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new students information in areas such as: financial aid, housing, campus
safety/police, Cardinal Connection features, bookstore, and TVCC Alert system.
MENTORING
New students to TVCC are assigned an advisor. This advisor will follow the student
throughout their time at TVCC. They advise them, register them the first time, but
oversee their registration every time, monitor their progress and are available if the
student has questions. This program enables the student to feel comfortable with
one person on the TVCC campus who can guide them with their needs.
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS
Trinity Valley Community College welcomes the student with academic potential
who has a special need as a part of the student body. TVCC provides equal
opportunities for academically qualified students with disabilities and ensures
access to a wide variety of resources and programs, regardless of their instructional
location or mode of delivery.
The College makes accommodations for students with qualifying disabilities such as
moving classes to accessible locations, allowing the use of tape recorders, sign
language interpreters or other educational auxiliary aids and making special test
arrangements. All imposed accommodations comply with Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of
1990. TVCC makes reasonable accommodations for qualified students with a
diagnosed physical and/or learning disability who have been admitted to the
College and request accommodations.
A Request for Accommodations Form must be completed prior to the beginning of
each semester. Appropriate documentation of physical or psycho/educational
evaluation or rehabilitation agency referral must be submitted before any
accommodations can be arranged. This evaluation and/or referral must clearly
document the disability and support the need for accommodation. Reasonable
accommodation requests and documentation may be subject to review by the ADA
Compliance Committee.
In order to allow ample time for adequate coordination of services,
four weeks’
notice prior to the beginning of the semester
is recommended.
Additional information regarding disability services is available in the TVCC
Students with Disabilities Handbook located on the disability services webpage. All
students are expected to abide by the Student Code of Conduct as outlined in the
Student Handbook. Hard copies of the handbook are also provided in the Disabilities
Office on the Athens campus and the advisement centers on the Palestine, Kaufman
and Terrell campuses. The Disabilities Office is located on the third floor of the
Baugh Technology Center inside the Cardinal Success Center. Contact information
for dis
h of the campuses is as follows:
Email:
Athens
Palesti
t. 7032 or 7033
Terrell: 903-563-9573 ext. 4903 or 4904
Kaufman: 903- 932-4309 ext. 5721
Distance learning: 903-675-6259
