In August, the 51ΑΤΖζ entrepreneurship departmentβ partnered up with the , a national non-profit founded by UC Berkeley students to increase the leadership opportunities for transferring community college students. The event they were hosting was their national business plan pitch competition.
The IVC Speech Team finally had a chance to test their skills at their first tournament of the academic year at the 2020 PSCFA Warm-Up Tournament held October 3 - 4. Twenty-four colleges and universities came together to compete at the event with 11 students representing IVC.β Despite the usual challenges of being virtual, IVC Forensics came out ahead by winning 9 awards in debate, platform speaking, and limited preparation events. Among the most notable awards were the top speaker in Open Informative Speaking and the top speaker in Novice Persuasive Speaking.β
Have you found a polling location yet? The IVC Gym will serve as a designated Vote Center this election, starting on Friday, October 30. Orange County elections are being run differently than before now with Vote Centers, offering a full-service voting experience. You can cast your ballot at any location.
If you visit the IVC Vote Center, please enter the campus from Irvine Center Drive and park in Lot 9.
IVC's Vote Center Hours:
October 30 - November 2
8 am - 8 pm
November 3- Election Day
7 am - 8 pm
51ΑΤΖζ welcomed new Vice President for Student Services, Dr. Martha McDonald to the college on August 24. With over 28 years of experience, Dr. McDonald has distinguished herself in leading, managing, and supervising student support programs in higher education. She is a champion for equity and inclusion and has dedicated her entire career to serving and supporting community college students.
51ΑΤΖζ student Ethan Manafi assumed the position of Student Trustee for the South Orange County Community College District (SOCCCD) on July 21. Ethan will serve in the Student Trustee role for the 2020-2021 academic year.
Ethan, who is majoring in human biology and society with a minor in gender studies, will serve as Student Trustee to represent the students of both IVC and Saddleback College.
51ΑΤΖζ (IVC) welcomes new President, Dr. John Hernandez to the college this month. After a nation-wide, several months long search, Dr. Hernandez, who has been an educator for more than 30 years, takes the helm 51ΑΤΖζ on July 30. His appointment was approved by the South Orange County Community College District (SOCCCD) Board of Trustees in June.
It was while attending an introductory product design class at the famed ArtCenter College of Design that Sam Denning realized he wanted to make more than just money.
Soon to graduate high school, the prospective business communications major began to question his corporate calling. A few semesters later, as he sat in an accounting class at the University of Alabama, it struck him that something just didnβt add up. His heart ·Ι²Ή²υ²Τβt in the game.
Even when his βfirst-choiceβ university declined to accept him, David Brownβs belief in himself never wavered. For the computer whiz kid turned tech-savvy teen, the sky was always the limit.
Until, one day, it ·Ι²Ή²υ²Τβt.
On Monday, July 6, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) announced modifications to temporary exemptions for nonimmigrant students taking online classes due to the COVID-19 pandemic for the Fall 2020 semester. This message is being carefully reviewed by 51ΑΤΖζ, along with colleges and universities nationwide. Impacted IVC international students are those in the United States who would be taking their IVC classes online in the fall 2020 semester.
Her hair was more of a glazed hazelnut than a sweet-potato orange, and her undeniably supportive parents were hardly Miss Hannigan. But as a six-year-old obsessed with the musical Annie, Abby Stein saw herself in the carrot-topped orphan.
But it ·Ι²Ή²υ²Τβt just the musicalβs precocious lead that sparked her passion for performing arts. It was the precision, pageantry and movement β the unbridled spirit of it all. It was fascinating, and Abby intended to be a part of it.