SOLANO COLLEGE FANTASTIC FACTS

The internationally-recognized biotechnology program at Solano College is a model for others in the state and nation because it accurately incorporates industry practices and standards with classroom and lab instruction.

Solano College Theater (SCT) has won more awards than any other theater company in the region.  This year, our theater program received the most nominations for the annual Elly Award, sweeping the college category.

Solano College has the longest-running college program of travel/study classes to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (3-4 classes per year for the past 23 years).

Solano College transfers to UC Davis do better than native students (those who were at Davis for those two years).

Solano College athletes have competed in the Super Bowl-Earsell Macbee for the Minnesota Vikings and in the World Series-Tug McGraw with the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Mets.

Solano College faculty are regularly honored for their excellence: regionally, statewide and nationally (Jim DeKloe was recently named the top Faculty member by the American Community College Trustees for the Pacific Region). 

Solano College Judo Club Championship Team, under the tutelage of Dr. James Tanaka, has never had a losing season!  Although the club is organized as a P.E. class and receives no athletic sport funding from the college, our students have consistently defeated club teams from the following universities: UC Berkeley, Stanford University, and CSU San Jose.

The Solano College Speech and Debate Team is one of the top-ranked programs in forensics in the nation, winning the 2005 National Championships with the Gold Award in overall sweepstakes.  The team is looking forward to another successful season in 2005-06.