Cerritos College cuts ribbon on new health and wellness complex

Photo by Alex Dominguez

NORWALK - Cerritos College held a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new health and wellness complex last week.

The grand opening was held on Friday, Oct. 2 to a mostly virtual audience.

The 76,000-square-foot complex is made possible through Measure G Bond dollars. It consists of six new buildings, including an athletic team rooms building, dance building, fitness Building, conference center, health services building, and a physical education building.

“Today we are officially opening phase II, which consists of the team rooms and student health services building,” said Cerritos College President Dr. Jose Fierro. “Overall, the complex provides much needed expansion of student health services, with laboratories, classrooms, offices, and supported spaces tailored to the needs of all students.”

“Our athletic teams finally have team rooms where they can prepare for future games and activities.”

The 9,000-square-foot Student Health Services building features triage, treatment rooms, lab, counseling and meeting rooms, nurse’s station, and offices.

The 13,000-square-foot team rooms will be utilized by the college’s baseball, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, water polo, and wrestling teams.

Rory Natividad, Dean of Kinesiology, said that the facility was an indication to the college’s commitment to students and student athletes both on the field and in the classroom.

“Student athletes will have a place to prepare, and a facility to create friendships and connections that will last a lifetime,” said Natividad.

Phase I – which included the Dance Building, Fitness Building, and Conference Center – was opened in 2019.