Shasta College will hit a significant historic landmark when it graduates its class of 2025 next May, when Redding’s community college turns 75 years old at the end of the 2024-2025 academic year.
The school will commemorate its upcoming milestone at athletic games, graduation ceremony and other campus events, toasting the school’s seven decades of cracking books and building community, Shasta College Marketing Director Peter Griggs said.
Today’s students at the North State’s largest community college have a long list of extracurricular activities and program choices that were unheard of 75 years ago, according to one 96-year-old alum who was there as a member of the Class of 1951…