15744 Golden West Street  *  Huntington Beach,  CA  *  92647-2748
714/895-8367   *   714/895-8269 fax   *   http://www.gwc.cccd.edu
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                                           Copy by Marc S. Posner
                                         714/892-7711, ext. 55057
                                                 mposner@cccd.edu
                                                 January 18, 2000
                                                   Release: 00-01

Y2K BRINGS NEW MARKETING CAMPAIGN, INCLUDING
INTERACTIVE CD-ROM TO GOLDEN WEST COLLEGE

Golden West College is greeting the new year with a new marketing
campaign that includes what is believed to be the first
interactive CD-ROM produced by an Orange County community
college, and features the slogan: “Oceans of Opportunity.”

The campaign is intended to promote the vast opportunities
available to students — both full- and part-time — who take
advantage of the college’s many programs, according to Margie
Bunten, GWC’s director of Marketing and Public Relations.

In addition to illustrating the value of a GWC education, the
“Oceans of Opportunity” campaign also highlights the college’s
physical location in Huntington Beach.

With the interactive CD-ROM, potential students can use their
computers to view a four-minute video, connect to the campus Web
site, or to view photographs and read more about GWC’s academic
programs, athletic tradition and the rich fine and performing
arts environment. The CD also comes complete with printable forms
such as admission and financial aid applications.

“The information in our new marketing materials will be
invaluable to students who are trying to determine where they
should go to college — which is one of the toughest decisions
they must make in their lives,” said GWC President Dr. Kenneth
Yglesias. “Golden West College is one of the best resources a
student can use as a launching pad to a University of California
or Cal State University campus. Our new marketing materials and
campaign highlight that fact.”

The CD and other informational materials are available to
prospective students from GWC’s Outreach Office, which can be
reached at (714) 895-8144. The office also provides personalized
tours of the Huntington Beach campus.

About Golden West College:

The “Oceans of Opportunity” at Golden West College include
approximately 60 career programs and 50 university-transfer
majors for students starting work on their bachelor’s degrees.

Golden West College is Orange County’s only community college
which features innovative 16-week spring and fall semesters,
which help students prepare for studies at both University of
California and California State University campuses.

GWC also offers short-term courses starting throughout each
semester. The highly successful Weekend Express program allows
students to complete courses in accelerated six-week blocks and
has more than a half-dozen starting dates throughout the calendar
year.

Open enrollment and registration for these programs are under
way.

Classes at Golden West College cost just $11 per unit, the lowest
enrollment fee of any college system in California. In addition,
the college issues more than $10 million in financial aid each
year.

Golden West College is located at 15744 Golden West Street in
Huntington Beach, nestled between Edinger and McFadden avenues
and Golden West and Gothard streets — just off the San Diego
(405) Freeway and minutes from Huntington Beach’s picturesque
shoreline.

Information about Golden West College is available by calling
(714) 892-7711, visiting http://www.gwc.cccd.edu, or sending
e-mail to info@gwc.cccd.edu.


Golden West College’s promotional video “The Decision is Now” is
part of the Huntington Beach College’s new marketing campaign. It
is distributed to potential students as part of an interactive
computer compact disc.



GWC’s new interactive computer compact disc is believed to be the
first produced by an Orange County community college. It features
photos and information for students who are thinking about
starting their higher education at the Huntington Beach college.
The CD is part of the college’s “Oceans of Opportunity” campaign,
which is being unveiled this January. 

                             —GWC—

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 One of the Coast Community Colleges serving Costa Mesa, Fountain
   Valley, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Midway City, Newport
                Beach, Seal Beach and Westminster
Kenneth D. Yglesias, Ed.D, President * Board of Trustees: Paul G.
   Berger; George E. Brown; Walter G. Howald; Jerry Patterson;
Armando Ruiz; Student Trustee * William M. Vega, Ed.D, Chancellor
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