Gary Hancock of Pulaski presides over his first meeting today as chairman of the State Board for Community Colleges. In a news release about his appointment, Hancock, an attorney, said he first intended to be a teacher.
Nathaniel Marshall is vice chairman. They were elected to a one-year term for the 2009-10 year at the board’s [...]

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 UVa and [...]

Blue Ridge’s SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) team has done it again!  They are the champions in a nationwide SIFE competition.  We’ve produced a video podcast to highlight their achievements.
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VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 17 - Chancellor Glenn DuBois reflects on Dateline 2009 strategic planning, and the “next generation” strategic planning that is under way at Virginia’s Community Colleges. As we near the end of the Dateline 2009 time period, several of the goals have already been — or will be [...]

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VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 16 - This podcast episode features Chancellor Glenn DuBois, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Human Resources Chris Lee, and participants in the Chancellor’s Faculty Diversity Program discussing ways the program is expanding to meet the goal of a more diverse faculty for Virginia’s Community Colleges. 
Reaching out to students in master’s and doctoral programs at Virginia’s [...]

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VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 15 - This week’s podcast features Virginia Western Community College student Stephen Jennings, who is finding the community college a great place to receive hands-on training for a third career in radiology.
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VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 14 - This week’s VaHigherEd podcast features First Lady Anne Holton, keynote speaker at the Chancellor’s Award for Leadership in Philanthropy on April 23, 2008.
The First Lady paid tribute to the philanthropy leaders being honored from Virginia’s 23 community colleges and shared her passion for Virginia’s families and their youth through the [...]

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VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 13- This week’s VaHigherEd podcast features an elite group of community college students, members of the “First Virginia Team,” named by the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society as the “top ten” two-year students in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
These “top ten,” along with more than 50 of their high-achieving peers who comprise the [...]

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VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 12- The horticulture program at Virginia Highlands Community College provides Navy veteran Jillian Holcombe with what she calls the best educational experience of her life. One of the highlights:  A recent coastal ecology research trip to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, a life-changing trip that allowed her first-hand knowledge of ecological marvels. A blog [...]

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VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 11 - Community colleges provide doorway to career.  Armen Grigoryan, a dentist from Armenia, is starting over to earn his way back into dentistry – using Virginia Western Community College as his first step. 
Grigoryan was featured in the Roanoke Times in May when he graduated with his associate’s degree in dental hygiene.
 
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