(IVC obtains a grant to launch the MESA Program.).....The grant was awarded by the California Community College Chancellors Office.

The Imperial Valley College said the over $1.6 million grant is to improve opportunities for students to transfer to four-year colleges and universities for majors in calculus-based science, technology, engineering and Mathematics, or STEM fields. The grants, which runs through 2026-2027 academic year, is designed to help underserved and underrepresented students. The program, named the California Community College Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement, or MESA, was established 40 years ago. IVC's grant is programmed to spend $428,576 this current academic year, and $280,000 each of the next four academic years. It also received $101,560 in the 2021-22 academic years for MESA.