About the College

Nondiscrimination

San Juan College will comply with existing federal and state laws and regulations, including the Title VII Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 1990, Executive Order 11246 Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act, the Age Discrimination Act of 1967, the Americans with Disability Act of 1990, as amended, and the Vietnam Era Veteran’s Readjustment Act of 1974. It is the policy of the College to provide for equal opportunity in recruitment, employment, compensation, benefits, transfers, layoffs, returns, institutionally sponsored education, training, tuition assistance, social and recreational programs, staff development opportunities and advancement, and all other personnel practices without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical and mental disability, age, genetics or veteran’s status. Questions should be directed to the EEO officer at 566-3516.

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the information in this publication will be made available in alternative formats upon request to Student Services. Call (505) 566-3271 for assistance.

Mission

The mission of San Juan College is to inspire and support lifelong learning to achieve personal and community goals by providing quality education, services and cultural enrichment.

Vision

San Juan College will be an innovative, dynamic learning college built on mutual respect, meaningful participation and a collective commitment to students, the community and the core values of a comprehensive community college.

Values

San Juan College is committed to serving the needs of our students and the community through a process of continuous quality improvement. San Juan College upholds and affirms the following core iCARE values:

Innovation - we value…

• Thinking creatively
• Examining and improving procedures
• Initiating strategic change
• Sharing new ideas
• Maximizing technology

Collaboration - we value…

• Open communication
• Collective wisdom
• Inclusive decision-making
• Relationship building
• Partnering to create new opportunities

Accountability - we value…

• Sound fiscal stewardship
• Responsibility and commitment
• Assessing and meeting community needs
• Assessment that leads to improvement
• Clarity of expectations
• Evidence-based decision making

Respect - we value…

• Student centered learning
• Diverse people, perspectives, cultures and life circumstances
• Environmental and economic sustainability and responsibility

Excellence - we value…

• Meeting and exceeding expectations
• Modeling and developing best practices
• Continuous improvement
• On-going professional development

History

San Juan College was founded in 1956 as the Farmington Branch of the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts. All classes were initially taught by part-time instructors during evening hours at Farmington High School. In 1958, the name was changed from Farmington Branch to San Juan Branch, NMSU.

During the 1966-67 year, the College received federal grants to construct a facility for a branch campus on 590 acres of land that the Farmington City Council returned to the Bureau of Land Management. Thus, with the first building constructed in 1967-68, San Juan Branch had a permanent site in the northern part of Farmington.

From the first phase of construction in 1967 to 1981, the College grew exponentially. As the community and local school districts invested more money and support in this university branch campus, the natural desire for more local control and autonomy arose. A successful county-wide election was held in 1981, approving of separation from NMSU and financial support for a newly created junior college district. On July 1, 1982, an independent and separate community college known officially as Junior College District of San Juan County, and informally as San Juan College, came into being.

The College supports a wide variety of instructional and support activities for academic transfer, career education, and noncredit learning activities. More importantly, however, as the College has grown, there has been an incremental growth in student population. From its modest start in 1956 with 25 students, the College now has a credit enrollment of more than 17,000 students per year. Staff size has grown from a handful of part-time instructors to a total of more than 800 men and women who operate the College, including nearly 170 full-time faculty and approximately 160 part-time faculty.

Accreditation and Affiliation

In 2000, San Juan College became one of the first community colleges to take part in the Higher Learning Commission’s Academic Quality Improvement Project. AQIP uses quality processes and standards to assist the institution in maintaining its accredited status. Membership in this accrediting association makes possible the transfer of credits to other colleges and universities. Accreditation information can be viewed by the public upon request from the San Juan College Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Grants, or on the web at www.sanjuancollege.edu/pages/2959.asp. The college is also a member of the following organizations:

Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology *
Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN)*
Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education*
Accreditation Review Committee Surgical Technology/ Surgical Assisting*
American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admission Officers
American Association of Community Colleges
American Association of Respiratory Care
American Dental Association (ADA)
American Dental Education Association (ADEA)
American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA)
American Library Association
American Occupational Therapy Association
American Physical Therapy Association*
American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
American Society for Clinical Pathology
American Veterinary Medical Association*
American Vocational Association
Association of College & Research Libraries
Association for Experiential Education*
Association of Fundraising Professionals
Association of Institutional Researchers
College Reading and Learning Association*
Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education *
Commission on Accreditation for Physical Therapy Education*
Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care*
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs*
Commission on Dental Accreditation*
Community College Business Officers
Consortium of College Testing Centers
Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education
Council for the Advancement and Support of Education
Council for Resource Development
Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools*
International Association of Drilling Contractors *
International Fire Service Accreditation Congress *
Mountain Plains Library Association
National Academy of Early Childhood Programs
National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences*
National Association for the Education of Young Children*
National Association of College and University Business Officers
National Association of Publicly Funded Truck Driving Schools
National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation*
National Business Incubator Association
National Coalition for Campus Children’s Centers
National College Testing Association
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education through New Mexico Public Education Dept.*
National Initiative for Leadership and Institutional Effectiveness
National League for Nursing
National Organization for Associate Degree Nursing
New Mexico Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admission Officers
New Mexico Association of Institutional Researchers and Planners
New Mexico Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators
New Mexico Board of Dental Health Care
New Mexico Board of Nursing
New Mexico Center for Nursing Excellence
New Mexico Consortium of Academic Libraries
New Mexico Deans and Directors of Education
New Mexico Dental Association
New Mexico Education Council
New Mexico Higher Education Early Childhood Task Force
New Mexico Independent Community Colleges
New Mexico Joint Organization of Education
New Mexico Library Association
New Mexico Nursing Education Consortium
New Mexico Trucking Association
Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention*
Rocky Mountain Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers
Rocky Mountain Association of Institutional Researchers
Southwest Business Deans Association
Western Association of College & University Business Officers
Western Society of Periodontology

*Accreditation

Campuses

San Juan College Farmington Campus

4601 College Boulevard, 505-326-3311
San Juan College is one of the finest and most advanced community colleges in the state. The beautifully landscaped main campus is located on the north side of Farmington. The College’s facilities have grown significantly over the years, consisting of 15 main campus buildings and five off-campus facilities occupying more than 1,000,000 square feet and representing a value of more than $200 million dollars for buildings only.

Expected to be opened in the summer of 2015, the newest SJC building is the 65,000-square-foot School of Energy. The new facility will bring together staff and students in the same location, while providing additional classrooms, office space, meeting rooms and six hands-on simulation labs.  The school offers accredited programs including Natural Gas Compression, Production Operations and Process Technology. The new facility also will house a state-of-the-art Well Control simulator. In addition to providing students with associate degrees and certificates, the School of Energy has partnered with other colleges and universities to offer advanced degrees.

San Juan College East

(505) 566-4151
www.sanjuancollege.edu/east
San Juan College East is located at 315 South Ash Street in the Aztec Family Center. Classes are held in Aztec, Bloomfield, and other eastern San Juan County locations. The East Campus offers registration and payment assistance for all credit and non-credit classes; free GED® preparation; credit courses; computer lab; Accuplacer testing; and a variety of popular non-credit classes. San Juan College East also offers Saturday College, which provides students with an opporunitity to earn an Associate’s degree in Liberal Arts in two years by attending classes on Saturday and online.

San Juan College West

(505) 566-3598
www.sanjuancollege.edu/west
San Juan College West is located at 69 County Road 6500 in Kirtland. Classes are also held in western San Juan County. The campus offers a variety of services, including registration and payment assistance; free Adult Education (AE) and GED® preparation; credit courses; computer lab; Accuplacer testing; and a variety of credit and non-credit classes. The campus provides library services for both students and the community and computer access to the main campus library. 

San Juan College 30th Street Center

The 30th Street Center is located at 3539 E. 30th Street.The 30th Street location houses the Adult Education (AE)/GED®, English for Speakers of Other Languages, ENLACE Family Center, as well as New Mexico Highlands University-Farmington Center and University of New Mexico-San Juan Center.

San Juan College Hutton Street Center

(505) 327-5705; (866) 426-1233
www.sanjuancollege.edu/energy
Located at 800 S. Hutton in Farmington, the Hutton Street Center houses the Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) Program, which is part of the School of Energy.

Additional Learning Opportunities

Center for Workforce Training

(505) 566-3501
www.sanjuancollege.edu/WorkforceTraining
The Center for Workforce Training provides customized training and related services to individuals, business, industries and public sector agencies. The Center operates under the auspices of the School of Energy.

Child and Family Development Center

(505) 566-3383
www.sanjuancollege.edu/CFDC
The San Juan College Child and Family Development Center is a laboratory school and provides quality early education and child care services to children ages six months through five years of age of students and employees of San Juan College.

Community Learning Center

(505) 566-3214
www.sanjuancollege.edu/CLC
The Community Learning Center provides educational, cultural, and recreational activities and services to students and community residents. Among these are continuing education short courses, non-credit courses, lectures, field trips, arts and crafts workshops, and dance and exercise.

Dual Credit

(505) 566-3216
http://www.sanjuancollege.edu/dualcredit
High School Junior and Senior students who attend a public, private or home school may enroll in college courses on campus, at our centers, or in high school. Some courses require reading, math, or writing level pre-requisites. (See  Dual Credit  for more details.)

Encore: The Senior College

(505) 566-3121
www.sanjuancollege.edu/encore
Encore is a program that offers educational opportunities of an academic and experiencial nature to learners 50 years of age and older.

Health and Human Performance Center

(505) 566-3410
www.sanjuancollege.edu/hhpc
The Health and Human Performance Center provides the community with a comprehensive wellness program, which includes physical fitness, general health screenings, experience-based learning (both educational and recreational), relaxation, self-exploration, development and skill growth, and the pursuit of special interests.

Honors Courses

(505) 566-3238
www.sanjuancollege.edu/honors
Honors courses provide students with the opportunity to learn and demonstrate their skills at an advanced level. (See www.sanjuancollege.edu/honors  Honors  for details.)

Kids Kollege

(505) 566-3214
www.sanjuancollege.edu/KidsKollege
Kids Kollege is a summer enrichment program for children between the ages of four and 15.

Online Learning

(505) 566-3310
www.sanjuancollege.edu/online
Merging telecommunications and information technologies allow students, faculty and the community to participate in learning anytime and anyplace through online courses.

Planetarium

(505) 566-3361
www.sanjuancollege.edu/Planetarium
The San Juan College Planetarium is a 60-seat, multimedia facility that provides unique programs to students, elementary schools, scout troops, youth groups and community organizations in the Four Corners area. The Planetarium offers monthly programs and stargazes with telescopes.

Quality Center for Business

www.sanjuancollege.edu/qcb/

Enterprise Center (505) 566-3699 - provides San Juan County with a business incubator that helps entrepreneurs learn the basics of running their business and nurtures the development of entrepreneurial companies.

Small Business Development Center (505) 566-3528 - provides business counseling, education, training, information resources and referrals to individuals who want to start or already own a small business in the Four Corners area.

San Juan College Foundation, Inc.

(505) 566-3200
www.sjcfoundation.org
San Juan College Foundation, Inc. was established in 1972 as a 501 (c)(3) corporation. Its purpose is to support San Juan College by encouraging, soliciting, receiving, and administering gifts and bequests of property and funds. The Foundation provides funds for scholarships for San Juan College students, instructional enhancement, and faculty development.

The Foundation’s Board of Directors is comprised of outstanding volunteers interested in supporting higher education. The Board has sound fiscal policies and procedures and publishes annual CPA audits.