Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner announced a consulting agreement between the Virginia Foundation for Community Colleges Education (VFCCE) and the India-based Wadhwani Foundation (WF) to promote skills-based education in  India. The document was signed by Dr. Ajay Kela, President and CEO of Wadhwani Foundation, and Dr. Glenn DuBois, Chancellor of Virginia’s Community College System. [...]

The General Assembly will be back in Richmond on April 4-6 to consider redistricting and act upon the Governor’s recommended bill amendments and vetoes. On April 4, the House of Delegates and Senate will convene to adopt redistricting plans according to population counts determined by the 2010 census.  One House redistricting plan and bill has [...]

Blue Ridge Community College students who participate in the SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise)team – some of whom were in Haiti when a massive earthquake struck in January 2010 — are on their way to more regional and national awards. BRCC’s team returned from Charlotte, NC recently as the regional champions, and will move on [...]

Citing the enormous success of the Virginia Community College System and his extraordinary efforts to launch the 23 community colleges in Virginia, Dr. Dana B. Hamel was recognized Monday by the House of Delegates and the Senate of Virginia.  Appearing with his family and current Chancellor Glenn DuBois and Executive Vice Chancellor Karen Petersen in the [...]

Welcome to the VaHigherEd blog site for Legislative Line 2010.  Look here frequently for updates on legislation related to Virginia’s Community Colleges and all legislative news. For status of specific legislation, see Legislative Tracking. For the latest legislative line messages, look for Legislative News posts. We’ve collected a number of legislative resource links. Interested in others? Contact [...]

As we break for the Thanksgiving holidays, Virginia’s Community Colleges are proud to learn that one of our faculty members was presented with the 2009 Virginia Professor of the Year award from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Kevin Hamed, assistant professor of biology at Virginia Highlands Community College, received the award last [...]

With so much attention — and some very mixed reviews — of NBC’s comedy’s Community, I almost missed the other community college connection in this fall’s lineup — Jayma Mays, graduate of Southwest Virginia Community College, plays Emma in the Fox comedy, Glee.

This show is well on its way to being a hit, and is probably more engaging than the pilot of Community. Besides you can do a lot more with an hour.

A native of Grundy, Jayma began her acting career as a student at Southwest Virginia Community College, and was hooked after performing in her first play.