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1999

College Celebrates 30th Year

ineteen-ninety-nine was the year Cougar Den Completed
that college enrollment surpassed The privately funded Cougar Den was
N10,000 students, a noteworthy completed next to Cougar Stadium.
achievement considering the fact that the
college was designed to accommodate no Women’s Athletics Expanded
more than 5,000 students. College leaders Women's golf and water polo programs
addressed the overcrowding issue as best were added.
they could during the institution’s 30th Athletic Achievement
anniversary year. Fourteen much-needed Lisa Mosier led the women's volleyball
new classrooms were being prepared, an team to a championship and was named
exciting new program that would offer coach of the year, and Phil Marcellin led
bachelor degree programs on campus was women's soccer to the regional finals. He
in the works, and plans were afoot to build also was named coach of the year.
a middle college on campus.
MESA Program Debuts
Classroom Village Built The MESA (Math, Engineering and Sci-
Fourteen new classrooms covering 10,000 ence Achievement) program debuted.
square feet were unveiled as the Modular
Classroom Village opened. The complex Middle College Consensus
also housed bachelor degree programs The Hart High School District agreed to
offered in joint ventures with Cal State build a “middle college” high school,
Bakersfield and University of La Verne Academy of the Canyons, at the college.
– a precursor to the University Center PAC Plan Moves Forward
concept.
The long-awaited Performing Arts
Student Center Remodel Center moved forward, with the state dis-
Expansion of the Student Center began. bursing money to start planning and the
Plans called for a larger dining area and an City of Santa Clarita committing $2.4
enclosed lounge in the former courtyard- million to expand its capacity.
like entrance.

MAY 22, 1999 SUMMER 1999 FALL 1999
Roberta Veloz, chair- The summer program Sharon Davis, wife of
woman of Aquafine Corp., grows to some 6,000 stu- California Governor Gray
receives the college's dents, the program’s high- Davis, visits and tours the
Silver Spur Award for est enrollment yet. campus.
community service.

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