Small change making a big difference at two local community colleges

KINGS COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- There's present a caller consciousness of individuality connected 2 campuses successful the Central Valley.

West Hills College Lemoore successful Kings County is present known arsenic Lemoore College.

West Hills College Coalinga successful Fresno County is present known arsenic Coalinga College.

It whitethorn look similar a tiny change, but District Chancellor Kristen Clark hopes it volition wide up a communal root of confusion.

"It happened a batch that they would registry for classes, and we would locomotion astir during the archetypal week of the semester and assistance students find their classes and past amusement america her schedule, and they were astatine the incorrect college," sa Chancellor Clark.

The caller alteration is besides helping students summation much field pridefulness and a consciousness of place.

More than 70% of students were connected committee with the change.

Lemoore College Sophomore, Erick Cruz, was among them.

"I consciousness similar it's a caller enactment to the college. It's similar a caller individuality truthful I consciousness similar Lemoore, Lemoore assemblage itself it's inactive embedded into the assemblage and being called westbound hills earlier it was benignant of hard to differentiate," explained Erick.

Planning started implicit a twelvemonth ago.

However, to support costs low, the alteration volition beryllium rolled retired implicit clip during scheduled attraction and caller sports azygous rotations.

Lemoore College President, James Preston, has been moving down the scenes and is sporting his caller Eagle Pride t-shirt.

"We are ace excited to marque ourselves arsenic Lemoore College, arrogant members of the West Hills College Community District. We've been astir for 23 years arsenic a college. We've been Golden Eagles since the beginning, and we proceed to beryllium Golden Eagles now," mentioned James.

Coalinga College President, Carla Tweed, is conscionable arsenic excited to athletics her Falcon Pride.

"And truthful it's conscionable a mode to differentiate america from our sister college. You know, there's a 100 16 antithetic colleges successful California assemblage colleges successful California, and we each person chiseled personalities, and, you know, assistance to make a abstraction for our students that's theirs. And truthful this volition assistance with that individuality for our students," saidTweed.

Open registration is successful a mates of weeks. Both campuses accidental they look guardant to the caller beginning.

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