Summer Detailing

OPC ramps-up work during summer break. This is a perfect time to thoroughly clean the campus while the student population is low. Custodians will be detailing restrooms, hallways, classrooms, offices, entry ways, public areas as well as break rooms.  All exterior stairwells, light fixtures, walls and windows will also be cleaned. This effort is an important part of our maintenance while preparing for next year's students.

Exterior detailing underway

Student Housing Refresh

In conjunction with the exterior campus refresh, the Paint Shop is busy touching-up CI's student housing. Summer break provides a great opportunity to fix any scratches and chips that occur throughout the year from students living in the resident's halls.  

Student Housing refresh in progress 

Future Play Fields

Over the past year, dirt has been imported to be used for elevating and grading our future Channel Islands Play Fields. Approximately four weeks ago the rough grading began. This now flattened land along University Drive will eventually become two soccer fields as well as a softball field.

Rough Grading of Future Play Fields

Campus Exterior Refresh

The Paint Shop is in the process of refinishing the walls of the maintenance shop buildings.  The maintenance shops are only one of the many buildings that the paint shop will be refreshing. This is part of OPC's ongoing efforts to keep the campus looking clean.

Maintenance Building Refresh

North Quad Steam Elimination

Channel Islands is undergoing a major system upgrade in providing heat to Placer Hall, Grand Salon, Petit Salon and the Carden School. The Engineers of OPC are converting these buildings from the old steam system to the new campus hot water loop infrastructure. The work is required to be completed before the demolition work for the new West Hall.

Connecting the new infrastructure heating to Grand Salon

Central Mall Fountain

Completion of the Central Mall Fountain marks a major milestone in the renovation of the Central Mall as part of CI's Master Plan.  The four-tiered Spanish mission-style fountain stands over 12 feet tall and 32 feet wide.  It is encased in decorative, custom-made Malibu tiles as well as exact replicas of historic tiles found on original 1930s buildings throughout the campus.

The fountain was designed by Carl Wesely, of the general contracting firm Wesely Thomas.  Wesely donated his services in helping oversee the project.

The Central Mall renovation is funded through the generosity of businesses, community donors, and many CI students, alumni, faculty and staff. 

Central Mall Fountain

Earth Extravaganza

Saturday, April 20, kicked off Earth Extravaganza week here at Channel Islands with the restoration of Long Grade Creek. On Monday, the Green Generation Club along with OPC and other student organizations gathered to celebrate Arbor Day and to showcase sustainable practices occurring at CI. . The day culminated with the presentation of the Tree Campus USA Plaque to Ysabel Trinidad, Vice President of Finance and Administration. The day’s events were captured by a reporter for the Ventura County Star and can be seen here: http://www.vcstar.com/news/2013/apr/23/csu-channel-islands-highlights-green-efforts-day/ . Earth Extravaganza's last event was held behind Yuba Hall. John Fluharty of the OPC Grounds Department along with Austin Eriksson lead students and volunteers from the community in planting a variety of Palm trees in what was a barren space along Rincon Drive. 

Grounds worker John Fluharty educates students during Palm Garden Planting

Raudel Banuelos presents the Tree USA plaque to VP Ysabel Trinidad