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State leaders are counting on “Transformative” G3 free community college program to help revitalize Virginia’s economy

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 […]

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Lord Fairfax and Thomas Nelson are latest Virginia Community Colleges to recommend name changes in the wake of the nation’s racial justice movement

Local 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 […]

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Virginia’s Community Colleges step up to help their service areas during the coronavirus pandemic

Across 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.  […]

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Take Five with Todd Estes: VCCS’s loss is the newly-created CCWC’s gain

Take Five with Michael “Todd” Estes. The former shipbuilder and current VCCS Director of Career Education Programs and Workforce Partnerships is heading east to take on what some might describe […]

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G3 apparently in good shape in the General Assembly…VCCS also seeks funds for more community college advisors

Measures 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 […]

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Southwest Virginia Community College’s Foundation will offer student housing

Located 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 […]

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Congressional action to extend CARES Act funding breathes new life into Virginia’s REV Grants

Virginians who lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic will continue to be able to apply for free workforce and career training at Virginia’s Community Colleges. Applicants can learn […]

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Governor renews call for free access to Virginia’s Community Colleges for low and moderate income students

Governor Ralph Northam asked Virginia lawmakers at the beginning of their 2021 session to support his multi-million dollar plan to make community college job and career training more affordable for […]

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Governor proposes millions in new state budget to restore G3 job and career training at Virginia’s Community Colleges

A major initiative to make community college career training more affordable for low and moderate income Virginians is back before the General Assembly session that will begin next month. Governor […]

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NOVA Professor Jill Biden, Ed.D., takes the high road in the latest nationwide squabble over academic titles

Editor’s note: this story was updated Dec. 19. An English professor at Northern Virginia Community College since 2009, Dr. Jill Biden tried to keep a low profile when her husband […]

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