News and Events
Residency Reclassification beginning Fall 2011
If you are a new or returning student and are being charged nonresident fees and believe you are eligible to reclassify your residency status your time frame to do this is within the first two weeks of the term. The deadline for Fall 2011 for residency reclassification is September 2nd. Check your fees in WebSTAR for this semester to determine if you are being charged nonresident fees. Contact Admissions & Records should you have questions.
Reclasificación de residencia inicia este otoño del 2011
Si usted es un alumno nuevo o esta regresando y se le han impuesto quotas como "Residente Extranjero," y cree que es elegible para reclasificar su estatus como residente, su marca de tiempo para hacerlo son las dos primeras semanas del semestre academico. La fecha límite para otoño del 2011 es el 2 de septiembre del 2011. Revise sus tarifas en WebSTAR y verifique si le han impuesta una quota como "Residente Extranjero." Comuniquese con nosotros al departamento de Admisiónes & Registro Academico, (760) 355-6101, si tiene cualquier pregunta. Gracias.
July 12, 2011: Official IVC Student Email Accounts Now Available
Your IVC Student Email Account should be already created (or will be created automatically for you very soon)! Please visit the following page on the Student Portal for more information about how you can access your student email account: https://my.imperial.edu/student-email.
From now on, IVC students will be expected to check their email on a frequent and consistent basis in order to stay current with college-related communications.Students have the responsibility to recognize that certain communications may be time-critical. Do not rely on any courtesy email forwarding or other means to ensure you are receiving important IVC information! The best strategy is to get accustomed to checking this email account at least once a day while a student at IVC, especially during critical times such as registration.
June 1, 2011: Please excuse our mess...we're renovating the 400 Building
Due to renovation of the 400 building and infrastructure work taking place nearby (including placing new utilities underground in preparation for the new buildings that will be constructed), parts of the campus will be closed and fenced off for the duration of the project (expected completion date: March 2012). (View Closed Off Areas)
New Policies for Fall 2011 Financial Aid Students:
Beginning Fall 2011 each Financial Aid student will be evaluated EVERY SEMESTER for satisfactory progress and a MAXIMUM TIMEFRAME policy will go into effect which will limit the amount of time a student can receive Financial Aid. For more details, please view the flyer about the new Financial Aid policies.
May 14, 2011: 1st Annual Imperial Valley Arts Festival
The newly formed Imperial Valley Arts in Motion will be hosting the 1st Annual Imperial Valley Arts Festival on Saturday, May 14th, at the corner of 6th and Main in Downtown El Centro from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be musical performances, art displays, interactive art booths, and much more. (View Flyer)
April 15, 2011: California Budget Crisis
Imperial Valley College has cancelled its 2011 Summer School for all but a select group of specific training courses.
The college administration has also recommended to the IVC Board of Trustees a workforce reduction, which if approved Wednesday, would eliminate more than 12 full-time classified employee positions. (Read more about the California Budget Crisis | Read Dr. Gould's Summer Cancellation Letter)
New Fragrance Sensitivity Policy
Given that chemically sensitive individuals may react to different products with widely varying degrees of severity, it is very difficult to ensure a consistently comfortable and accommodating work environment under every conceivable set of circumstances. Even so, IVC wants to minimize, to the extent possible, barriers and difficulties experienced in the workplace by employees, students, and visitors who have chemical and/or fragrance sensitivities by requesting that all offices and spaces used by staff and their visitors to remain free of chemical-based scented products. Click here to read the entire Fragrance Sensitivity Policy.
IVC Highlights
The IVC Newsletter is now available. Click here to read.
Important Information regarding Winter Session and Registration Dates for Spring 2011.
Due to state budget cuts to education Winter Session has been CANCELLED for 2011. That means when the Fall Semester ends on December 11, 2010, there will be a break from classes at IVC until Spring Semester commences on February 14, 2011. Students with questions on this should meet with a counselor.
April 14: Southern California Association of Governments Awards Imperial Valley College the Compass Blueprint Recognition Award
The Imperial Valley College – Expansion, Mobility and Sustainability Program has been selected to receive the Compass Blueprint Recognition Award for Visionary Planning for Prosperity. SCAG’s jury of planning experts took special note of IVC’s innovative and comprehensive approach to sustainability and mobility. (Read the entire award letter | Community Letters of Support | Evaluation Criteria | 10 Year Master Site Plan).
IVC is a Tobacco Free Campus
As of Fall 2009, Imperial Valley College became a tobacco-free campus. For more information please review the Smoking Policy.
