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Connecting the Dots: Your favorite place may be no more, and we must help its workers

One of my favorite restaurants is a little, family-owned place in south Richmond that offers the best handmade onion rings. The restaurant opened in 1966, the same year Virginia opened […]

“We need you. Your community needs you.” VCCS navigators, coaches and advisors on the front lines to enroll students by Dec. 14 deadline

December 8, 2020
By Jim Babb

Navigators, coaches and admissions personnel at Virginia’s community colleges have been working overtime since the governor announced millions of dollars to provide free workforce training programs for people who lost […]

Take Five with Mary Barnett, our new Director of Internal Audit

1. What exactly does the Director of Internal Audit do and what prompted you to pursue this line of work as a career? Internal Audit provides a “fresh set of […]

Connecting the Dots: Mall workers may be next in line for community college help

Virginia’s Community Colleges are working hard to help people who’ve lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic. While its unclear whether the emergency created or simply accelerated these hardships, analysts […]

REV Grants: the huge public response is sobering, and some of the stories behind the numbers are heart-wrenching

November 24, 2020
By Jim Babb

VCCS college navigators, coaches and admissions personnel are working overtime to make sure that people who qualify for a new state grants program can be vetted and enrolled by the […]

Late-start classes offer even more flexibility to community college students

When you think about a college calendar, you may automatically think of traditional semesters. You’ve got fall courses that run August to December, spring courses that run January to May, […]

Virginians rush to sign-up for free workforce training at Virginia’s Community Colleges

November 10, 2020
By Jim Babb

It’s a limited-time offer, and Virginians are wasting no time signing up for a new grants program that would pay for targeted workforce training courses at community colleges across the […]

Community college student honored at Virginia Tech for ultimate sacrifice during the Vietnam War

November 10, 2020
By Jim Babb

Before he deployed for duty in Vietnam, Covington native and U.S. Army First Lieutenant Gary Lee Miller attended Clifton Forge-Covington Community College, a branch of Virginia Tech that would go […]

2020 Hire Education Conference spotlights the training needs of essential workers

November 10, 2020
By Jim Babb

The VCCS Hire Education Conference has always been dedicated to learning and sharing, leadership development, innovation, and collaboration. But organizers argued that this year the event was even more essential […]

Governor challenges Virginia’s Community Colleges to enroll more workforce/career trainees in just six weeks

November 4, 2020
By Jim Babb

On October 30, Governor Ralph Northam announced the Re-Employing Virginians (REV) Initiative, which will provide vouchers to offset tuition and fees at our colleges to help Virginians get back on […]

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