Lassen Community College

Community college in Susanville, California

Orange and BlackNicknameCougars

Sporting affiliations

CCCAA – [Golden State Conference],
NIRA (Rodeo)MascotCody the CougarWebsitewww.lassencollege.edu

Lassen Community College is a public community college in Susanville, California. It is a part of the California Community Colleges System.

The college is located in Susanville in the high mountain lake country of northeastern California. The campus looks out over the city to Diamond Peak and the Sierra Nevada. Eagle Lake, the third largest lake wholly contained in California, is 20 miles (32 km) away. The college-operated Coppervale Ski Area is 14 miles (23 km) from campus. The campus, located on Highway 139, consists of 165 acres (67 ha), 39 buildings, and an equine area.

Lassen Community College offers A.S. and A.A. degrees as well as CTE, online, and distance programs. Carie Camacho is the interim Superintendent and President, serving in those roles since 2022.

Gunsmithing

The Lassen Community College Gunsmithing Program was established in 1945 and is the oldest gunsmithing school in the United States. The program offers Associate in Science Degrees in Firearms Repair and General Gunsmithing, as well as Certificates of Completion for Pistolsmith, Riflesmith, Long Guns, and Gunsmith Machinist and Metal Finishing. ^[2]

Fire Science

Lassen Community College’s fire science program runs academies for Cal Fire. Prior to the ordered closure of the California Correctional Center it was the main training hub for incarcerated firefighters in Northern California.^[3]

Athletics

Lassen Community College competes in the CCCAA division for all athletics programs except for rodeo (NIRA). Programs for men include baseball, basketball, wrestling, soccer, and rodeo. Programs for women include softball, basketball, wrestling, soccer, rodeo, volleyball, and beach volleyball.

The first school mascot was the Camel, from 1937 to shortly after World War II. ^[4] The current school mascot is the Cougar. All Cougars athletics programs participate in the Golden Valley Conference and compete against other community colleges, such as Butte College, Feather River College, Lake Tahoe Community College, College of the Redwoods, Shasta College and College of the Siskiyous. ^[5]

Notable alumni

Kelly Anundson, wrestler; professional MMA fighter
Brock Lesnar, Current professional WWE wrestler, WWE Universal Heavyweight Champion and former UFC Heavyweight Champion
Shelton Benjamin, Current professional WWE wrestler, Benjamin has held multiple championships, including the WWE Intercontinental Championship and WWE United States Championship.
Quinton Jackson (attended), professional Mixed Martial Artist, former UFC Light-Heavyweight Champion
Anthony Johnson, Junior College National Wrestling Champion; retired mixed martial artist in the Light Heavyweight Division of the UFC^[6]
Vladimir Matyushenko (attended), two-time National Junior College champion ('96, '97); retired mixed martial artist, formerly for the Ultimate Fighting Championship^[7]
Robert Stone (basketball), basketball; professional National Basketball League (Australia), Melbourne Tigers

Notable educators

Robert Todd Carroll (born 1945), publisher of The Skeptic's Dictionary and fellow for Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
Jean LaMarr, artist^[8]

References

^ "Lassen Community College - Susanville, CA". 2 May 2024.
^ https://www.lassencollege.edu/academics/programs/gunsmithing/Documents/Full-Time-Gunsmithing-Program-Information-Rev1292020%20%28002%29.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ "Incarcerated firefighters come to primetime".
^ "Lassen College Camels | Exploring Lassen County's Past".
^ "Lassen College Athletics".
^ "Anthony Johnson UFC Bio". Retrieved 2014-01-01.
^ "Vladimir Matyushenko UFC Bio". Retrieved 2014-01-01.
^ Jules Heller; Nancy G. Heller (19 December 2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-63882-5.