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Physical resources, which include facilities, equipment, land, and other assets, support student learning programs and services and improve institutional effectiveness. Physical resource planning is integrated with institutional planning.
West Valley College provides safe and sufficient physical resources of its programs and services.
West Valley College is set in a wooded area surrounded by natural beauty including oak trees and a creek running through the campus. The physical facility consists of 29 buildings and 6 athletic fields sitting on 143 acres. (3B.1) There are 27 single story buildings and two double story buildings. The college has seven parking areas that will accommodate 3,130 vehicles for students and faculty. The majority of parking is on the north-west corner of the campus at the intersection of Fruitvale and Allendale Avenues. Most original structures are single story, but as the college renovates and additions from approved Bond Measure H & C, more modern two story buildings are becoming prevalent as with the Fox Center. The physical space of the campus totals 538,242 gross square feet with 368,487 assignable square feet.
The campus consists of four informal zones distributed by academic disciplines and use. The first zone on the north side of campus is the Sciences Zone. It includes the Applied Arts and Science and the Science and Math Divisions. The second zone is the Central Zone of campus includes the Business Division and multiple student services including the bookstore, the Office of Admissions and Records, Counseling and Administration Offices. The third zone on the east side of campus is the Liberal Arts Zone. It includes the Social Science, Fine Arts, and Language Arts Divisions. It also includes the Tutorial Center and Library. The fourth zone on the south side of campus is the Athletics Zone. It consists of the Physical Education Division and Athletic fields. There are seven athletic fields for soccer, softball, football, track, tennis, golf and baseball.
The West Valley Mission Community College District was approved by voters in 1963. The District’s first college, West Valley College, was established in 1964 and became operational on a 12.5 acre site located in the city of Campbell. The first year of operation, 1964-1965, the college had 3,203 students with 53 faculty and 10 administrators offering 100 courses.
In 1964, the district purchased the current 143 acres of land bordered by Fruitvale and Allendale avenues in Saratoga. Between the years of 1964 – 1974 the college was created with the first buildings completed in 1968. Mission college was established in 1979 and in 1985 the district added Mission College to form a two-college district.
The college has existed in its present location for almost four decades and most of its buildings were in need of updating and reconstruction. To meet this need, the district successfully conducted a $235 million bond measure in November 2004. The college was allocated $97 million from the Measure H Bond for new building and reconstruction projects. (3B.2) The college has been successful in pursuing state construction funds in excess of $60 million to help meet its facilities development plans. The projects completed with Bond Measure H include the Math & Science renovation and addition, the construction of a two-story Technology (Fox) Center, a replacement pool for the Aquatic Center, and reconstruction of Applied Arts and Science, Language Arts, Social Science, and the Learning Center. The measure also renovated the Campus Center and modernized infrastructure. (3B.3)
In June of 2012, the electorate approved a $350 million local general obligation bond (Measure C) for The West Valley Mission Community College District which provides funding for $157 million in construction projects for West Valley College. The bond (Measure C) will support the development of several construction projects on the main campus. Construction project include new building construction for Student Services, Fine and Performing Arts, and the Library and Learning Resource Center. The projects also include renovation of Applies Arts and Sciences, Business Division, Humanities and Fine Arts, Campus Center, Administration of Justice, and Physical Education. Additional bond measure projects include Technology Systems, Planetarium upgrades and parking lots and walkway replacements. (3B.4)
Facilities planning, design, construction and maintenance are the primary responsibilities of the West Valley Mission Facilities Department. (3B.5) However, to ensure that physical resources support student learning programs and services and improve institutional effectiveness, West Valley College employees play a primary role in designing the functional elements of buildings and collaborate with District staff on other aspects of new facilities. In addition, campus personnel play an important part in coordinating the operations of facilities on campus.
Self-Evaluation
The college meets this standard.
None.
Evidence
3B.1
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Campus Map
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http://westvalley.edu/maps/
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3B.2
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Measure H Bond Projects List
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http://www.westvalley.edu/committees/Accreditation/2013/evidence/3b/3b_7_bond_measure_h_priority_list.xls
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3B.3
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Measure H Completed Project List
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http://www.westvalley.edu/committees/Accreditation/2013/evidence/3b/completed_measure_h_projects.pdf
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3B.4
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Measure C Bond Projects
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http://www.westvalley.edu/committees/Accreditation/2013/evidence/3b/3b_8_approved_measure_c_bond_project_.xls
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3B.5
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Function Map: Physical Resources
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Function Map: Physical Resources
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