This semester marks the 50th anniversary of Los Medanos College’s opening in the Fall of 1974 and the school is inviting students, faculty, and alumni to celebrate the milestone with them.
President Pamela Ralston, stressed just how important it is for students to get involved in festivities on campus as they gear up to celebrate the 50th anniversary.
“It helps you all have a sense of community and connection,” Ralston said. “Here, a lot of students come in, drive in real fast, take their classes, do their work, and then zip back home or to a job or something else they’re working on, and it can feel a little bit lonely.”
The celebrations this year will serve as a way to enhance students’ time at LMC as they go through their educational experience in the college.
“I think joy is a big part of higher learning, and I like the fact that we’re setting it up so a lot of people can partake this year,” Ralston said.
This Fall will hold the first Homecoming football game in the school’s history as the Mustangs take on the De Anza Mountain Lions on October 5th.
The game will be accompanied by other celebrations centered around it such as a tailgate party that will be DJ’d by popular Bay Area radio personality DJ Chuy Gomez along with a Homecoming dance with a Bridgerton theme.
Student Life Program Coordinator Lindsay Litowitz also noted that throughout the year, the 50th anniversary will be incorporated into many different events for the community to enjoy.
LMC also looks to honor its roots this school year as they will be unveiling a Bay Miwok Mural in the student union.
Litowitz said that the Bay Miwok Mural will be “honoring the Bay Miwok Tribes that inhabited this land before we did.”
The mural will be designed by a native artist and painted by LMC students in professor Eric Sanchez’s class and will be revealed in January 2025.
Director of Marketing & Media Design, Juliet Casey notes that the 50th anniversary milestone is important not just for the school but the community.
“[LMC] is reflective of the growth and development of East Contra Costa County,” Casey said. “You’ll see across the college everyone is going to have a fingerprint on the celebration throughout the year.”
