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>> Grow By Degrees campaign stresses economic growth of Virginia through investment in higher education

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>> President selected for Blue Ridge Community College

Dr. John DowneyDr. John A. Downey becomes the fifth president at Blue Ridge Community College, effective August 3.   Find out more grayarrow.gif

 

 

>> President selected for Eastern Shore

Dr. Linda Thomas-GloverDr. Linda Thomas-Glover becomes the fifth president at Eastern Shore Community College, effective June 1. She is currently provost at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College in Kentucky.  Find out more grayarrow.gif

Annual Report 2008Building Tomorrow's Virginia

Take a look at the VCCS annual report, and its life-changing profiles of students, alumni and faculty building a better tomorrow for all Virginians.

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Eastern Shore has a new radio commercial featuring CAREER COACHES.

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Virginia Highlands has a new radio commercial highlighting transfer and guaranteed admissions agreements. 

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Hear the podcast highlighting community colleges, small business and TCC's Theresa Bryant, vice president for workforce development.
 Download Episode 2 of Startup BizCast (4009 kb) 

 

With Good Reason

Virginia's community colleges partner in the public higher education radio program, With Good Reason, produced by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Recent programs featuring community college faculty include:


Little Big Minds (February 3-9)
Marietta McCarty (Piedmont Virginia Community College) has written a new guide book for parents and educators who want to share the enduring ideas of the ‘biggest minds’ of thinkers like Plato, the Dalai Lama, and Martin Luther King Jr. with the ‘littlest minds’ of children.

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The Millenials (January 13-19)
Mary Washko (J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College) is part of an innovative program that helps high school dropouts complete their education. She says that, like the character played by Will Smith in the hit movie, "Pursuit of Happiness," these young people face more daily challenges than most of us can imagine.

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Visit the With Good Reason website and sign up for podcasts of the With Good Reason radio program.

 

College Video

NEW College Video
See one of the latest television spots produced by John Tyler Community College, airing on Richmond TV stations now. 
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Reynolds video spotCollege Video
See the latest television spot produced by J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College highlighting guaranteed transfer to a four-year college or university.
VCCS News Releases
Coalition Touts Impact of Higher Education on Economy
Business and community leaders call for sustained funding and 70,000 more degrees by 2020
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
John Downey named president of Blue Ridge Community College
~Dr. John A. Downey is selected to become the fifth president of Blue Ridge Community College.~
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Monday, June 15, 2009
Federal Stimulus Funds Help State Board Mitigate Tuition Increase
~ Community college tuition & fees increase less than half of comparable increases at public four-year universities ~
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Thursday, May 21, 2009

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