Mount San Jacinto College
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| Type | Public Community College |
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| Established | 1962 |
| President | Dr. Roger Schultz |
| Undergraduates | 15,517 [2012] |
| Location |
San Jacinto, California, USA Menifee, California, USA Banning, California, USA Temecula, California, USA |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colors |
Black Red |
| Mascot | Eagle |
| Website | www.msjc.edu |
Mt. San Jacinto College (MSJC) is a community college in Riverside County, California, United States and is part of the California Community College system. MSJC consists of five locations:San Jacinto (San Jacinto Campus, Menifee (Menifee Valley Campus), Banning (San Gorgonio Pass Campus) and Temecula (Temecula Education Complex and Temecula Higher Education Complex THEC). Classes are also held at numerous satellite locations, such as local high schools. Many courses are also offered online.
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 in the San Gorgonio Pass and San Jacinto Valley. 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 1980s. In recent years, unprecedented population growth has fostered the highest rate of enrollment increase of all 111 California community colleges.
In response to this intense growth, Mt. San Jacinto College opened its Menifee Valley Campus in October 1990. By the end of its first year, there were 2,100 students attending classes at the new campus. Today the campus serves more than 7,000 students each semester.
With the rapid growth in enrollment being experienced at both campuses, 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. The 1995-96 year saw a vast increase in classroom space on the Menifee Valley Campus with the opening of the Allied Health and Fine Arts buildings.
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