News Release
IWV Campus
Cerro Coso Community College Receives Local Funding for New Engineering Program
May 27, 2009
Cerro Coso Community College is pleased to announce the establishment of
a two-year pre-engineering program for both mechanical and electrical
engineering students. This engineering program was developed in
consultation with an advisory committee of China Lake Naval personnel, Cerro
Coso faculty and administration, Sierra Sands School District faculty and
administration, and California State University representatives. This
program has been articulated with both the University of California and
California State University systems for transfer.
Demonstrating their support for this new program, Jacobs Technology, DCS
Corporation, New Directions Technologies, Inc. (NDTI) and Systems
Application and Technologies (SA-TECH) have joined together to sponsor the
2009 Engineering courses by "adopting" engineering classes at Cerro Coso.
Their collective donation of $20,000 will cover the cost of adjunct
instructors for the next four courses, thus guaranteeing that they will
remain in the schedule.
Dale Gates (Jacobs), Chuck Faris (DCS), Cedric Knight (NDTI) and Geoff
DeZavala (SA-TECH) have all expressed their commitment to the College and
community by continuing to support this Engineering program in the hope that
it will increase the applicant pools for engineering positions throughout
the Indian Wells Valley.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Joann Clark, Director of Public Information (760)
384-6230