Community
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Events Management
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The Bakersfield College Foundation's mission is to create partnerships and build support for the benefit of students, staff, and faculty at BC.
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The California Student Opportunity and Access Program (Cal-SOAP) has focused on increasing and improving college access to postsecondary education for historically underserved student populations.
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The Bakersfield College Launchpad provides resources and educational workshops for entrepreneurs to help start and grow businesses in our community.
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Levan Institute for Lifelong Learning
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The Bakersfield College Pool is open for student, staff and community use. They offer swim lessons, youth swimming, adult lap swim, and more.
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The William M Thomas Planetarium has a Chronos star projector from GOTO and a SciDome all-dome video system from Spitz installed under a Spitz premium-seam 36-foot dome. Individual seating for 72 people all facing the same direction under the largest dome in all of the Central Valley.
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The Creative Design Center is a small makerspace on the Panorama Campus where students have access to digital fabrication equipment. Our goal is to foster student creativity and an entrepreneurial spirit.
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Renegade Room
![Student or community member speaks to BC staff members at a We Are BC table.](/_resources/assets/img/student-at-bc-table-2023.jpg)