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Blue Ridge SIFE Team wins national championship - again
The award-winning Sife team from Blue Ridge is once again the USA National Campions for two-year colleges in 2008. This video, available on YouTube, highlights their achievements.
Dr. Brent Kendrick, professor of English at Lord Fairfax Community College (left) and Dr. Walerian Majewski, professor of physics at Northern Virginia Community College, were each honored Feb. 20 as recipients of the 2008 Outstanding Faculty Awards for excellence in teaching, research, knowledge integration and public service. They were among 12 faculty members from colleges and unviersities across the Commonwealth. For more information about these outstanding faculty, see the State Council for Higher Education website.
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Eastern Shore has a new radio commercial featuring CAREER COACHES.
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Virginia Highlands has a new radio commercial highlighting transfer and guaranteed admissions agreements.
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Hear the podcast highlighting community colleges, small business and TCC's Theresa Bryant, vice president for workforce development.
 Download Episode 2 of Startup BizCast (4009 kb) |
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 Virginia's community colleges partner in the public higher education radio program, With Good Reason, produced by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Recent programs featuring community college faculty include: |
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Little Big Minds (February 3-9)
Marietta McCarty (Piedmont Virginia Community College) has written a new guide book for parents and educators who want to share the enduring ideas of the ‘biggest minds’ of thinkers like Plato, the Dalai Lama, and Martin Luther King Jr. with the ‘littlest minds’ of children.
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The Millenials (January 13-19)
Mary Washko (J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College) is part of an innovative program that helps high school dropouts complete their education. She says that, like the character played by Will Smith in the hit movie, "Pursuit of Happiness," these young people face more daily challenges than most of us can imagine.
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Visit the With Good Reason website and sign up for podcasts of the With Good Reason radio program.
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See the latest television spot produced by J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College highlighting guaranteed transfer to a four-year college or university. |
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Newport News student wins first Kathy Camper scholarship.
She will receive $1,000 toward tuition at Thomas Nelson Community College.
Click here to read more  | | Tuesday, January 06, 2009 |
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More people are turning to Virginia community colleges to start or restart careers in a bad economy.
VCCS sets new enrollment record, up 8,324 – or almost 5%- over last year.
Partnerships with policy makers are key to keeping these opportunities available in time of limited public resources.
Click here to read more | | Tuesday, December 16, 2008 |
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Curtis & Patricia Dougans Scholarship awarded to Lord Fairfax student
Provides tuition and fees for students attending the Luray-Page County Center of Lord Fairfax Community College
Click here to read more | | Monday, December 15, 2008 |
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Four out of 6 public hearings on the proposed Virginia budget will be held at a Virginia Community College.
Hearings are Jan. 8 at NVCC, PVCC and at the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center located on the VHCC campus, as well as Jan. 9 at CVCC.
Click here to read more | | Friday, December 12, 2008 |
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Virginia Community College educator receives 2008 Mathematics Excellence award from AMATYC.
Award is presented once every two years to educators who make outstanding contributions to math education at two-year colleges.
Click here to read more | | Monday, December 08, 2008 |
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