President/Superintendent's Office for the Ohlone Community College District
Dr. Gari Browning, President / Superintendent, Ohlone Community College District.I am pleased to welcome you to Ohlone College.
Ohlone helps students learn and assists them to reach their educational goals. We offer a large selection of career and technical degrees designed to match the employer needs of our high technology region. We also feature an excellent transfer program.
Our programs prepare students for all UCs and CSUs and a large number of private universities in California and beyond. Our transfer rate is one of the highest in the state, putting us at fifth out of 112 California Community Colleges. Students from Ohlone who transfer to a four-year university have a higher success rate than students who start there as freshmen.
Despite recent funding cuts imposed by the state, Ohlone continues to offer all courses required for degrees, certificates, and transfer to four-year universities.
Ohlone features many unique opportunities for students. For example, we have well-equipped, highly successful health science programs such as nursing and respiratory therapy. We are also well known for our excellent staff and facilities for Deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
Our Intercollegiate teams are highly successful in both athletic and academic competitions. Students are actively engaged in ASOC, Ohlone's student government organization, and we are among the most culturally diverse community colleges in the state. Our faculty are highly prepared academically, many with doctoral degrees, and they are dedicated to teaching.
Last fall the citizens in the Ohlone College district passed a $349 million General Obligation Bond which will allow the college to repair, upgrade, and replace facilities on the 40-year-old Fremont campus. We plan to continue our leadership in sustainability with these updates. The campus will become more accessible by upgrading it to meet ADA standards. We anticipate that in the coming years, the Fremont campus will become a modern, updated campus with cutting edge technology.
I am proud of Ohlone's programs and facilities, its opportunities for students, and its student successes. Again, welcome to Ohlone.
Gari Browning, Ph.D.
President/Superintendent
Ohlone Community College District
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