San José City College ( SJCC ) is a public community college in San Jose, California . It was founded in 1921, and is one of the oldest colleges in the California Community College System .
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51-572: A variety of learning software. The Carmen Castellano Fine Arts Center was opened in 2012. It is named after longtime local arts booster and community organizer Carmen Castellano. The center includes a fine arts gallery and a theatre/performance space, alongside classrooms for relevant departments. KJCC 104.1 FM is an online and very low power FM radio station run by San Jose City College students. KJCC began in 1978, then in fall 1994, radio classes were cancelled due to budget cuts, and has since been operated by campus clubs. San Jose City College
68-430: Is home to Jagsports. A $ 1.7 million capital improvements plan includes a new weight and fitness training complex which is open now to all students, and contains weight and cardiovascular equipment. During the 1970s, SJCC was a major training hub for Olympic track and field athletes. Under the supervision of coach Bert Bonanno , Caitlyn Jenner (known as Bruce Jenner prior to her transition) trained eight hours per day at
85-797: The Bruce Jenner Classic Track and Field Classic, which grew into one of the top international events. He also co-founded the Mercury News 10K Race and served as meet director for the 1984 and 1987 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships held at San Jose City College. He also served as the US coach at the 1981 Pan Pacific Games in Auckland, New Zealand, and the 1989 Indoor World Championships in Athletics in Budapest. He
102-649: The Bruce Jenner Invitational, one of the top domestic meets for top-level athletes. It was an annual televised stop, equivalent with today's Prefontaine Classic . He also used Hampton and Phillips' names to create a local high school invitational. In 1984 and 1987, the San Jose City College track was host to the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships . In February 2018, men's basketball head coach Percy Carr became
119-782: The Mexican Olympic Committee to put that track in," Bonanno said. In 1969, Bonanno became the head coach at San Jose City College (SJCC), where he established a world-class track and field program. At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, he coached decathlete Caitlyn Jenner and sprinter Millard Hampton to gold medals. Other outstanding athletes training at SJCC were Andre Phillips , 1988 Olympic champion in hurdles, as well as throwers Mac Wilkins , Al Feuerbach and John Powell , all Olympians and world record holders. Bonanno became dean of athletics at SJCC in 1976. From 1973 to 1996, Bonanno served as director of
136-694: The Science Complex, the Student Center, Carmen Castellano Fine Arts Center, and the Technology Center, among others. The new library opened in June 2003. It was named after Californian civil rights activist César E. Chávez . The library is state-of-the-art with wireless Internet access and data ports throughout the building. It also has an electronic research laboratory consisting of 30 personal computers, an electronic whiteboard and
153-540: The US border, the suspicious Central Intelligence Agency recruited Bonanno to provide information on the coaches they suspected were undercover agents. Bonanno worked as a liaison between the Mexican officials and 3M in 1968, the year the first artificial track was installed for Olympic competition. "It had been red cinder at the Olympic Games up until then. 3M hired Jesse Owens to assist them to convince
170-422: The all-time winningest black head coach in college basketball history. Bert Bonanno Bert Salvatore Bonanno ( born Jan 30, 1935) was an American track and field coach and sports administrator who has produced numerous Olympic champions and world-record holders. Bonanno began his coaching career in the 1950s at San Jose State College as an assistant to Bud Winter (1909–1985), regarded as one of
187-576: The college's operation from San José State University . The college moved to its present location in the Fruitdale neighborhood of West San Jose in the same year. The college's name changed to "San José City College" in 1958. In 1999, 2004 and 2010, voters within the San José-Evergreen Community College District passed bond measures to re-build the campus and provide modern technology and facilities for
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#1732802112646204-573: The greatest sprint coaches in the world. He was playing racquetball with Winter at the TAC Annual Meeting when Winter suffered his fatal heart attack, one day before his induction into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame . At San Jose State, Bonanno led the freshmen team to two national track and field championships. He also recruited hammer thrower national champion Ed Burke , who went on to compete in three Olympics and
221-598: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SJCC&oldid=1041019174 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages San Jose City College The college was founded in 1921, opening its doors as San Jose Junior College to students in September of that year. In 1953, San José Unified School District took over
238-550: The students, which resulted in the construction of buildings like César E. Chávez Library, the Science Complex, Carmen Castellano Fine Arts Center, and the SJCC Student Center. SJCC's campus is located in West San Jose , in the neighborhood of Fruitdale . It is bound by Bascom Ave to the west, Leigh Ave to the east, and Moorpark Ave to the north. Notable buildings on campus include César E. Chávez Library,
255-612: The track before he won the 1976 Olympic decathlon. Alumni Millard Hampton and Andre Phillips both won Olympic gold medals, with coaching assistance from Bobby Poynter who was a part of San Jose State University 's "Speed City" track team, and was also their coach and teacher at Silver Creek High School (California) . The throwing facilities, in particular, were home to gold medalist Mac Wilkins , Al Feuerbach and John Powell . All three became world record holders, Wilkins and Feuerbach setting their records at San Jose City College. Following Jenner's victory in Montreal, Bonanno created
272-663: Was the flag-bearer for the United States at the 1984 Olympic Games . From 1964 to 1968, Bonanno was the head coach of the Mexican track and field team. He was one of several foreign coaches—including some from the Eastern Bloc —recruited by the Mexican Olympic Committee to help the host team prepare for the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City . At the height of the Cold War , and with the Olympic Games so close to
289-762: Was the head coach for Peru at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, and coached athletes from Hungary, New Zealand and Scotland from the 1970s to 1990s. After 33 years with the college, Bonanno retired from San Jose City College in 2003. In 1980, he was the first recipient of the Bud Winter Sportsman of the Year Award. Bonanno was inducted into the California Community College Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1986 and twenty years later, inducted star pupil Millard Hampton into
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