{{Short description|Community college in Fullerton, California, US}} {{Distinguish|California State University, Fullerton}} {{More citations needed|date=April 2018}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox university | name = Fullerton College | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = Fullerton College seal.svg | image_upright = 0.8 | image_alt = | caption = | latin_name = | other_name = FC | former_name = Fullerton Junior College (1913–1972) | motto = Excellence. ''Elevated'' | motto_lang = | mottoeng = | top_free_label = | top_free = | type = Public community college | established = {{Start date and age|1913|df=yes|p=y}} | closed = | founder = | parent = North Orange County Community College District | affiliation = | religious_affiliation = | accreditation = Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges | endowment = | budget = $87 million<ref name="Annual Report">{{Cite web|url=http://news.fullcoll.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/FC-Annual-ReportFinal-web1.pdf|title=2016-2017 Annual Report|website=Fullerton College News Center|access-date=May 23, 2018}}</ref> | officer_in_charge = | chairman = | chairperson = | chancellor = | president = Cynthia Olivo | vice-president = | superintendent = | provost = | vice_chancellor = | rector = | principal = | dean = | director = | head_label = | head = | academic_staff = | administrative_staff = | students = 21,017 (spring 2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://datamart.cccco.edu/Students/Enrollment_Status.aspx|title= Enrollment Status Summary Report-Fullerton College|website=CCC Chancellor's Office|access-date= September 5, 2019}}</ref> | undergrad = | postgrad = | doctoral = | other = | address = | city = Fullerton, California | province = | country = U.S. | postcode = | coordinates = {{Coord|33.8744|-117.9185|display=inline,title|format=dms|type:edu_region:US-CA}} | campus = Metropolitan, {{convert|83|acre|ha|1}} | language = | free_label = | free = | free_label2 = | free2 = | colors = {{colorbox|#00449e}} {{colorbox|#ffd600}} Stinger Blue, Hornet Yellow<ref name="Visual Identity">{{Cite web|title=Office of Campus Communications |url=https://www.fullcoll.edu/communications/#colors}}</ref> | sports_nickname = Hornets | sporting_affiliations = Orange Empire Conference <br /> California Community College Athletic Association <br /> Southern California Football Association | mascot = Buzzy the Hornet<ref name="Visual Identity" /> | sports_free_label = | sports_free = | sports_free_label2 = | sports_free2 = | website = {{url|https://www.fullcoll.edu}} | logo = | logo_size = | logo_alt = | footnotes = }} '''Fullerton College''' ('''FC''') is a public community college in Fullerton, California, United States. It is part of the California Community Colleges System and the North Orange County Community College District. Established in 1913, it is the oldest community college in continuous operation in California.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://publicinfo.fullcoll.edu/about/history.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070505203437/http://publicinfo.fullcoll.edu/about/history.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-05-05|title=Fullerton College - Public Information|date=2007-05-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.californiacolleges.com/college/fullerton-college.html|title=Fullerton College|website=CaliforniaColleges.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-10}}</ref><ref name="Articles">{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-sep-23-me-13397-story.html|title=Focus: Orange County Community News : Fullerton|last=Whang|first=Jin|date=1999-09-23|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2018-03-10|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref>
==History== thumb|left|200px|Front of the Fullerton Junior College campus, April 1963 {{Unreliable sources|date=May 2023|section}}
In April 1913, the governing board of Fullerton Union High School approved a motion to establish a two-year postgraduate course of study at the high school. At this time, Fullerton was primarily an agricultural community, which specialized in the production of citrus produce. Delbert Brunton, who was the Fullerton High principal, established the new Fullerton Junior College to provide such postgraduate study.
Twenty-six freshman students enrolled in the first year, and the school had a curriculum of 10 courses. "In 1922 the college was reorganized as an independent junior college district. After holding classes on the Fullerton Union High School campus for its first 23 years, the college began moving to its own fourteen-acre campus next door in 1936."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://publicinfo.fullcoll.edu/about/history.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613100427/http://publicinfo.fullcoll.edu/about/history.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-06-13|title=Fullerton College - Public Information|date=2007-06-13}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=April 2018}}
In 2002, North Orange County voters passed a $239 million facilities bond measure, of which nearly $135 million was allotted to Fullerton College. It was used for renovation of current campus facilities and also to construct new facilities. On June 13, 2005, the new library was opened, and a formal dedication occurred on October 28, 2005. A bond measure that passed in 2014 will award the North Orange County Community College District (NOCCCD) $574 million to fund construction and renovation projects for the next 25 years.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fullcoll.edu/bondprojects/ |title=Fullerton College |access-date=2017-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225211621/http://www.fullcoll.edu/bondprojects/ |archive-date=2017-02-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=April 2018}}
In 2021, the college introduced an American Indian and Indigenous Studies degree program. This was announced with the school's celebration of Indigenous People's Day.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2021-10-04 |title=FC Celebrates Indigenous People's Day on Oct. 11 |url=https://news.fullcoll.edu/fc-celebrates-indigenous-peoples-day-on-oct-11/ |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=Fullerton College News Center |language=en-US}}</ref><!-- Spell out acronyms first; this is incomprehensible for many readers -->
== Campus == The college is located in the city of Fullerton, California, in northern Orange County. The campus is within walking distance of the downtown section.
The Fullerton College library first opened in 1913, in a small section of the Fullerton High School Library. It moved into the high school gymnasium in 1929 and to a small space in the new science building in 1938. A specialized facility was constructed in 1957 and named the William T. Boyce Library in 1962 in honor of William T. Boyce, who served as dean and president from 1918 to 1951.<ref>{{cite web|date=December 18, 2007|title=The History of the Library on its 75th Anniversary|url=http://library.fullcoll.edu/2007libraryhistory75.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511200525/http://library.fullcoll.edu/2007libraryhistory75.html|archive-date=May 11, 2008|access-date=March 10, 2017|publisher=College Information Resource Center}}</ref> A new library was constructed and opened on June 13, 2005, and formally dedicated on October 28, 2005.<ref>{{cite web|year=2015|title=About – Fullerton College Library|url=http://library.fullcoll.edu/about/|access-date=March 10, 2017|publisher=Fullerton College}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=April 2018}}
==Artist-in-residence program== The Fullerton College Art Department hosts a yearly artist-in-residence (AIR) program which was started in 1972 with a visit from painter Wayne Thiebaud.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=2013-09-11|title=Fullerton College's 100th fall semester in full swing|language=en-US|work=Orange County Register|url=https://www.ocregister.com/2013/09/11/fullerton-colleges-100th-fall-semester-in-full-swing/|access-date=2018-03-10}}</ref> August 2013 marked the 100th fall semester of the AIR program. It was celebrated with the first exhibit of the entire AIR art collection at the Fullerton College Art Gallery.<ref name=":0" />
== Student life == {| style="text-align:center; float: right; font-size:85%; margin-left: 2em;" align="center" class="wikitable" |+ Demographics of student body (spring 2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://datamart.cccco.edu/Students/Enrollment_Status.aspx|title=California Community College Chancellor's Office-Data Mart|access-date=2019-09-05}}</ref> ! !! Undergraduate |- ! African-American | 2.50% |- ! American Indian | 0.22% |- ! Asian | 12.25% |- ! Filipino | 2.78% |- ! Hispanic | 55.27% |- ! Multiracial | 3.12% |- ! Pacific Islander | 0.28% |- ! Unknown | 5.06% |- ! White Non-Hispanic | 18.53% |}
The students of Fullerton College have established a student body association named Associated Students of Fullerton College. The association is required by law to "encourage students to participate in the governance of the college".<ref>[https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=EDC§ionNum=76060. Section 76060] of the California Education Code. Retrieved 2018-6-12.</ref>
Associated Students of Fullerton College is a voting member of a statewide community college student organization named Student 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".<ref>[https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=76060.5.&lawCode=EDC Section 76060.5] of the California Education Code. Retrieved 2018-6-12.</ref>
==Notable alumni== {{Refimprove|section|date=May 2023}} <!-- Do not add any entries here unless 1) you can demonstrate notability, generally by the entry having their own Wikipedia page; and 2) you include references to support the claim that they attended the school. Limit text to what is supported by the reference; for example, do not include a graduation year unless that's set out in the cited reference. --> [[File:James Cameron by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|125px|right|James Cameron, Academy Award-winning film director and screenwriter]] [[File:PatNixon.jpg|thumb|125px|right|Pat Nixon, 37th First Lady of the United States]]
=== Actors and artists === * Harry Anderson – actor, comedian, and magician<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fullerton College Centennial Celebration {{!}} Did You Know?|url=http://fullertoncollegecentennial.com/history/did-you-know.html|access-date=2020-11-06|website=fullertoncollegecentennial.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=1991-10-27|title=Orange Country Community Colleges|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-27-me-1103-story.html|access-date=2020-11-06|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Craig|first=Sheldon|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AGEEAAAAMBAJ&q=harry+Anderson++fullerton+college&pg=PA95|title=Orange Coast Magazine|date=July 1987|publisher=Emmis Communications|language=en|chapter=Local Luminaries}}</ref> * Florence Arnold – painter<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-09-14-vw-400-story.html|title=Fullerton Artist Says There's an Art to Living|last=ANGEL|first=SHERRY|date=1990-09-14|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2018-04-27|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> * Nathan Baesel – actor<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ocweekly.com/the-rise-of-nathan-baesel-6369443/|title=The Rise of Nathan Baesel|first=Joel|last=Beers|work=OC Weekly|date=October 19, 2006|access-date= October 20, 2006}}</ref> * Bill Blackbeard – writer<ref name=fox>[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/01/arts/design/bill-blackbeard-comic-strip-champion-dies-at-84.html?_r=1 Fox, Margalit. "Bill Blackbeard, Comic Strip Champion, Dies at 84". ''The New York Times'', April 29, 2011.]</ref> * James Cameron – Academy Award-winning movie director and screenwriter; explorer of the seas;<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vml9AwAAQBAJ|title=James Cameron|last=Keller|first=Alexandra|publisher=Routledge|year=2014|isbn=978-1134700219}}</ref> attended Fullerton College 1973–1974<ref name=":1" /> * William Conrad – actor, producer and director whose career spanned five decades in radio (''Gunsmoke''), film (''The Killers'') and television (''Cannon'')<ref>Kahana, Yoram, "The Wolfe Man in His Lair." ''The Australian Women's Weekly'', January 29, 1982, pp. 95–96. [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page4479204 Retrieved] from the National Library of Australia, May 27, 2013</ref> * Eden Espinosa – actress and singer * Ruby Berkley Goodwin – actress<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alumni Stories: Ruby Berkeley Goodwin|url=http://fullertoncollegecentennial.com/alumni-stories/ruby-berkeley-goodwin.html|access-date=2021-02-17|website=Fullerton College Centennial Celebration}}</ref> * Renee Griffin – actress * Jason Scott Lee – actor * Matthew Lillard – actor * Ryan O'Donohue – actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Ryan ODonohue Official Facebook Page - About |url=https://www.facebook.com/odonohueryan/about_work_and_education |website=facebook.com}}</ref> * Mitch Pileggi – actor * Steven Seagal – actor and martial artist * Melissa Villaseñor – actress, comedian, and former ''Saturday Night Live'' cast member<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whittierdailynews.com/2011/07/29/whittier-woman-a-talent-finalist/|title=Whittier woman a 'Talent' finalist|first=Venusse|last=Navid|date=July 29, 2011|access-date=July 21, 2023|website=Whittier Daily News}}</ref> * Cress Williams – actor, appeared in numerous TV shows including ''Beverly Hills, 90210'', ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', ''NYPD Blue'', ''ER'', ''Becker'', ''Nash Bridges'', ''Providence'', ''Black Lightning''
=== Music === * Tim Buckley – singer-songwriter<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biographies |url=http://timbuckley.net/bios/timeline.shtml |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=timbuckley.net}}</ref> * Jack Cooper – composer, arranger, instrumentalist<ref name="bio1">[http://music.fullcoll.edu/conn_alumni.php Fullerton College Music Department, Alumni Biographical page]</ref> * Leo Fender – founder of the Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company<ref>{{Cite web|title=8 Things You Might Not Know About Leo Fender|url=https://www.fender.com/articles/artists/8-things-you-might-not-know-about-leo-fender|last=France|first=Pauline|date=2017-08-15|website=Fender.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-26}}</ref> * Bobby Hatfield – singer and member of The Righteous Brothers<ref>{{Cite work|title=Bobby Hatfield Dies at 63; Righteous Brothers Tenor|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/07/arts/bobby-hatfield-dies-at-63-righteous-brothers-tenor.html|last=Sisario|first=Bobby|date=November 7, 2003|publisher=The New York Times|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-26}}</ref> * Scheila Gonzalez – Grammy-winning multi-instrumentalist<ref name="bio1"/> * Kye Palmer – trumpet player, The Tonight Show Band<ref name="bio1"/> * Dan Radlauer – composer * Mark D. Sanders – songwriter * Gwen Stefani – lead singer of band No Doubt and fashion designer<ref>{{Cite book|title=Dr. Martens: The Story of an Icon|last=Roach|first=Martin|publisher=Chrysalis Impact|year=2003|isbn=1844110117}}</ref>{{page needed|date=September 2019}}
=== Politics === * Sallie Fiske – LGBTQ activist<ref name=Woo>{{cite news |last=Woo |first=Elaine |title=Obituaries; Sallie Fiske, 75; Gay Activist, Pioneering Television Journalist |work=Los Angeles Times |date=March 2, 2004 |page=B12 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-mar-02-me-fiske2-story.html |access-date=October 17, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310072540/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-mar-02-me-fiske2-story.html |archive-date=2021-03-10 }}</ref> * Pat Nixon – wife of former President Richard M. Nixon and First Lady of the United States 1969–1974<ref>[http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=38 First Lady Biography: Pat Nixon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509084238/http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=38 |date=2012-05-09 }}, National First Ladies' Library</ref> * Sharon Quirk-Silva – member of the California State Assembly<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sharonquirksilva.com/about/|title=About Sharon|website=Sharon Quirk-Silva for Assembly 2018 - District 65|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-10}}</ref> * Cruz Reynoso – former associate justice of the Supreme Court of California 1982–1987<ref name=dateline-ucd>{{cite news | title = Law school taps expertise of former justice | last = Easley | first = Julia Ann | date = March 30, 2001 | newspaper = Dateline UC Davis | publisher = University of California, Davis | location = Davis, CA | accessdate = June 10, 2011 | url = http://dateline.ucdavis.edu/033001/reynoso.html | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110613032226/http://dateline.ucdavis.edu/033001/reynoso.html | archivedate = June 13, 2011}}</ref> * Cristian Terheș – member of the European Parliament for Romania<ref>{{cite web|url=https://adevarul.ro/news/politica/ce-avere-chris-terhes-candidat-psd-euroalegeri-1_5ca343ad445219c57efd3bb1/index.html|title=Ce avere are Chris Terheș, candidat al PSD la euroalegeri|newspaper=Adevărul |date=April 2, 2019 }}</ref> * Mike Wilson – member of the Kentucky Senate<ref name="KYS">{{cite web |url= http://www.lrc.ky.gov/legislator/S032.htm |title= Senator Mike Wilson (R) |publisher= Kentucky Senate |location= Frankfort, Kentucky |accessdate= May 6, 2014 |archive-date= January 17, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190117192941/http://www.lrc.ky.gov/Legislator/S032.htm |url-status= dead }}</ref>
=== Sports === * Sharron Backus – college softball player and head coach * Bill Bathe – former MLB catcher * Marvin Burns – water polo player and former Olympic player * Justin Carter – professional basketball player<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gazette.net/stories/01142009/olnespo101546_32485.shtml |title=Justin Carter, Division I starter |website=gazette.net |access-date=April 22, 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217134728/http://www.gazette.net/stories/01142009/olnespo101546_32485.shtml |archive-date=February 17, 2017}}</ref> * Bobby Cramer – MLB pitcher<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=cramebo01|title = Bobby Cramer Stats| publisher=Baseball Almanac |access-date= December 21, 2012}}</ref> * Steve DeBerg – former NFL quarterback * Bobby Dye – college basketball player and head coach * Jim Fassel – NFL, UFL, and college football coach<ref>{{cite book |title=Tips from the Top: Advice for a Young Person from 125 of America's Most Successful People |last=Gallagher |first=Bradley N. |publisher=Trafford Publishing |year=2003 |isbn=141200151X |page=242}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-oct-25-la-sp-1026-simers-20101026-story.html |title=Odds are Jim Fassel is never coaching in the NFL again |last=Simer |first=T.J. |date=October 25, 2010 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=March 16, 2018 |language=en-US| issn=0458-3035}}</ref> * Robert Frojen – water polo player and former Olympic player * Lynn Hill – climber<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hill |first1=Lynn |last2=Child |first2=Greg |author-link2=Greg Child |title=Climbing Free: My Life in the Vertical World |year=2002 |publisher=W. W. Norton & Co |location=New York |isbn=978-0-393-04981-7 |page=131}}</ref> * Mike Horan – former NFL kicker * Bob Horn – water polo goalie and former Olympic player * Al Hrabosky – former MLB pitcher * Don Johnson – college basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite news|first=Steve|last=Kresal|title=Cypress' Johnson Is Stepping Down|date=February 9, 1994|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|page=C9|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-don-johnson-announ/78588284/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 23, 2024}}</ref> * Ron Johnson – former MLB player and minor league manager * Bill Johnson – Olympian swimmer * Steve Kiefer – former MLB player * Howie Livingston – former NFL player * Larry Mac Duff – former NFL and college coach * Kevin McLain – former American football linebacker in the NFL, played for the Los Angeles Rams<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MCLAIKEV01 |title=Kevin Mclain |publisher=databaseFootball.com |access-date=December 21, 2012 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007144530/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MCLAIKEV01 |archive-date=October 7, 2012 }}</ref> * Monte Nitzkowski – swimmer and water polo player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uclabruins.cstv.com/sports/m-wpolo/spec-rel/100406aaa.html |title=Monte Nitzkowski Inducted Into UCLA Athletics Hall Of Fame |access-date=2008-05-07 |work=UCLA Water Polo |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080211135933/http://uclabruins.cstv.com/sports/m-wpolo/spec-rel/100406aaa.html |archive-date=2008-02-11 }}</ref> * Brian Noble – former NFL linebacker * Doug Nordquist – track and field high jumper and former Olympic player * Brig Owens – former NFL player * J. C. Pearson – former NFL player * John Pease – former NFL and college coach * Jerry Pimm – college basketball player and head coach * Floyd Rhea – former NFL player * Rick Sloan – track and field decathlete and former Olympic player * Dan Stevens – former MLB player * Steve Trachsel – former MLB pitcher * Dave Wilson – former NFL quarterback * John Young – former MLB player
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==External links== {{Portal|Greater Los Angeles}} {{Commons category}} * [http://www.fullcoll.edu/ Official website]
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