VISALIA, Calif. , Sept. 28,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- San Joaquin
Valley College (SJVC), a family-owned college that provides
a career-focused curriculum for students, is pleased to
announce its 45th Anniversary Celebration on
Friday, Oct. 7, from 9am – 12pm at the
SJVC Visalia campus located at 8344 W. Mineral King Ave, Visalia,
CA 93291. The event will include several guest speakers, an
award ceremony, campus tours, and additional activities for guests
to celebrate SJVC's 45 years of serving local communities.
"This historic milestone marks nearly half a century of
providing students with a pathway for success, and we are excited
to celebrate with the greater community as we continue to find new
ways to enrich the lives of all those we serve,"
said President of SJVC, Nick
Gomez. "While we reflect upon our history and look toward
the future, I am confident we will continue to grow, adapt, and
excel at helping our students reach their fullest potential."
In 1977, Shirley and Bob Perry
founded SJVC to meet a need they experienced firsthand—a need for
local, high-quality career training. Shirley always wanted to work
in healthcare, but without easy access to a formal education, she
had to teach herself medical assisting while raising her two
sons.
After passing the certification exam, Shirley wanted to find a
better option for people in similar situations, so Bob quit his job
and the couple began making their vision a reality. Soon after,
SJVC opened its doors in Visalia,
Calif. with only three students as part of Shirley's first
medical assisting class.
Today, SJVC serves thousands of students on 17 campuses across
California and online. Since 1977
SJVC has served as a model of educational excellence while
delivering economic and social value throughout the state. SJVC now
offers more than 20 programs in the medical, business, and
industrial trade fields, and some notable highlights include:
- As of 2021, SJVC has awarded more than 72,000 certificates
and degrees preparing professionally trained graduates for jobs
in the healthcare and industrial trade fields.
- Between 2018-2020, SJVC helped educate more than 3,500
graduates per year, providing thousands of qualified job
candidates to local employers throughout California.
- In 2019, SJVC was the largest educator of licensed
Respiratory Therapists in the state of California. An estimated 1 in 4 of all
Respiratory Therapy graduates in 2019 were from SJVC in the state
of California1.
- Several SJVC Respiratory Therapy programs earned the
Distinguished RRT Credentialing Success Award from the Commission
on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC)2
including:
-
- SJVC Rancho Cordova (2015–2021)
- SJVC Bakersfield (2016, 2017, 2020, 2021)
- SJVC Temecula (2017–2021)
- SJVC Ontario (2017–2019)
- In addition, the Dental Hygiene programs at SJVC have provided
complimentary dental services for years, serving more than
20,000 patients since 1998 and totaling more than $7,000,000 in complimentary services to
underserved communities3.
The communities served by SJVC benefit from its focus on
outcome-based learning. Faculty, administrators and staff are
committed to helping students develop specific vocational knowledge
and skills, as well as achieving the core student learning outcomes
in information management, technical literacy and professional
development. SJVC is committed to student achievement with a
skills-based approach to education, and with a focus on career
services and academic performance, graduates are highly qualified
and motivated to enter the workforce.
Learn more about the story of Shirley
and Bob Perry and the programs at SJVC.
Visit consumerinfo.sjvc.edu for important information on
program outcomes.
About San
Joaquin Valley College
San Joaquin Valley College (SJVC) is
an accredited private college that provides career-focused
curriculum and instruction to its students. Founded in 1977, SJVC
has 17 campuses located throughout California – plus an online division – and
offers more than 20 accelerated certificate and associate of
science degree programs in the medical, business, and technical
fields. A second-generation, family-run college, SJVC has awarded
more than 72,000 certificates and degrees preparing graduates for
professional success in their chosen careers.
San Joaquin Valley College is
accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission
(WSCUC), 985 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 100, Alameda, CA 94501, (510) 748-9001,
www.wscuc.org. The WSCUC is an institutional accrediting body
recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and
the U.S. Department of Education. Questions or requests to review
documents pertaining to accreditation should be directed to
Crystal G. VanderTuig, Accreditation
Liaison Officer San Joaquin Valley
College, 3828 W. Caldwell Ave. Visalia, CA 93277 (559) 734-9000,
Crystal.VanderTuig@SJVC.edu.
1 Based on Integrated Postsecondary Education Data
System (IPEDS) completions data
2 Source:
coarc.com/about/awards-and-scholarships/
3 Based on the ADA's 2020 National Dental
Expenditures $430 per capita:
https://bit.ly/adanationalexpenditure
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