IVCC Profile
Address: 815 N. Orlando Smith Road
Oglesby, IL 61348-9692
Phone: (815) 224-2720
Fax: (815) 224-3033
Web site: www.ivcc.edu
Founded: In 1924 as LaSalle-Peru-Oglesby Junior College; renamed Illinois Valley Community College in 1966.
Enrollment: 8,000 per year
Faculty: 79 full-time, 126 part-time
Total Employees: 178 full-time; 199 part-time
Service area: IVCC serves approximately 148,800 residents in its 2,000 square mile district, No. 513. The district encompasses most of LaSalle and Putnam counties as well as the majority of Bureau County and small parts of Lee, DeKalb, Grundy, Livingston and Marshall counties.
District 513 High Schools (20): DePue, Earlville, Hall, LaMoille, LaSalle-Peru, Marquette Academy, Mendota, Ottawa, Princeton, Putnam County, St. Bede Academy, Serena, Streator, Woodland, and LaSalle Peru Christian. High schools partially in IVCC’s district are:
Bureau Valley, Fieldcrest, Henry-Senachwine, Midland and Seneca.
Locations: Aside from its 425-acre Oglesby campus, IVCC offers day and evening classes at the IVCC Ottawa Center, its downtown satellite site. Night classes are offered at Princeton, LaSalle-Peru, Ottawa, Streator and Mendota high schools and other locations.
Curriculum: IVCC’s comprehensive offerings include Associate in Arts and Associate in Science transfer degrees, Associate in Applied Science (career) degrees designed for employment after two years, and certificate programs enabling students to gain employment in two years or less.