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15-1227: Southwestern College may refer to the following colleges in the United States: Southwestern College (California) Southwestern College (Kansas) Southwestern College (New Mexico) Southwestern College of Business and New England Technical Institute, now part of Lincoln Tech Arizona Christian University , formerly Southwestern College See also [ edit ] Southwest University (disambiguation) Southwestern University (disambiguation) Southwestern Community College (disambiguation) The College at Southwestern , now L.R. Scarborough College Rhodes College , Memphis, Tennessee, formerly Southwestern at Memphis Southwest College , Houston, Texas Southwestern Assemblies of God University , in Waxahachie, Texas Southwestern Christian College , in Terrell, Texas South West College , Northern Ireland University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

30-436: A second issue causing conferencing changes was the varying size of colleges. To be immediately eligible for athletics, an athlete needed to have been a local high school graduate. This caused great difficulty in finding realistic levels of competition for smaller colleges who, for the most part, were geographically isolated. The state designated conferences by small colleges or large colleges with separate play-off structures. When

45-652: Is a college athletic conference that is affiliated with the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) and includes community colleges in the San Diego region of California . The PCAC has won numerous state championships in the CCCAA. In California, following World War II, several new colleges were opened causing many new conference alignments. In San Diego County, the first college involved in athletics

60-402: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Southwestern College (California) The school opened as Southwestern Junior College in 1961 with William Kepley as its president. The dean of admissions was Saxon Wright. The Chula Vista Star-News reported 15 students had registered within the first half hour the dean of admission's office

75-689: The Conference and joined the Orange Empire Conference. In 1987, Cuyamaca College, a second campus in the Grossmont District, became a member. Prior to 1982, the Conference colleges belonged to several different conferences. San Diego City College, and later San Diego Mesa College, belonged to the Metropolitan Conference. Imperial Valley College and Oceanside Junior College, now MiraCosta College, were in

90-747: The Conference. In 1967-68, they left the Conference and rejoined the Desert Conference. During 1968-69, for football, Grossmont, Palomar, and Southwestern colleges were in the Southeastern Conference. San Diego City and San Diego Mesa Colleges were in the Metro Conference. In 1969-70, the Mission, an all sports conference, was formed, consisting of Chaffey, Citrus, Cypress, Grossmont, Palomar, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Southwestern Colleges. In 1974, Grossmont changed to

105-700: The Desert Conference, and later with Palomar and Southwestern Colleges in the South Central Conference. In 1962-1964, Grossmont and Southwestern Colleges were in the Eastern Conference. In 1964-65, five San Diego County colleges formed the Pacific Southwest Conference: Grossmont, Palomar, San Diego City, San Diego Mesa and Southwestern Colleges. For two years, 1965 to 1967, Oceanside/Carlsbad (now MiraCosta College) and Imperial Valley College joined

120-648: The Foothill Conference. Beginning in 1977, the Conference included both men and women’s teams. Prior to 1977, the women’s teams were considered club teams and were not under the State Commission of Athletics. The Pacific Coast Conference rotates the Conference President’s position, alphabetically from college to college. The first Conference Commissioner was Chester S. DeVore. He served in the position from 1982 through 1998. Felix Rogers

135-489: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about schools, colleges, or other educational institutions which are associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Southwestern_College&oldid=1034053741 " Category : Educational institution disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

150-407: The small college designation was dropped, it motivated the forming of separate conferences for football only and using geographic consideration for all other sports. The Pacific Coast Conference was first organized in 1982-83 with the following memberships: Grossmont, Imperial Valley, MiraCosta, Palomar, Saddleback, San Diego City, San Diego Mesa, and Southwestern Colleges. In 1994-95, Saddleback left

165-456: Was San Diego City College in the 1920s. Oceanside/Carlsbad (MiraCosta College) began in 1934. In 1962, Imperial Valley College opened their new college campus. Starting in the 1920s, there were community colleges operating in El Centro and Brawley. Palomar College began in 1946. In 1961, Southwestern and Grossmont colleges opened, and in 1964, San Diego Mesa College opened. During these years,

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180-588: Was chosen as one of the eight campuses in the state to offer a "competency-based" associate's degree program without the need for grades or mandatory attendance on the student's part. Southwestern chose auto tech to be the degree they offer under this program. Southwestern College is in the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference and competes in 11 sports which include: From 1961 until 2001, the Southwestern College mascot

195-486: Was open, with Oliver Pittenger, a graduate of the nearby Chula Vista High School being the first person to enroll. In 2022-2023, enrollment exceeded 25,000 students across all campuses. The campus is a feeder school for students hoping to transfer to the two local public universities, the University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University , and also private institutions. In 2021, Southwestern

210-603: Was selected to the Commissioner position in 1998 and still serves in that position. The Conference has been active in seeking ways to improve Community College Athletics locally and statewide. Beginning in 1996-97, after several years of rejection by the Commission on Athletics (C.O.A.), the Conference was authorized to allow open recruiting in adjacent community college districts in San Diego County. In 1999,

225-702: Was the "Apaches" Southwestern College's football stadium hosts Bonita Vista High School 's football games. The campus has athletic facilities including: - artificial turf half football field - dirt track - soccer field - softball field - Football stadium with weight room looking over the field - indoor swimming pool - basketball gym - Five full-size tennis courts During the week and weekends these fields double as youth soccer fields from ages 6–18. 32°38′25.25″N 116°59′48.50″W  /  32.6403472°N 116.9968056°W  / 32.6403472; -116.9968056 Pacific Coast Athletic Conference (CCCAA) The Pacific Coast Athletic Conference ( PCAC )

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