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Chaffey College Student Government members and the campus community gathered Oct. 7 to celebrate the retirement of Superintendent/President Henry D. Shannon.

About 600 junior high and high school students attended Manufacturing Day at the Chaffey College Industrial Technical Learning Center to get a glimpse of jobs in welding, industrial electrical maintenance, machining and robotics.

Claudia and Marcelo Sirri came to the United States from Argentina in 1996 with their four children to find better opportunities. Today, the Sirri children are in rewarding careers and living comfortably throughout Southern California thanks, in part, to their time at Chaffey College.

Chaffey College journalism students in the California Institution for Men will soon publish their own newspaper called "Rising Voices," with a podcast and potential expansion into the California Institution for Women also on the horizon. Journalists at Chaffey's Rancho Cucamonga campus also have big plans for the academic year after receiving a $7,500 grant from the Solutions Journalism Network to focus on issues facing justice-impacted students such as mental health and financial barriers.

Superintendent/President Henry D. Shannon leaves behind a legacy of transformation -- with tens of thousands of educators and students touched by his leadership in a career that has spanned more than five decades.

Retired corrections and parole officer Alfredo Zendejas Zendejas is one of many students who have benefitted from this year's expansion of the Chaffey College Credit for Prior Learning program, which provides students with college credit for workforce experience.

Campus and community leaders gathered to celebrate the grand opening of the $19.9 million renovation and expansion of the Michael Alexander Campus Center on Aug. 27.

From Latin dance and Christianity, to astronomy and mixed martial arts, Chaffey College students had a wide variety of interests to choose from during the twice-per-year Club Rush event, which drew about 1,000 people.

From sculptures of golden valkyries to oil paintings of mythological figures, an art exhibition opening at Chaffey College on Sept. 8 will feature the work of artists reimagining mythology, feminist archetypes and speculative futures.

Thousands of new and returning students started classes Monday at Chaffey College, where they were welcomed with new academic offerings, new faculty and upgraded campus facilities.