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{{Short description|Community college in Mount Carmel, Illinois, U.S.}}

'''Wabash Valley College''' is a [[community college]] located in [[Mount Carmel, Illinois]]. As of Fall, [[2004]], it had 1375 students. Conventional students often attend either [[Southern Illinois University Carbondale]] or [[University of Southern Indiana]] upon completion of their associate degrees. Out-of-state [[tuition]] fees are waived at USI, in exchange for similar discounts for [[Indiana]] students in [[Illinois Eastern Community Colleges]]. The school is extremely inexpensive, and still offers enticing scholarships to local students and national athletes. It offers numerous night classes and distance learning courses for non-traditional students. Occupational courses are offered in [[coal mining]] and [[diesel]] technologies as well as [[Driver's license|Commercial Driver's License]] training. Another major program at the school is their two year licensed practical [[nurse]] training program, which can also provide a springboard into a four-year program to become a registered nurse. [[English language|English]] as a second language, or [[ESL]], courses are offered in the district as well. Many foreign students seem to benefit from the safe, relaxed, small town environment of Mount Carmel.

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{{Infobox university

*[http://www.iecc.edu/wvc/|name = Wabash Valley College]

|image = Wabash valley college sign.jpg

|caption = Main Campus Sign

|logo = Wabash Valley College.jpg

|established = 1960

|type = [[Public college|Public]] [[community college]]

|president = Dr. Matt Fowler

|city = [[Mount Carmel, Illinois|Mount Carmel]]

|state = [[Illinois]]

|country = United States

|undergrad = 926 (Fall 2022)

|nickname = Warriors

|colors = Black and Red {{color box|black}} {{color box|red}}

| athletics_affiliations = [[National Junior College Athletic Association|NJCAA]] [[List of NJCAA Division I schools|Division I]]<br />[[Great Rivers Athletic Conference]]

|website = [http://www.iecc.edu/wvc/ www.iecc.edu/wvc]

}}

'''Wabash Valley College''' ('''WVC''') is a [[Public college|public]] [[community college]] in [[Mount Carmel, Illinois]]. It is part of the [[Illinois Eastern Community Colleges|Illinois Eastern Community College]] (IECC) district.

== Cable StationHistory ==

Wabash Valley College was founded independently in 1960 by the local community school district. In 1969, it joined with [[Olney Central College]] to create a two college district, a relationship that was expanded in May of that year with the addition of [[Lincoln Trail College]]. In October 1969, a $5.9 million [[Bond (finance)|bond]] issue was approved to finance the construction of permanent campuses for each of the three colleges. In 1978, IECC became a four college district with the addition of [[Frontier Community College]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iecc.edu/page.php?page=DOBM |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408093517/http://www.iecc.edu/page.php?page=DOBM |archive-date=2014-04-08 |title=IECC {{!}} Welcome and About IECC - About the District : IECC 529}}</ref>

== Academics ==

The college also operates a small cable television channel which airs bulletin board type programing showing upcoming community events. It also irregularly airs a nightly [[newscast]] at 6:00 P.M. The station also covers breaking news and severe weather. It identifies itself as Cable Channel 15. Its call letters are not known.

=== Radio/TV & Digital Media Program ===

Students in the Radio/TV & Digital Media Program operate a [[college radio]] station at 89.1&nbsp; MHz, ''[[WVJC]] The Bash'' that reaches as far east as [[Perry County, Indiana]] and as far west as [[Clinton County, Illinois]] that plays [[alternative music]], manned by student DJs. The station is also streamed online. In addition to alternative rock, the station is also home to Wabash Valley College Warrior sports play by play coverage. WVJC has RDS.

The program also operates a local cable TV channel - News Channel 15 which can be seen on the [[Cable One|Sparklight]] cable TV system in 8 counties in southeastern Illinois including Edwards, Hamilton, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland, Wabash, Wayne, and White counties. Programming on News Channel 15 includes local high school and college sporting events, local events, and a local [[newscast]] which airs weeknights at 5:30, 6:00, 6:30, 10, and 10:30&nbsp;p.m. The station also covers breaking news and severe weather. The channel is also available through the Cablecast Screenweave channel on [[Roku]] and [[Apple TV]] smart devices.

==External link==

*[http://www.iecc.edu/wvc/ Wabash Valley College]

==Athletics==

Wabash Valley College's athletic teams compete in the top division of the [[National Junior College Athletic Association]] in the [[Great Rivers Athletic Conference]].

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===Baseball===

The Warriors are perennially a national powerhouse, grabbing a reputation as one of the best junior college programs in the country. At "The Bash", the players are greatly encouraged to give back to their community in more ways than winning baseball games. The baseball program has had players "adopt-a-highway", "walk for [[diabetes]]", read to elementary classrooms, rake leaves for the elderly and all-around help with the Wabash Valley College and its campus whenever labor is needed. Other community services the Wabash Valley College Baseball program has offered and continues to offer its support by volunteer help given to the local Wabash Valley [[YMCA]]. The baseball players referee children's [[flag football]] games, [[Soccer in the United States|soccer]] games, and basketball games. The idea behind this type of volunteer work is that the local YMCA will not need to spend a large amount of its funds on referee fees and can use that money for other more important or improvement projects that can help the YMCA be more effective and better equipped to give children the opportunities to be more active and build character. In 2022 the Warriors finished 4th at the JUCO World Series in Grand Junction, Co. The Warriors returned the following year in 2023 and finished 2nd in the JUCO World Series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wvcwarriorathletics.com/sports/bsb/community_service|title = Community Service}}</ref>

===Men's Basketball===

The men's basketball team at Wabash Valley College has known a number of success throughout the years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wvcwarriorathletics.com/athletics/history|title=History}}</ref> The team throughout its history has had a number of prolific coaches, including: Mark Coomes, Jay Harrington, Jay Spoonhour (under which the men won a national championship) and [[Dan Sparks (basketball)|Dan Sparks]], who was inducted into the National Junior College Athletic Association basketball hall of fame. They have won 12 Great Rivers Athletic Conference championships and 14 Region XXIV championships, and an NCJAA National Championship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wvcwarriorathletics.com/sports/mbkb/index|title=Wabash Valley Men's Basketball}}</ref>

==References==

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==External linklinks==

*[http://www.iecc.edu/wvc/ Official website]

*[http://www.wabashvalleywarriorathletics.com Official athletics website]

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