Office of the Superintendent/President

Administration Building, Room A126
661-722-6300 x6301
661 722-6333 (fax)

Dr. Jackie L. Fisher, Sr., Superintendent/President
Maxine Griffin, Executive Assistant to the Superintendent/President
Patricia Harris, Senior Administrative Assistant

Jackie Fisher Portrait

On behalf of Antelope Valley Community College District’s Board of Trustees, administrators, confidential/management/supervisory employees, faculty, and classified staff, thanks for considering Antelope Valley College as the first choice for your higher education degree or certificate program.

Antelope Valley College offers high-quality educational programs and services. Students attending college for the first time as well as those returning after a long interval are afforded numerous opportunities to pursue degree and certificate programs, satisfy transfer requirements, accomplish vocational training, advance in their careers, and enhance personal growth.

We are very proud of the national, state, and local accolades our students received during the academic year just concluded. Students who earned associate degrees from Antelope Valley College have been admitted into prestigious four-year colleges and universities. For example, the University of California, Los Angeles, accepted 100 percent of Antelope Valley College applicants enrolled in the Transfer Alliance Program (aka Honors Program). Not only did our intercollegiate athletic programs produce winning team records and all-conference, all-state, and all-American honors, but thirty-six student-athletes were awarded full or partial scholarships to transfer to four-year institutions valued at $1.8 million. Additionally, graduates of Students on the Academic Rise (SOAR) high school, the early-college high school operated on the Lancaster campus in partnership with Antelope Valley Union High School District, have been accepted to four-year institutions within the University of California and California State University systems as well as out-of-state universities such as Northern Arizona, Brigham Young, Case Western Reserve, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical, and York.

Antelope Valley College has worked closely with community and business leaders to ensure that training programs meet the needs of regional employers and serve as a pipeline into high paying jobs. The state-of-the-art, 107,000 square foot, two-story Health and Science Building, which will be ready for students training for high-demand careers in fall 2012, is just one example of the college’s partnership with the community. Students who earn certificates from our career technical education programs consistently find success at local businesses, hospitals, and public safety agencies. Over the past four years, Northrop Grumman has employed approximately 150 Aircraft Fabrication and Assembly graduates. Fifteen of the graduates who completed the Firefighter I Academy secured employment at fire departments in Los Angeles, Kern, and Ventura counties as well as the cities of Bakersfield and Sacramento, and you can find graduates of the Wildland Firefighter program at every National Forest within California.

As Superintendent/President, my primary role is to ensure a healthy learning environment that provides students opportunities to improve their quality of life and increase their standard of living. I believe strongly that Antelope Valley College is a special place that affords students significant learning opportunities through devoted teaching, excellent services, and dedication to responding to the changing needs and circumstances of the student population.

Jackie Fisher Signature

Jackie L. Fisher, Sr., Ed.D.
Superintendent/President