Mt San Jacinto College

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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.HistoryThe 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 college's first president was Milo P. Johnson, whom the library is currently named after. 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.