College of San Mateo

thumb|right|300px|Entrance to the College of San Mateo

College of San Mateo (CSM) is a public community college in San Mateo, California. It is part of the San Mateo County Community College District. College of San Mateo is located at the northern corridor of Silicon Valley and situated on a 153-acre site in the San Mateo hills. The college currently serves approximately 15,000 day, evening and weekend students. The college offers 69 A.A./A.S. degree majors and 81 certificate programs. The typical target for students graduating from the junior college was either Berkeley or Stanford; although the junior college was "in a valley between two mountains of conceit—Stanford and the University of California" as described by early faculty, the curriculum at San Mateo was designed to allow graduating students to continue studies at the larger four-year institutions. Incoming dean Charles S. Morris ended physical hazing in 1931.

San Mateo Community College District

By then, two more campuses had opened in what had become the San Mateo County Community College District alongside the College of San Mateo: Cañada College (1968, Redwood City) and Skyline College (1969, San Bruno). Julio Bortolazzo is credited with the expansion of what had become the College of San Mateo into the three-college District. In 1956, he formed a 27-member Citizens Committee to study potential sites for a new campus for CSM. The final report filed by the Committee concluded that San Mateo County needed more than one community college.

Facilities

Upon opening, San Mateo Junior College initially shared facilities with San Mateo High School at what was known as the Baldwin campus, at Baldwin Avenue and San Mateo Drive (then called Griffith Avenue) near downtown San Mateo.

Leadership

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! data-sort-value="Glascock, William L." | William Glascock

| 1922 || 1937

! data-sort-value="Hopkins, Robert J." | Robert J. "Hoppy" Hopkins

| 1922 || 1931

! data-sort-value="Morris, Charles S." | Charles S. "Jum" Morris

| 1931 || 1952

| Elevated to president and Superintendent in 1937.

! data-sort-value="Hildreth, Elon" | Elon Hildreth

| 1952 || 1955

| Contract was not renewed due to dispute over CSM location; Hildreth proposed a continued presence at Coyote Point.

! data-sort-value="Kelly, Shirley J." | Shirley J. Kelly

| 1999 || 2006

! data-sort-value="Claire, Michael" | Michael Claire

| 2006 || 2019

| Appointed interim Chancellor of SMCCCD in 2019.

! data-sort-value="Taylor-Mendoza, Jennifer" | Jennifer Taylor-Mendoza

| 2021 || 2023

| Term started July 1, 2021. Resigned August 23, 2023. Assumed West Valley College presidency August 24, 2023 (West Valley Mission CCD)

! data-sort-value="Storti, Richard" | Richard Storti

| 2023 || 2024

| Acting President

! data-sort-value="Pérez, Manuel Alejandro" | Manuel Alejandro Pérez

|2024 || Present

| Term started July 1, 2024.

;Notes

Academics

Accreditation

College of San Mateo is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges.

Transfer programs

CSM offers transfer admission guarantees with seven of the nine UC campuses, nearly all of the CSU campuses and many private colleges in California.

Career and technical programs

The college offers more than 75 programs in career areas including multimedia, green technologies, cosmetology, nursing, broadcasting, accounting, computer and information science, fire technology and dental assisting.

High school programs

San Mateo Middle College is an alternative high school program serving grades 11 and 12 which operates on the CSM campus. Middle College students take three high school classes on campus with high school teachers and fill the remainder of their schedule with college courses. Middle College students come from the San Mateo Union High School District; students in the Cabrillo Unified School District may also be eligible to participate with approval of the Middle College principal.

In Fall 2016, another alternative high school program, Jumpstart was put on the CSM campus, allowing high school students to finish their credits on an online program, and to give them an opportunity to take classes on campus. This allows for students to receive credit for both their high school and college graduation requirements.

Athletics

CSM's championship intercollegiate athletic teams compete at the highest community college level, offering student athletes an opportunity to participate in a team experience. The college offers the following men's sports: football, baseball, track & field, cross country and swimming; and the following women's sports: softball, basketball, track & field, cross country, sand volleyball, indoor volleyball, water polo and swimming.

Pitcher Scott Feldman walked on to the school's baseball team his freshman year. In two seasons, he went 25–2, with a 1.30 ERA and a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 8-to-1. He earned Coast Conference Pitcher of the Year honors both as a freshman in 2002 and as a sophomore in 2003, and was also an All-American both years. "He has a gift", Williams said.

Athletics Hall of Fame

In 2011, CSM established an Athletics Hall of Fame. Among the notable inductees are John Madden, former professional football coach, analyst and broadcaster; Archie Williams, 1936 Olympic gold medalist; and Bill Ring, former professional football player. Names of all of the inductees are on display in CSM's Hall of Fame Plaza.

Notable alumni

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thumb|upright|[[Scott Feldman]]

Jeremy Anderson, sculptor
Jeanne Bates, actress
Ryan Boschetti, professional football player
Gregory Buckingham, Olympic swimmer
Lindsey Buckingham, Fleetwood Mac band member
Dana Carvey, actor/comedian
Julian Edelman, professional football player
Keith Hernandez, professional baseball player
Scott Feldman, professional baseball player
Liz Figueroa, politician
Warren Furutani, politician
Jennifer Granholm, former governor of Michigan
Merv Griffin, television personality, actor, singer
Dennis Haysbert, actor
Jan Henne, Olympic swimmer
Jerry Hill, politician
Tom Huening, politician
Keala Keanaaina, professional football player
John Lescroart, author
Phil Lesh, Grateful Dead band member
Dick Lotz, professional golfer
John Madden, professional football coach and sportscaster
Paul McClellan, professional baseball player
Bob McClure, professional baseball player
Guy McIntyre, professional football player
Jon Miller, San Francisco Giants broadcaster, member of Baseball Hall of Fame
Antonio Narcisse, professional football player
Daniel Nava, professional baseball player
Greg Proops, comedian
Bill Ring, professional football player
Edward V. Roberts, director, California State Department of Rehabilitation
Steve Shafer, professional football coach
Kurtwood Smith, actor
James Elms Swett, US Marine Corps fighter pilot; Medal of Honor recipient
Ted Tollner, college and professional football coach
Matangi Tonga, professional football player
Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction
J. Craig Venter, scientist, human genome researcher
Dick Vermeil, professional football coach and sports analyst
Bill Walsh, professional football coach
John Wetteland, professional baseball player
Archie Williams, U.S. Air Force officer, Olympic runner, and teacher