The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education will have a very high-profile board member  and advocate in 2010:  John T. Casteen, retiring president of the University of Virginia. The Chronicle of Higher Education reported today that Mr. Casteen will join the VFCCE board, dedicated to raising scholarship money to help students, including young people in [...]

Here’s a small buffet of news items that are or may affect Virginia’s Community Colleges and the people and communities they serve: According to USA Today, your community college should be chatting you up on Facebook and Twitter: The survey found higher levels of engagement among students who said they used social media multiple times [...]

John Casteen, the president of the University of Virginia, just happens to be one the biggest fans you will find anywhere of Virginia’s Community Colleges. With his leadership, UVa became one of the first universities to sign a guaranteed transfer agreement with Virginia’s Community Colleges. And with his partnership, unique opportunities have been created between [...]

The Daily Press of Newport News wrote about the winner of a Virginia Foundation for Community College Education scholarship in a recent higher education news round-up: Kellie Gibbons of Newport News is the recipient of the first Kathy Camper Legacy Scholarship, sponsored by the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education. Gibbons received $1,000 toward her [...]

Making sure the youth in foster care get a good education is crucial to their future, Andrew Bridge told Richmond Times Dispatch reporter Karen Kapsidelis. The newspaper quotes Bridge as saying, And sadly, we don’t do that right now. The best-selling author will be sharing details about his life growing out of foster care at [...]

Americans spend November in a spirit of Thanksgiving. So it’s fitting that Virginia’s Community Colleges spent November in a spirit of thanks, too. Earlier this month, the foundation on behalf of Virginia’s Community Colleges made a special, surprise announcement and gift  – the Eva T. Hardy Endowed Commonwealth Legacy Scholarship. Spearheaded by friends and colleagues who wanted [...]

A new group of Commonwealth Legacy Scholars was honored today. Thirty new young community college students, many of whom would otherwise not be pursing higher education. They heard from Hugh Gouldthorpe, author of I’ve Always Looked up to Giraffes, about how to set their sights high. Former Commonwealth Legacy Scholar Jacquelene Whelchel, who received one of [...]

The Great Expectations initiative gets a big boost Sept. 13 from visits from two huge advocates for foster care youth —  Virginia’s First Lady Anne Holton and best-selling author Andrew Bridge (Hope’s Boy). They’ll be participating in an Education Forum with area foster youth, representatives from Social Services agencies, and Great Expectations advocates from Virginia’s [...]

The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education has named the first-ever recipients of a new, statewide scholarship:  The Gerald L. Baliles Commonwealth Legacy Scholarship. Established in 2007 through private donations, the scholarships honor former Governor Baliles’ career in public service and his contributions to higher education in Virginia. Terry Oakes, of Collinsville, and Vicky Thomas, [...]