Spring 2025 Semester Begins  |  IMA Professor Beckman's Film Accepted in 2025 Slamdance Film Festival  |  The Spot Moving to a New Location  |  Women's Basketball #10 in the State

Welcome to the new semester, Lasers! Need help finding a class or want to grab a snack? Stop by one of the Welcome Booths located around campus. This week, the Office of Student Life has some exciting Welcome Week activities planned, including Game Show Night and a campus scavenger hunt. We have a few new construction projects beginning this semester. Take a look at our Construction Updates webpage to see what’s on the horizon as well as impacts on campus. See First Day Highlights »

A film by Interactive Media Arts Professor Dr. Patricia Beckmann-Wells, “Mombomb, Part 1,” has been accepted into the 2025 Slamdance Film Festival in two categories: Episodic and Digital, Interactive and Gaming. The festival qualifies for the Academy Award and British Academy Film Awards. Final selections for Slamdance will be announced in April with winners eligible for Academy Award nominations.

On Tuesday, February 4, The Spot: Center for Basic Needs will close their current location in the B 100 building. The center will reopen on Monday, February 10, in their new home in the Student Activities Center (SAC) for regular services. Please check the center’s website for additional details and updates. Learn More »

The Irvine Valley women's basketball team earned another big win last Friday night. The Lasers and first-year head coach Claire Gocke went on the road and defeated No. 10 in the state Cypress, 77-72, in an Orange Empire Conference game. It was the first victory in Orange Empire Conference play for IVC. Irvine Valley moved its record to 9-9 overall and 1-1 in conference play. Cypress went to 11-7 overall and 0-2 in the OEC. It was the second win for Irvine Valley over a team ranked in the top 13 in the state in the last week. Read More » 

Michelle Chen didn’t take the road most traveled, and that’s exactly why her story stands out. A 2023 graduate of Irvine Valley College (IVC), Michelle transferred to UCLA’s prestigious Design Media Arts (DMA) program, a major with an acceptance rate of just 5 percent. “The year I was accepted, they only took 15 transfer students out of hundreds of applicants,” Michelle says. Read More »

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Holiday — Campus Closed
Monday, January 20

Last Day to Drop and Receive Refund
Sunday, January 26

Graduation Application Deadline 
Saturday, February 1

Scholarship Application Deadline 
Sunday, February 2

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