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Ohlone College is a community college located in Fremont, California but includes a satellite campus in Newark, California. It was established in 1965.
History of Ohlone College Officially named Ohlone College on June 18, 1967, the institution honors the early Ohlone Indians of the Costanoan tribe, who inhabited the Fremont and Newark area. Long before the local Indians were named Costanoans by the Spanish priests, they were known by a neighboring Miwuk tribe as the Ohlones or “people of the West.” Distinguished by peaceful pursuits, especially in agriculture, they held profound reverence for the earth, believing it was theirs for living and not for the taking. They aided the Franciscan Fathers in building the Mission San José in the late 18th century and prospered until 1806-33 when a series of epidemics virtually destroyed the tribe. Many Fremont students have dubbed Ohlone College as, "Harvard on the hill", "UC Ohlone," "OU (Ohlone University)," or "UC Fremont," as many Ohlone students continue on to schools in the University of California system as junior transfers. | ||||||||
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