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With 20 years on the job, Glenn DuBois is the longest-serving Chancellor in the history of Virginia’s Community Colleges.  He announced his retirement last August, effective at the end of […]

Read more on this post: Search begins for a new Chancellor for Virginia’s Community Colleges

We tend to think of our colleges as “open enrollment” institutions, accessible to serve anyone with a high school diploma or GED (and in the case of some workforce programs, […]

Read more on this post: Progress report: VCCS student onboarding and enrollment redesign process moving forward

Bert Jones, VCCS associate vice chancellor of facilities management services, was 52 when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. “I was completely blindsided, says Jones. “And when I started trying […]

Read more on this post: VCCS facilities management chief is on a mission to raise cancer awareness

By Serena Truong/VCU Student Journalist Twenty-four graduates from John Tyler (soon to be Brightpoint) and Reynolds Community Colleges transferred to Virginia Commonwealth University for the 2021-22 academic year, with help […]

Read more on this post: With boost from intensive transfer preparation program, 24 VCCS graduates make the jump to VCU

Recognizing significant and documented levels of anxiety and depression among community college students due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Virginia’s State Board for Community Colleges has approved a policy change to […]

Read more on this post: VCCS State Board approves policy change regarding mental health services

Thousands of students across Virginia are taking advantage of new state funding for targeted programs at community colleges connected to high-demand careers, according to new data from Virginia’s Community Colleges. […]

Read more on this post: People pursuing new careers are responding in a big way to Virginia’s new G3 program that makes college training more affordable

We don’t have all the details and personnel are still in the field.  But we’re told that graduates from Southside Virginia, Mountain Empire, and Wytheville Community Colleges are among the […]

Read more on this post: VCCS graduates restoring power after Hurricane Ida

Responding to Executive Order 77 (EO77) from Governor Ralph Northam, Virginia’s Community Colleges are working on plans to eliminate most single-use plastics on campus, impose a near-term ban on several […]

Read more on this post: VCCS working on plan to phase out single-use plastics

Virginia’s Community Colleges have begun to redesign student enrollment processes statewide to benefit students who frequently are stymied by current onboarding practices, and to ensure long term institutional success. “Historically, […]

Read more on this post: Virginia’s Community Colleges move toward a simpler, more standardized enrollment process to boost student and institutional success

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