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Mt San Jacinto College

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School Notes:

• The Mt. San Jacinto Community College District was formed in 1962 by a vote of the citizens in Banning, Beaumont, Hemet and San Jacinto. The college enrolled its first students in the fall of 1963, holding classes in rented facilities. The San Jacinto Campus was opened in 1965 with two buildings and has grown into a comprehensive college campus serving the needs of students and the community. In 1975, the residents of Temecula, Lake Elsinore, Perris and adjacent areas voted to join the Mt. San Jacinto Community College District, increasing the college's area to the present 1,700 square miles. Although the boundaries have remained stable since 1975, the District has changed dramatically, especially since the 1980's. In recent years, unprecedented population growth has fostered the highest rate of enrollment increase of all 109 community colleges.
• With the rapid growth in enrollments, the District has engaged in extensive planning and development to ensure state-of-the-art learning environments for Mt. San Jacinto College students. The San Jacinto Campus has been master-planned and essentially will be rebuilt over the next 15 to 20 years to accommodate 12,000 to 15,000 students. In the fall of 1993, the Alice P. Cutting Business & Technology Center opened to students with new laboratories for Business, Computer Information Science, Engineering Technologies, Electronics and Photography. In the fall of 1995, a state-of-the-art music building opened on the San Jacinto Campus.
• Mt. San Jacinto College is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, a regional accrediting body recognized by the Council for Higher Education Association and the U. S. Department of Education, Board of Registered Nursing and the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technician Examiners.
• Profile last updated: 03/23/2009.

In the News:

• Hoops roundup for Nov. 6 (The Press-Enterprise)
  posted on November 7, 2009 at 06:55:45 am
  D.J. Wright scored 35 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for Mt. San Jacinto College as the Eagles won their season opener, beating Porterville College, 85-79, on Friday in the first round of the City College of San Francisco Tournament. Shenon Johannes chipped in with 20 points and five assists for the Eagles.
• Literary classic to come alive on stage (The Valley Chronicle)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 09:08:13 pm
  VALERIE DEW / The Valley Chronicle TRAPPING DINNER: Ernest Robinson (Josh McLendon), left, tries to convince his brother, Jack Robinson (Michael McLendon), right, that a wild boar has wandered into the trap he has built at a rehearsal of ‘The Swiss Family Robinson’ on Monday at Mt. San Jacinto College.
• Easy win for board member (The Valley Chronicle)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 08:59:41 pm
  Gwendolyn Schlange cruised to an easy victory in her bid for re-election to the Mt. San Jacinto College Board of Directors on Tuesday. Schlange received 5,788 votes, or 70.02 percent of those cast, to challenger Mark Wheeler’s 2,478, or 29.98 percent.
• MSJC has prized transfer amid three strong JC mens basketball programs (The Press-Enterprise)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 07:02:37 am
  Get ready for a basketball war in an interesting triangle of three strong area programs, including defending men's state champion Riverside Community College. Mt. San Jacinto College and San Bernardino Valley College have reloaded with unprecedented talent.
• Cycle ride on Saturday will raise scholarship cash (The Press-Enterprise)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 03:24:32 am
  Mt. San Jacinto College Professor Roy Mason and his wife, Debbie, plan a motorcycle ride Saturday and along the way will raise money for community college student scholarships. The college and its fundraising nonprofit foundation are hosting an 88-mile motorcycle run.

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