By Idalia Rodriguez, Ph.D. and Charles Pumpuni, Ph.D., professors at Northern Virginia Community College This spring, humans are not the only ones ready to leave the seclusion of their homes […]
Read more on this post: Periodical Cicadas are about to emerge in Northern Virginia, and it’s going to be quite a showWith research showing that four out of ten of our students face housing insecurity and three out of ten sometimes aren’t sure where their next meal is coming from, Virginia’s […]
Read more on this post: New online tool will make it easier for students at Virginia’s Community Colleges to access social services and other benefits they’re eligible to receiveThe VCCS State Board received reports March 18 from system colleges on the question of whether their college names are consistent with the mission of Virginia’s Community Colleges and their […]
Read more on this post: VCCS State Board receives college name change reports at March meetingThousands of Virginians will gain free access to community college through the state budget adopted by this year’s General Assembly. The career training they receive could help them recover from […]
Read more on this post: State spending plan approved by lawmakers = good news for Virginia’s Community CollegesEditor’s note: As we approached the anniversary of the widespread campus disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, we reached out to winners of the 2020 VCCS outstanding faculty awards, asking […]
Read more on this post: Faculty at Virginia’s Community Colleges reflect on the “Year of Covid”Noting a spike in unemployment and hunger across the state during the coronavirus pandemic, Governor Ralph Northam used a visit to Reynolds Community College last week to spotlight his hopes […]
Read more on this post: State leaders are counting on “Transformative” G3 free community college program to help revitalize Virginia’s economyLocal advisory boards at Lord Fairfax and Thomas Nelson Community Colleges voted this month to recommend their institutions be renamed. They join John Tyler Community College, whose local board went […]
Read more on this post: Lord Fairfax and Thomas Nelson are latest Virginia Community Colleges to recommend name changes in the wake of the nation’s racial justice movementAcross Virginia, through food banks, public health events and other initiatives, our colleges have reached out to help their communities during the Covid-19 pandemic. Many colleges have held multiple events. […]
Read more on this post: Virginia’s Community Colleges step up to help their service areas during the coronavirus pandemicMeasures to enact and fund a proposal to make community college education more affordable, or even free for thousands of low-to-moderate income Virginians is working its way through the 2021 […]
Read more on this post: G3 apparently in good shape in the General Assembly…VCCS also seeks funds for more community college advisorsLocated far from population centers, in the Tazewell County town of Cedar Bluff, Southwest Virginia Community College’s Foundation will offer student housing, with the first units available as early as […]
Read more on this post: Southwest Virginia Community College’s Foundation will offer student housing