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IVCCD Board approves FY18 tuition, room/board rates

June 19, 2017

The Iowa Valley Community College District (IVCCD) Board of Directors approved 2017-18 tuition and housing/meal plan rates when it met this week in Grinnell. The Board approved increasing tuition by $5 per credit hour for Iowa residents, which is less than the average tuition increase of all other Iowa community colleges. For non-Iowa residents, the…

May 2017 IVCCD Board Report

May 12, 2017

A variety of projects occupied the Iowa Valley Community College District (IVCCD) Board of Directors when it met this week in Marshalltown. A series of resolutions was approved by the Board authorizing the issuance, sale and delivery of $245,000 Industrial New Jobs Training Certificates, Series 2017-1. On the recommendation of a representative of Speer Financial,…

ECC students highlight campus activities

April 14, 2017

MARSHALLTOWN – The Iowa Valley Community College District (IVCCD) Board of Directors heard a report on student involvement in campus activities when it met this week at Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls. ECC Student Engagement & Athletic Coordinator Maurie Tomke and Student Senators Kelbey Barbadillo, Carlin Whelpley and Brooklyn Benning gave the presentation on…

Training agreements create jobs, educate workforce

March 9, 2017

MARSHALLTOWN – The Iowa Valley Community College District (IVCCD) Board of Directors approved three job training agreements with area companies when it met this week. JBS Swift & Co. of Marshalltown, Montezuma Manufacturing of Montezuma, and Engineered Plastic Components Inc. of Grinnell will receive a combined $192,105 in training for their employees. At $160,000, the…

IVCCD Board approves FY18 estimated budget

February 10, 2017

The Iowa Valley Community College District (IVCCD) Board of Directors approved a budget estimate for 2017-2018 which includes a reduction in local property tax askings when it met this week in Marshalltown. Kathy Pink, IVCCD Vice Chancellor of Finance/CFO, reviewed the FY18 budget estimate and explained variances from the FY17 estimated budget. One of the…

January Board report

January 20, 2017

The Iowa Valley Community College District (IVCCD) Board of Directors learned of a possible pending state general aid de-appropriation when it met this week in Marshalltown. IVCCD Chancellor Dr. Chris Duree told the Board that the state has been mandated to cut approximately $110 million from the current year’s budget, and that the Governor has…

IVCCD receives clean FY16 audit report

December 16, 2016

The Iowa Valley Community College District Board of Directors received a clean audit report from Schnurr & Company on the District’s FY16 financials when it met this week in Marshalltown. The auditors reported to the Board that there were no significant or unusual practices, no audit adjustments, no disagreements with management, no significant issues, and…

IVCCD Board approves amendments to grants for dislocated workers

November 15, 2016

IOWA FALLS – The Iowa Valley Community College District Board of Directors approved multiple amendments to grants and agreements in place with Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) when it met this week in Iowa Falls. Jacque Goodman, Vice Chancellor of Continuing Education, explained that through the IWD grants, Iowa Valley serves hundreds of dislocated workers (394…

Johnson recognized for 30 years on IVCCD Board

October 14, 2016

The Iowa Valley Community College District Board of Directors honored one of its own at this month’s meeting when Board Vice Chair Larry Johnson of Iowa Falls was presented with a plaque in honor of his 30 years of service. Statewide, and even nationally, 30 years of service as an elected member of a community…

Enrollment gains reported for MCC, ECC

September 16, 2016

IOWA FALLS – Increased enrollments, completion of Marshalltown Community College’s new William “Bill” Faust Student Union, and approval of a new Orpheum Coffee Shop vendor highlighted this month’s meeting of the Iowa Valley Community College District Board of Directors. Districtwide, IVCCD fall term enrollments are up 4.35 percent in number of students and up 3.17…