Emerging into HSI-ness is a powerful construct that we continue to explore in this episode. Irvine Valley College (IVC) is an emerging HSI community college that has been intentionally transforming its campus to better serve Latine/x students without waiting for federal HSI eligibility or Title V funding. The college is already an Asian American Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI), having reached 41% API enrollment and receiving federal funding. In this episode our guests describe their commitment to servingness, equity, and attaining dual-eligibility regardless of the federal government’s attacks on funding. The college developed a comprehensive year-long training series based on the Transforming HSIs for Equity and Justice book and workbook that brought together faculty, classified staff, and administrators to examine institutional policies, practices, and power structures through an equity lens. This work emerged from their Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) Council, which operates under an innovative tri-chair model ensuring shared leadership across all campus constituencies. Through this episode we learn how the college has built and maintained its commitment to equity and servingness, demonstrating that transformational change can occur through internal resources, strong leadership, and a campus-wide culture of caring for students.

Guests:

Martha McDonald (she, her, ella)

Vice President for Student Services, Irvine Valley College

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mcdonaldmartha 

Julie Fagundes Scholl (she, her)

Program Coordinator- Adult English as a Second Language (AESL), Irvine Valley College

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/julie-f-scholl 

Rebecca Beck (she, her, ella)

ESL Faculty/Academic Senate President, Irvine Valley College

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/rebecca-beck-6882232b5

APA Citation: 

Garcia, G. A. (Host). (2026, March 29). Building HSI Mindsets: Irvine Valley College’s Training Approach. (No. 706) [Audio podcast episode]. In ¿Qué pasa, HSIs?.