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In the midst of coronavirus restrictions, fall enrollments system-wide are down at Virginia’s Community Colleges –numbers from 2020 graduations show mixed picture

September 22, 2020
By Jim Babb

Editor’s note: Total FTE enrollments are up at several of our colleges (DSLCC, ESCC, GCC, NOVA) compared to last year at this time, but system-wide the numbers are down, continuing […]

A letter from the chancellor to our students

September 18, 2020 Dear Students of Virginia’s Community Colleges: I hope that you and your family are well, and safe, as we endure this public health crisis. I am […]

Take Five with CVCC mechatronics instructor Marcella Gale

This is the fourth in our Take Five series on outstanding VCCS faculty members. Our objective is to shine a light on those who are innovating while educating and, in […]

Richard Hodges: The community college system Dana Hamel helped create democratized higher education in Virginia

By Richard A. Hodges, Ed.D. Dana Hamel is one of the most extraordinary people you’d ever hope to meet. Now at the age of 97, he once steadfastly and modestly […]

Former college presidents give Hamel top marks for his leadership in founding Virginia’s Community Colleges

August 6, 2020
By Jim Babb

Editor’s note: We’re grateful for the following comments from former VCCS college presidents Charles King, Thomas Hatfield, Edwin Barnes and John Cavan. Dr. Charles King, president at Southwest Virginia Community […]

Stubbornly modest, the founding chancellor of Virginia’s Community Colleges prepares to mark his 97TH birthday

August 6, 2020
By Jim Babb

You can try, but you probably won’t get Dr. Dana B. Hamel to take personal credit for his remarkable stewardship during the first crucial years of the Virginia Community College […]

Giving credit where it’s due: Instructional designers have played key roles in helping Virginia’s Community Colleges transition to online learning

August 4, 2020
By Jim Babb

By Sheri Prupis, VCCS Director of Teaching & Learning Technologies Since March, when COVID-19 forced the sudden shutdown of our campuses statewide, instructional designers at our colleges have worked tirelessly […]

United Way co-sponsored by VCCS research shows growing numbers of Virginia families who cannot make ends meet

August 3, 2020
By Jim Babb

Editor’s note: this brief blog post draws heavily from new research by the United Way. A link to the organization’s full report is below. According to traditional measures, from 2010 […]

VCCS State Board: it’s time to reexamine the names of our colleges, campuses and facilities

July 21, 2020
By Jim Babb

By unanimous vote on July 16, Virginia’s State Board for Community Colleges instructed local community college advisory boards across the commonwealth to review the appropriateness of the names of our […]

Exceptional community college educators from across Virginia recognized through the 2020 VCCS faculty awards

July 7, 2020
By Jim Babb

“Let’s face it, the old saw about ‘better late than never’ isn’t much consolation,” acknowledged VCCS Chancellor Glenn DuBois. “These extraordinary faculty members really deserved to be applauded by hundreds […]

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