• SMC is the No. 1 transfer institution to the University of California, UCLA, USC and Loyola Marymount University.

It also transfers students to such nationally renowned institutions as Brown, Georgetown, Juilliard and Stanford.

         • The college's Academy of Entertainment & Technology, a groundbreaking program to train students in digital

animation and new media, opened in fall 1997.

         • The SMC Women's College is the only public, two-year institution of its kind in the nation.

         • SMC's KCRW (89.9 FM) is the award winning and eclectic public radio station that serves as the flagship for National

Public Radio.

         • SMC's Scholars Program for honors students guarantees priority admission to UCLA and other four-year campuses.

         • SMC's Dale Ride Internship Program has placed 75 students in White House, congressional and other summer

internships in Washington, D.C.

         • SMC's Emeritus College for older adults, which offers a wide variety of free classes, is one of the largest programs of

its kind in the nation.

         • The college's Office of Workforce & Economic Development provides customized workforce training, job placement,

business consultation and other services to the Los Angeles area public and private sectors.

         • Voters in the Santa Monica Community College District passed a $160 million facilities bond measure in March 2002

and a $135 million bond in November 2004.

         • SMC has one of the largest international student populations of any community college in the nation, with 2,300 from

more than 100 nations.

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI

Isaac Bruce                             Professional Football Player (St. Louis Rams)

Walter Cunningham                Astronaut

James Dean                            Actor

Cliff Eidelman                         Composer (has scored more than 20 major films)

Anthony Frederick                  Professional Basketball Player

Johnny Gray                           U.S. Track Olympian

Barry Gutierrez                       Pulitzer Prize Winner

Dustin Hoffman                       Actor

Alvan Ikoku                            Rhodes Scholar

Rickie Lee Jones                    Singer/Musician

Lenny Krayzelburg                 U.S. Olympian Swimmer (Gold medalist, 2000 Games)

Arnold Schwarzenegger        California Governor/Actor

Michelle Serros                      Author/Poet

Sanford Sigoloff                     Businessman

Gloria Stuart                          Actress (Oscar nominee, "Titanic")

Miriam Vogel                         Associate Justice, California 2nd District Court of Appeal

Sidney Wicks                         Former Professional Basketball Player

 CONTACT:     Bruce Smith, Public Information Officer     (310) 434-4209