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Inaugural free live performance event at PVCC April 6 features poets, artists from Virginia’s Community Colleges

Inaugural free live performance event at PVCC April 6 features poets, artists from Virginia’s Community Colleges

Winners of poetry contests at Virginia’s Community Colleges will gather and perform their works live onstage at the first-ever VCCS Poet Laureate Event.  The April 6 event at Piedmont Virginia […]

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VCCS seeks new chapter in relations with Native Americans

VCCS seeks new chapter in relations with Native Americans

Virginia’s Community Colleges are setting out to write a new chapter in the commonwealth’s long and often-troubled history with Virginia’s Native American Tribes.  Acknowledging that individual community colleges already may […]

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Common Curriculum pathways improve transfer experience for Virginia Community College students

Common Curriculum pathways improve transfer experience for Virginia Community College students

“I wanted to stay close to home for financial purposes.” Like many of our students, Fernando Sagastume recognized the tremendous cost advantage of beginning his higher education at his local […]

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Making the case for Virginia’s Community Colleges

Making the case for Virginia’s Community Colleges

From across the commonwealth – often enduring lengthy road trips — Virginia’s Community Colleges sent delegations to visit state lawmakers during the 2024 General Assembly session. It was the first […]

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Virginia’s investments in community college system pay off in jobs

Virginia’s investments in community college system pay off in jobs

OpEd by David Doré, VCCS Chancellor, and Barry DuVal, Virginia Chamber of Commerce Pres. & CEO Published by Cardinal News on Feb. 21, 2024 [Excerpt] Virginia confronts a widely acknowledged […]

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Chancellor Doré makes the case for VCCS transformation during regional leadership webinar

Chancellor Doré makes the case for VCCS transformation during regional leadership webinar

“Institutions of higher education are in danger if they fail to keep up with the technological and demographic forces sweeping the globe.  Virginia’s Community Colleges are creating a model for […]

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Reflection of VCCS Chancellor David Doré in recognition of Black History Month

Reflection of VCCS Chancellor David Doré in recognition of Black History Month

One of the advantages of being relatively new to Virginia (I arrived last April) is the satisfaction of discovering more about the history of my new home. And I believe […]

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VCCS students, leaders take our case to the Virginia General Assembly

VCCS students, leaders take our case to the Virginia General Assembly

Armed with updated fact sheets, good cheer, and powerful stories about lives that have been changed for the better, faculty, staff and students from Virginia’s Community Colleges are visiting Virginia […]

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Applications due in March for life-changing student research opportunities with NASA

Applications due in March for life-changing student research opportunities with NASA

If you have gifted students pursuing STEM majors, here’s your chance to change some lives: STEM Takes Flight offers paid summer research opportunities for our students at NASA’s Langley Research […]

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A first for Virginia’s Community Colleges: father-and-son college presidents. Veteran Educator William “Bill” Fiege will lead Brightpoint Community College

A first for Virginia’s Community Colleges: father-and-son college presidents. Veteran Educator William “Bill” Fiege will lead Brightpoint Community College

Virginia’s Community Colleges announced December 4 that longtime community college leader William “Bill” Fiege will be president at Brightpoint Community College, starting January 2.  For Dr. Fiege, the new job […]

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