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MVC used to hold a "Convocation" academic ceremony in the Fall each year to welcome everyone back to the college. Faculty and Administrators would don academic regalia and dignitaries would attend. It was a big event! A highlight was the tree-planting ceremony held afterwards. In Fall 2005, RCCD Chancellor Salvatore Rotella was on hand to help plant another new tree in the plaza. He told newly-hired Anthropology Instructor Larisa Broyles "It will be interesting one day to see what kind of forest we have created here." Next time you walk through the Plaza, take a look around at the trees and admire what has grown!

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MVC Students Alvin Rosa and Jessica Garrard hand out candy to children visiting "Olivander's Wand Shop".

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MVC for many years held a fantastic "Halloween Valley" event each year with scary mazes, foods, costumes, and fun activities. We'd get a huge community turnout each time! There was a different theme each year, and MVC Student Clubs would each decorate a door based on the theme and hand out candy. In 2010, the theme was "Harry Potter", and the Anthropology Club hosted guests at "Olivander's Wand Shop"!

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MVC has changed over time! Check out campus in 2009

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MVC has changed over time! Check out campus in 2009

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MVC in November of 2009. That open space was used for many events, including Commencement, before the SAS Building was built in that location and linked to the Humanities Building.

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MVC Humanities Building 11-20-2009 no SAS building yet!

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MVC Students Giving Back to the Community, 2010

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MVC Students Giving Back to the Community, 2010

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Dr. Larisa Broyles and the Anthropology Club volunteered their time to pack food boxes and hygiene care packages for the Salvation Army in December 2010. MVC Students continue to play a critical role in supporting organizations that help our community members.

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MVC Anthropology Club doing service work with Salvation Army 12-18-2010

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Dr. Larisa Broyles and Native American Filmmaker Albert Chacon were Keynote Speakers at the First Annual Diversity Summit. The Presentation shared highlights from their documentary "We are Birds" and featured Cahuilla singers and dancers from the film project who shared their culture with our college.

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MVC First Annual Diversity Summit 2015 KeyNote Speakers

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View from Network Operations Center.

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A beautiful morning at MVC.

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Featured are some of our youngest Mountain Lions and the Dental Hygiene team!

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Student Services Celebrates Halloween, October 2022

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Student Services Celebrates Halloween, October 2022

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Our MVC Student Services team showed up to trick-or-treat in style!

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MVC embraces the enrollment spirit with the Game of Thrones-themed Enrollment is Coming campaign!

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iMake Mobile STEM Innovation Center, Version 1 - May 2017

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iMake Mobile STEM Innovation Center, Version 1 - May 2017

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The iMAKE Mobile started as a colorful mobile STEM innovation center where we would do science experiments and STEM learning with K-12 schools. After a redesign, we turned it into a mobile makerspace.

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Rivaz Energy and Student Employment present opportunities to students.

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Annual Career & Technical Education Advisory meeting.

Collaboration of workforce partners, educators and industry to ensure we are preparing our students for the workforce.

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Here's to Tom Vitzelio, dean, student success and academic support, and Colleen McGurn, administrative specialist (and Yoga guru).

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COVID was difficult, but we made it through -- and developed some really amazing student support structures to help our Mountain Lions succeed, even as we kept our campus community safe. Here's to the MVC leaders who made that possible!

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Dr. Rhyne selected as 61st Distinguished Faculty Lecturer

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Dr. Rhyne selected as 61st Distinguished Faculty Lecturer

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Dr. Jeff Rhyne, one of our amazing English faculty, gave a lecture in 2022 titled Making Arguments Matter: Facing Climate Catastrophe and Teaching College Writing.

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It's the 64th Distinguished Faculty Lecturer 😍

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It's the 64th Distinguished Faculty Lecturer 😍

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Dr. Adviye Tolunay, professor of psychology, was selected as the 64th Distinguished Faculty Lecturer. Her lecture is titled: "Anti-Social" Media: Memes, Echo Chambers, and Toxic Anonymity. She'll be speaking at MVC on May 14, 12:50 pm in SAS 121.

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How far we've come: Diversity Summit 2015

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How far we've come: Diversity Summit 2015

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MVC is so proud of our annual Diversity Summit and the work our team puts into providing multiple days of professional development aimed at creating a more welcoming community. 💕 We've been at it for more than a decade!

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👋 It's Mr. Julio Gonzalez, director of Middle College High School, circa 2015, at the fall festival!

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We LOVE LOVE LOVE providing scholarships to students. Here are some RCCD Foundation Scholarship awardees in 2016.

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School of Public Safety Building Opens 2022

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School of Public Safety Building Opens 2022

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The School of Public Safety building at Ben Clark Education Center opens in 2022 after breaking ground in 2021. 🚒

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Construction started on the future Welcome Center building in August 2020. The building would open 1 year later in December.

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Wow, MVC and the City of Moreno Valley continue to serve as the organizing leaders for the annual Inland Empire Apprenticeship Expo. 👷‍♀️👷‍♂️

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Monty the Mountain Lion spotted in Dental Education Center

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Monty the Mountain Lion spotted in Dental Education Center

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Monty stopped by to say hello to our Dental Assistant and Dental Hygiene students 🦷

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Since 1991, we've been breaking barriers and promoting upward economic mobility by educating the Inland Empire community. Let's go Mountain Lions!

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Moreno Valley College has launched its first-ever Women's Flag Football team in Spring 2025.

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Can we talk about how amazing our student parents are? Here's kudos to students creating community here on campus with their peers through the Student Parent group.

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Sculpted by Frank Heyming, You Belong at MVC is a corten steel sculpture in front of the Student Services building that underscore's MVC's commitment to seeing, valuing, and welcoming all.

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The MVC Puente Program celebrates yet another graduating class!

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The MVC Puente Program celebrates yet another graduating class!

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The iMAKE Innovation Center Opens in 2019!

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The iMAKE Innovation Center Opens in 2019!

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MVC Hosts its first Lavender Graduation in 2023 🌈

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MVC Hosts its first Lavender Graduation in 2023 🌈

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MVC Becomes an Apprenticeship Ambassador, 2022

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MVC Becomes an Apprenticeship Ambassador, 2022

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... and in 2025, it's adopted by the state, enabling MVC to expand student participation in this amazing service-learning program.

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Shout out to our amazing ASMVC coordinator!

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We didn't let the COVID-19 Pandemic stop us from celebrating our amazing Class of 2021 graduates!

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Professor AnnaMarie Amezquita and Mr. Donnell Layne, 2019 ✨

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Professor AnnaMarie Amezquita and Mr. Donnell Layne, 2019 ✨

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52 total students graduated as part of the Class of 2010 from the newly accredited and named Moreno Valley College.

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MVC becomes the Health Sciences beacon campus

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MVC becomes the Health Sciences beacon campus

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In the fall of 1994, the EMT Program transferred from Riverside City College to the Moreno Valley campus to start the allied health program. Eventually MVC's allied health offerings grew to include EMT and Paramedic training, Dental Hygiene, Dental Assisting and Medical Assisting.

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MVC earned full accreditation as an independent college in 2010, making us the 111th California Community College.

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Local Education Means Local Opportunities

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Local Education Means Local Opportunities

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Students were excited to have a local option to pursue their college education in the growing Moreno Valley community!

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Moreno Valley College opened on March 13, 1992 with 148 students enrolled for the first term.