SBCC Names Building and Gym for Goldberg and O’Connor

The decision

The Santa Barbara City College Board of Trustees named two campus facilities in honor of Michael A. Goldberg and Kathleen “Kathy” O’Connor.

The physical education building will be known as the Michael A. Goldberg Physical Education Building. The gymnasium will be known as the Kathleen “Kathy” O’Connor Gymnasium.

The facility names

The action places Goldberg’s name on the college’s physical education building and O’Connor’s name on its gymnasium. The names identify the two facilities in the honorific titles approved by the board.

The board’s decision concerns the official naming of both spaces. It does not change the facilities’ functions as identified in their names: one is the physical education building, and the other is the gymnasium.

What the action means

The naming decision creates two formal campus names: the Michael A. Goldberg Physical Education Building and the Kathleen “Kathy” O’Connor Gymnasium. Both names recognize individuals connected to Santa Barbara City College through permanent facility designations.

The Santa Barbara Independent reported on the board’s action.