Angelica Puzio Blue Ridge Community College Going to the General Assembly to visit Virginia’s Senate and House members was an experience I will never forget. My school, Blue Ridge Community College, has given me so many opportunities; this is what I wanted to convey to our legislators. However, I was a little nervous about talking [...]

Hello, my name is Melissa Haley Reid.   I attend Paul D. Camp Community College, and I plan to get my associate’s degree in education, then transfer to a four year college to get my bachelor’s degree in counseling/education. Out of my family, I was the first child to go to college. When I graduated from [...]

Melissa Eadie When I first began Germanna Community College, I had been in remission for about three years since being diagnosed with osteosarcoma, which is a bone cancer. Because of the economy and medical bills, my parents were not capable of paying my college education. However, through financial aid and Germanna’s work study program I [...]

Virginia’s Community Colleges Every Day is a Community College Day kicked off this year with visits from Patrick Henry and Germanna Community College students. Throughout the day students had an opportunity to meet with their legislators and tell their stories. More funding for financial aid and scholarships was one of the biggest concerns. Meeting with [...]

Americans are finding ways to save in every place they can these days. It’s everywhere you turn from coupon cutting to do it yourself projects. Now people are even saving on education. A recent article in the Washington Post took notice of this trend. The article cites a study issued by Sallie Mae that revealed that [...]

Great Expectations youth, coaches and mentors from across Virginia gathered for the 4th Annual Great Expectations Education Forum at The Westin Richmond Oct. 21, 2011. During the event, a panel discussion between coaches, mentors and youth moderated by former First Lady Anne Holton led the youth to express gratitude and love for their Great Expectation [...]

Virginia’s coastal community colleges are battening down the hatches in the face of Hurricane Irene, after a crazy week that also included an unprecedented 5.8 scale earthquake that has a Germanna campus building unusable for the rest of the semester. Tidewater is closed today through Sunday at least; Thomas Nelson is closed today through Monday. [...]

I just voted for Wytheville Community College  in the Governor’s Public Safety PSA challenge.  You can join me in supporting community college students by voting for the WCC video through Aug. 26 at 5 p.m.  The winning video will be used in a statewide television campaign. Three Wytheville students were among the many college groups that created a [...]

Unfortunately, our state legislators are sometimes blamed for what goes wrong within our state. However, they deserve great amounts of praise for the bills which they do pass, such as funding for our community colleges. The delegates in our General Assembly are creating miracles by giving students like me the ability to go to school [...]

On February 9th, 2011 I had the chance to go to Richmond and visit the General Assembly, something you just don’t experience every day. As a student of Patrick Henry Community College, the Virginia state legislators’ decisions for funding the Virginia Community College System has a lot to do with me. I felt it was [...]