Empire Performing Arts is a non-profit 501(c)(3) account of the Bakersfield College Foundation that supports the Bakersfield College Drumline and the Golden Empire Drum and Bugle Corps.[10]

Athletics

See main article: Bakersfield Renegades. The college's athletic teams are known as the Renegades ('Gades). The team competes as a member of the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) in the Western State Conference (WSC) for all sports except football and wrestling, which compete in Southern California Football Association (SCFA) and Southern California Wrestling Association (SCWA).[11] The college has an extensive athletics program with 20 varsity teams, including men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's golf, football, soccer, volleyball, wrestling, baseball, softball, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's track and field, and men's and women's swimming.

Renegades football has a long tradition of success in Junior College-level competition, and plays out of the 20,000-seat, on-campus Memorial Stadium.[12]

Notable people

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bakersfield College's newest president selected after exhaustive national search. Feb 2024.
  2. Web site: KCCD board taps educator with Kern ties to be next chancellor. Feb 2024.
  3. Web site: California Community College Chancellors Office. CA.gov.
  4. Web site: Hooper. Ken. History: Growing up and headed for college . The Bakersfield Californian. July 28, 2013. November 21, 2018.
  5. Web site: Bakersfield College Centennial: 100 years of higher education . Claffy. Emily. The Bakersfield Californian. July 26, 2013. November 21, 2018.
  6. Web site: California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office - Data Mart . 2023-02-17 . datamart.cccco.edu.
  7. News: Garcia . Olivia . March 2, 2014 . BC student newspaper to hold reunion May 10 . September 20, 2014 . Bakersfield Californian.
  8. News: April 25, 2003 . 'Gade Newsline . September 20, 2014 . The Renegade Rip . Bakersfield College.
  9. News: April 9, 2008 . Rip staff earns Pacesetter Award . September 20, 2014 . Bakersfield College.
  10. Web site: Golden Empire Performing Arts. Golden Empire Performing Arts. 2017-09-28.
  11. Web site: 2019-20 CCCAA Directory . California Community College Athletic Association . 15 April 2020.
  12. http://www.bakersfieldmagazine.net/arts/bakersfields-sound/350-bakersfield-memorial-stadium- Bakersfield Memorial Stadium
  13. Web site: Kevin McCarthy Bioguide . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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