Modesto Junior College Begins Year-long Centennial Celebration
Modesto Junior College President Santanu Bandyopadhyay speaks at Founder’s Day Sept. 19 to kick off a year-long Centennial Celebration for the North Valley community college.
Modesto Junior College has begun a year’s worth of Centennial celebrations this month to recognize the institution’s century mark.
On Sept. 19, 1921, students attended the first-ever MJC courses and 100-years to the day, 2021 Pirates gathered to observe Founders Day Centennial Celebration activities that included the unveiling of a time capsule buried in 1987; the unveiling of plans for the East Campus Quad renovation; guest speakers includingDr. Henry C.V. Yong, chancellor of Yosemite Community College District and Modesto Junior College PresidentSantanu Bandyopadhyay, both CVHEC board members; MJC Associated Students President Maria Marquez;and distinguished MJC alumni.
See the commemoration web site at https://www.mjc.edu/100/; the MJC Centennial Launch on You tube; and the MCJ Centennial Celebration press release.
Media coverage:
• ‘A launching pad for a better life.’ Modesto Junior College celebrated on 100th anniversary (modbee.com)
• Modesto Junior College celebrates a century of education, helping first-generation students (kcra.com)
