[Ken Grossman, founder of Sierra Nevada Brewing Company / photo credit to brewery]

(Oroville, CA) – Butte College announced this week a huge donation from a familiar face in the craft beer industry. More below via the college website:

‘Butte College President Samia Yaqub has announced Butte College will offer a new program that provides free tuition and fees for students beginning in Fall 2018. The Butte College Promise Scholarship Program will offer two semesters of free tuition and fees for first-time, full-time college students. The program will be funded by a combination of state and private funds. The college recently received the largest gift in its history to help jump-start its fundraising effort. This $1 million donation, thanks to the generosity of alumni Ken Grossman, founder of Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, and his wife, Katie Gonser, will partially fund the new Butte College Promise Scholarship Program. The college’s fundraising goal, to fully implement this program, is projected to be $2.7 million.”

Read the full announcement here.