Two years ago, Citrus College was filled with students mingling in the quad, talking around the Haugh Performing Arts Center, and struggling to find parking for the day.

Today, the effects of the March 2020 shutdown due to COVID-19 remain as students stay home, leaving spots on campus once filled now desolate.

The COVID-19 pandemic changed the mindsets of students and exacerbated Citrus College’s downward trending enrollment issue.

Before March 2020, attendance at the college was already decr

Citrus College spent a season running, pressing and, eventually, dancing all the way to West Hills to compete in the California Community College Athletic Association state championship.

Their tenacious run ended with a 79-68 loss to the No. 2 seed from the north California bracket, the West Valley Vikings, in the CCCAA state championship quarterfinal Friday.

After finishing conference play 21-6, Citrus entered the SoCal Regional Tournament as the No. 9 seed. The Owls held on to upset the Vent

Superintendent/President Greg Schulz was on his way to the first in-person open forum between the community and himself since he took the position 11 months ago. Yet, as Schulz walked to the event, he took the time to stop for conversation with a student in the quad outside the Hayden Memorial Library.

This interaction typified a goal of availability that Schulz has emphasized since he has taken the reins of leadership at Citrus College.

“A commitment to openness, open communication, transpare

Go to the Citrus College website and search for its mission statement. In this statement, the college attests its goals for the students to successfully complete degrees, transfer, certificates and career/technical education.

Accreditation is the process of the school proving this statement. The college must show its mission, goals and objectives are not just words, but factual.

Without accreditation, a student’s time at Citrus College would be far less meaningful.

Last January, the Accrediti