[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 24574]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                   HONORING THE MADERA COLLEGE CENTER

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                         HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 7, 1999

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the Madera College 
Center for the State Center Community College District. The Board of 
Trustees for the college held a groundbreaking ceremony for the first 
permanent building on their campus on September 24, 1999.
  The Madera Center has been in existence for approximately 15 years. 
The college offers a wide variety of programs and opportunities for 
students. The full-service campus includes a library, bookstore, 
distance learning classroom, cafeteria, and computer laboratories. 
Utilizing services and course catalogs from its sister institution, 
Reedley College, the Madera Community College Center is able to afford 
its students a choice of more than 40 Associate Degrees and 
Certificates of Achievement.
  The building for which ground was broken will consist of a lecture 
hall, library, classrooms, laboratories and offices. It is projected 
that the facility will be completed by August 2000, allowing for the 
attendance of students for the fall 2000 semester. In addition, parking 
lots and play fields will be installed as a part of this $12.7 million 
development project.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize the Madera College Center and its 
Board of Trustees, for their dedication to providing quality education 
to students in the Madera area. I urge my colleagues to join me in 
wishing the Madera Center many more years of success and continued 
growth.

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