Palo Verde Community College
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Palo Verde Community College
| Palo Verde Community College | |
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| Established | 1947 |
| Type | Community College |
| President | James W. Hottois |
| Students | 2000 + |
| Location | Blythe, CA, USA |
| Campus | rural, 200 acres (81 ha) main campus |
| Nickname | Pirates |
| Website | www.paloverde.edu |
Palo Verde College, formerly called Palo Verde Junior College - is a community college in Blythe, California.
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Main Campus
Palo Verde College is located along the Colorado River in the fertile Palo Verde Valley, 165 miles (266 km) west of Phoenix, 110 miles (180 km) east of Palm Springs, and 100 miles (160 km) north of Yuma. Its service area includes approximately 20,556 people, 12,456 of whom reside in Blythe. The charm of Southern California agricultural life permeates the valley. Tourism is a major industry, boosted by temperate winters and summers built around river water sports. Palo Verde College is dedicated to learning, to reflection, to personal growth. People of all ages and backgrounds attend from early morning to late evening and weekends take advantage of a wide variety of course offerings. The College has a reputation for quality and a readiness to respond quickly and appropriately to all community educational needs. [1]
Needles Center
The Palo Verde Verde College District began serving Needles and surrounding area in 1998 when an agreement was reached to transfer responsibility with the San Bernardino CCD which had been providing limited classes to the area since 1968. Beginning in the Fall 1998, Palo Verde College began offering classes in the evening at Needles High School campus. Almost immediately, a search began for a permanent site for the College, which would allow a full array of classes to be offered, both in the daytime as well as the evening.[2]
Spring Street Campus
Palo Verde Community College also offers to its local residents in Blythe a separate campus that is intended to link the community to the college in order to personally enrich local residents with knowledge . The course offerings (non-credit)are designed to serve the diverse and changing needs of the community by cooperating with and implementing other offerings at the main campus. [3]
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