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Orange Coast College renames its Newport Beach facilities after the waterfront Dignitaries attend a groundbreaking ceremony for the Professional Mariner Training Center in 2019. (Scott Smeltzer / Staff Photographer) Print Orange Coast College’s marine facilities in Newport Beach are now going by a new name, following approval by the Coast Community College District Board of Trustees earlier this month. What was the Intercollegiate Rowing and Sailing Base and the Professional Mariner T...

As construction of Orange Coast College’s Professional Mariner Training Center nears completion, the Coast Community College District Board of Trustees approved a new name for the College’s Newport Beach facilities at an April 7 meeting: the Orange Coast College Waterfront Campus. Previously named the Intercollegiate Rowing and Sailing Base, the new name will reflect a recent expansion of the Newport Harbor facility, including a $22 million maritime training center connected to the harbor-s...