Counseling information

Welcome and Schedule
VVC Resources for Students
RamPath
Grad Check Week

Welcome and Counselors Schedule - Email melanie.dubeprice@vvc.edu

Have a great winter break and enjoy the Holidays - I will be back starting Jan 3rd.

Welcome to your VVC journey, My name is Melanie Dube-Price and I am the pathway counselor for Public Safety and Skilled Trades, industry and Transportation . For security and confidentiality especially with us doing so much more on line and zoom, I can only communicate with you through your student email not personal and a lot of time personal email don't come through. If you have not done so, please set up your student email-Go here for help

If you are going to do a my walk-in (in person or zoom) please check the day of for any changes in schedule post under the zoom link below. Like everyone things come up and I get pulled away from time to time.

I am on main campus on Tuesday only - if you book an appointment on my Tuesday please be aware it will always be on main campus. The rest of the time I am located at Regional Public Safety Training Center located 19190 Navajo Road, Apple Valley.

Please take a look at my schedule below.

Please click on the pathway and I will send you the link to schedule, it does not always go out on the same day, please give it 1 to 3 days and if you don't hear from me email me.

Appointments for winter are all gone, but I am still doing walk in zoom first come first served see times and dates below. Spring counseling appointments Start Feb 13th - Link for appointments will go out Feb 7th.

Skilled Trade, Industry and Transportation: Aviation, Auto, Construction or Welding GO HERE

Public Safety: Criminal Justice, EMS, Fire or Paramedic GO HERE

If you are coming to my Walk-in Zoom hour. The LINK is here and below are any updated schedule changes

Changes for walk in/zoom changes on the following days this week:

Zoom only WALK-IN from 10am to Noon -Sorry for those that tried to see me on 26th- I was called away and could not open the zoom - I will be back on the 27th.,

Jan 27th and 30th

Feb 7th, 8th and 9th

Winter Schedule:

HOURS: WINTER SCHEDULE	January	February
Time: 8:00 to 3:00	Appointment 3^rd, 18^th 19^th,25^th, 26^th	No Walk in Time in Feb at Regional, 7^th main campus: Class will start Feb 13^th
Jan - Paramedic Only – Feb Fire only	9^th, 11^th, 20^th , 23^rd, 27^th 30^th ^{By Arrangement can email me to see if I can work you in}	8^th and 9^th ^{By Arrangement can email me to see if I can work you in.}
Main Campus on Tuesday:	10^th, 17^th, 24^th	7th
WALK IN ZOOM ONLY 10 to 12	11th, 17th 18th, 19th, 20th, 23rd, 24th 25th, 26th, 27th and 30th	7th, 8th and 9th

Spring Schedule

Hours:

SPRING SCHEDULE

Monday 9:00 - 6:00

(9:00-18:00)

(RPSTC)

Tuesday 9:00-5:00

(9:00-17:00)

(VVC campus)

Wednesday 9:00 - 5:00

(9:00-17:00)

(RPSTC)

Thursday 9:00 to 5

(9:00-17:00)

(RPSTC)

Friday 9:00 - 12:00

(9:00-12:00)

(RPSTC)

Zoom Walk in time

4:00 to 6:00

(16:00-18:00)

9:00 to 11:00

NO Walk in/drop in

No Walk in/drop in

9:00 to 12:00

Appointment time

9:00 to 3:30

(9:00 -15:30)

2:00- 5:00

(14:00 -17:00)

9:00 to 5:00

(9:00 to 17:00)

9:00 to 5:00

(9:00 to 17:00)

Appointments by arrangement.

Not seeing students

12:00 – 2:00

(12:00-14:00)

Alternating Mondays

Teaching Class

11:00-1:30

(11:00-13:30)

11:00-1:00

(11:00-13:00)

3:00 -5:00

(15:00-17:00)

Alternating Thursday

Off at Noon.

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Rampath information

The Public Safety RAMPath is designed to prepare students to enter into a career in the field of corrections, criminal justice, emergency medical services, firefighting, forensics, paramedics, or police. The Public Safety RAMPath offers degree and certificate programs approved by the Chancellor’s Office and recognized by industry through program accreditation. With the combination of lecture and hands-on experiences these highly engaging programs offer students real-life and simulated experiences where they can develop the skills necessary to transfer into a highly specialized career and/ or continue their education at a four-year university. Each program within the Public Safety RAMPath leverages local industry partners to ensure curriculum is aligned to current industry standards while providing students local opportunities for internships and/or work experience.

Explore Degrees and Certificates Here

The Skilled Trades, Industry & Transportation RAMPath is designed to prepare students to enter into a career in the field of automotive maintenance, aviation maintenance, composite aerospace manufacturing, construction, and welding. The Skilled Trades, Industry & Transportation RAMPath offers degree and certificate programs approved by the Chancellor’s Office and recognized by industry through program accreditation. With the combination of lecture and hands-on experiences these highly engaging programs offer students real-life and simulated experiences where they can develop the skills necessary to transfer into a highly specialized career and/ or continue their education at a four-year university. Each program within the Skilled Trades, Industry & Transportation RAMPath leverages local industry partners to ensure curriculum is aligned to current industry standards while providing students local opportunities for internships and/or work experience.

Explore Degrees and Certificates Here

Grad Check

Now-We-Dance.jpg (539×800) Congratulations and welcome to the last leg of your journey, or to see if it is truly the last leg. :)

There will be a graduation check in the future for fall 2023 graduates-stay tuned! It is coming in Spring.

1. Dead line to apply for spring graduation is March 5th 2023. You apply for the certificates in the same semester that you will complete them. I am still doing grad checks for students even though the event is over you just have to make an appointment with me or zoom in that information is on the first page.

OR

2. If you want to do the grad check Via Email please Click HERE and fill out the form - and you should receive one within the week.