-Editorial Go Big or Go Home! That’s Yulil Alonso-Garza’s motto in life and she adapts it to everything she does. Yulil is running for a seat on the Imperial Valley College Board of Trustees. Alonso Garza is a teacher at Enrique Camarena Jr. High and works with students on a …
August, 2020
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19 August
The Center for Community Media’s Border Network Convenes
On August 11, CCM Graduate School of Journalism’s Border Network, convened for the first time, bringing a dozen community media outlets along the southern U.S. border together to discuss challenges they face in serving their audiences; consider opportunities for collaboration; and connect with legal, training, and funding resources. Outlets serving rural …
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17 August
CETYS University is an example of academic continuity in the face of the New Normal
-In a virtual chat with the media from all over the state of Baja California, the actions of CETYS before the New Normal, CETYS Flex 360 ° Model, and the success of the academic continuity were announced. Mexicali, Baja California. – As part of its commitment to the community and …
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15 August
Newsom Announces Support Provided to School Districts as Fall Semester Begins
-Editorial Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that every eligible local educational agency in California has applied for and is receiving a portion of the $5.3 billion in learning loss mitigation funds secured through the state budget he signed in June. The Governor also signed an executive order directing state agencies …
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15 August
Imperial Valley College Postpones Fall Semester for a Week Due to Cyber Attack
-Editorial The impact of the on-going Imperial Valley College ransomware attack has resulted in a week’s postponement of the start of all fully online classes for the Fall semester. Fully online classes will commence the week of August 24th. Any classes that have a “face to face component,” which includes …
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12 August
SDSU-IV to lead unique health disparities research project
-Editorial Dr. Helina Hoyt, Nursing Program Coordinator at San Diego State University-Imperial Valley, has been awarded $125,000 in direct costs from an administrative supplement to the San Diego State University HealthLINK Center for Transdisciplinary Health Disparities Research (SDSU HealthLINK Center). This award will fund an innovative yearlong project that will …
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12 August
Imperial Valley College Has Been Impacted Due to Ransomware
-Editorial The college’s Information Technology Department and hired cybersecurity consultants have been working diligently since Thursday, August 6, 2020, to restore programs and files that have been affected on campus. At this time, the college is working on gathering and processing as much information as possible to better assess what systems and files have been affected. According …
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8 August
Preschool Teachers Protest in Mexicali
By: Melissa Dorame, Reporter Mexicali, B.C.- Preschool teachers manifest in the state capital of Baja California, to demand transparency from the State Secretary of Education in the process of appointing positions, and demand is granted to the 178 teachers from group A who passed the exam last cycle to occupy …
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7 August
Mexicali Students to Participate in International Minecraft Competition
-Editorial Four young Mexicali students from El Garage Project Hub, Department of Innovation of the Educational Group “16 de Septiembre” will represent Mexico in an international competition next Saturday, August 8, where they will face off against students from the United Kingdom to seek victory. The competition organized by the …
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3 August
Businessmen in Baja California Request a Review on Education Law
By: Melissa Dorame, Reporter Mexicali, B. C.- At a virtual press conference organized by the Chamber of Commerce COPARMEX, hand in hand with associations, as well as COPASE and educational institutes, the revision of the modifications to the Education Law of the State of Baja California was requested. Everardo Basilio, …
