The start of a new term is always an exciting, nerve-wracking experience for me. New classes bring a new set of challenges and expectations—there are new instructors, new classmates, new textbooks, and new opportunities to excel. Then there are also a lot of new things that can be, well, just a little bit scary. Or a lot scary.

Take my textbooks for instance…
Before each term, I anxiously await the arrival of my textbooks. I find myself checking my email 50 times a day waiting for the email from MBS Direct, then checking the tracking information to see if my books have reached the next stop on their journey. Sometimes the arrival of my books instills confidence and makes me think, “Okay, I can handle this. This class will be fine.” Other times, I see the long complicated titles or the thickness of their spines and I think, “How the heck am I going to learn all of this in seven weeks?!” And this term my books weigh 17 pounds and don’t fit in my backpack—that’s definitely intimidating.

“Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.” -Marie Curie

Hello students! I hope you're having a wonderful week. Today, all of us here at Ivy Bridge Colloge are excited to recognize the achievements of some of our highest-performing students with the Ivy Bridge College dean's list.

The Ivy Bridge dean's list is published each fall and spring semester in order to acknowledge the academic achievements of students who are enrolled in at least 12 credit hours and have a GPA of 3.5 or higher.

Greetings from Ivy Bridge College’s virtual bookstore!

My name is Lauren Logan and I am the bookstore operations manager. Today’s post is all about how we order, manage, and deliver your books to you.

How We Order Your Books
All of our books are stocked and ordered through MBS Direct, which is located in Missouri. MBS is highly experienced in textbook management and distribution of materials, and has the capability to ship worldwide.

Textbooks are typically ordered one and half weeks before the start of a new term. The order is dependent on your student registration and can’t be processed until you're scheduled for the new term—so that's one more reason it’s so important to get your documents in on time and get scheduled for your courses!