In 1975, the residents of Temecula, Lake Elsinore, Perris and adjacent areas voted to join the Mt.

In recent years, unprecedented population growth has fostered the highest rate of enrollment increase of all 115 California community colleges.

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.

[citation needed] The master plan for the Menifee Valley Campus will ultimately provide for 15,000 to 20,000 students.

San Jacinto College announced that it had purchased two office buildings on property owned by Abbott Vascular for $56.5 million to open a larger, 350,000 square-foot campus in Temecula.

He pleaded guilty to charges that included bribery, perjury and misappropriation of public funds related to his work at the college and dealings with a tow business owner.

[10] Other charges stemmed from Segawa allegedly not filling complete arrest reports in two cases, one of which resulted in a civil suit against the college.

Three other officers initially joined in the suit against the college: Ron Navarreta, Scott Jensen, and Pedro Gonzalez.

Subsequent to receiving notice of eminent domain, but before MSJC took possession, Azusa Pacific constructed an educational facility.

The California Supreme Court unanimously decided in favor of MSJC, declaring that the $1.8 million was fair compensation for the land.

It also offers coursework required to complete the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC).

Many MSJC students choose to transfer to UC, CSU and out-of-state campuses after completing two years of study.

At the 9th annual HTCC Conference in 2009, MSJC had the largest number of students presenting papers of any community college in California.

[18] The Honors Program also offers Transfer Admission Priority certification to UCLA upon completion of the required classes.

Past exhibitions have included works by artists such as Nicholas Spindler, Herbert Olds, and Chuck Huang.

The performing arts departments publish brochures each academic year to inform students of upcoming productions.

MSJC is home to the Beta Delta Omega (ΒΔΩ) chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society of two-year colleges.

[22] MSJC is also home to the Phi Sigma Alpha (ΦΣΑ) chapter of NSTEM Honors Society.

MSJC is also involved in Mu Alpha Theta (ΜΑΘ), the United States mathematics honor society for high school and two-year college students.

Both LRCs provide free tutoring for all MSJC students, regardless of academic discipline or skill level.

[20] In addition to tutoring at the LRC, MSJC offers Supplemental Instruction (SI) for students in historically difficult courses.

Since its introduction in Fall 2006, MSJC's SI program at the Menifee Valley Campus has tallied 3,700 student contact hours.

Online access to e-books and multiple periodical databases such as EBSCOhost and ProQuest is available through the MSJC library website.