While delegates and senators consider the G3 program, there are indications outside Capital Square that now is the time for Virginia to move forward and expand affordable pathways to high-demand and high-value jobs for low- and middle-income individuals. First, G3 opportunities might be just what we need to attract Virginia’s “Disconnected Youth,” who fear amassing […]
(RICHMOND) – The Virginia State Board for Community Colleges unanimously approved a resolution today endorsing Governor Ralph Northam’s “Get A Skill, Get a Job, Give Back” (G3) Initiative and calling on the General Assembly to adopt it. The Governor’s G3 proposal is a carefully designed financial aid plan to make select community college programs in […]
RICHMOND – Dr. Glenn DuBois, the chancellor of Virginia’s Community Colleges, announced today that he is appointing an interim president to lead Thomas Nelson Community College following the retirement of its current president at the beginning of January. Dr. Gregory T. DeCinque (pronounced dee-SINK’-yew) starts work at the beginning of 2020. Dr. John Dever is […]
(Richmond) – Glenn Dubois, the chancellor of Virginia’s Community Colleges made the following statement today on the passing of Gerald Baliles, former Governor of Virginia and former chair of the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education: “All of Virginia higher education, and our community colleges in particular, have lost a great leader, advocate and supporter […]
October 15, 2019 RICHMOND – Dr. Glenn DuBois, chancellor of Virginia’s Community Colleges, announced today that Dr. Marcia Conston, currently of Charlotte, North Carolina, will become the next president of Tidewater Community College (TCC). She will assume the role at the beginning of 2020. “Marcia Conston is an impressive higher education leader who has delivered […]
October 9, 2019 RICHMOND – Dr. Glenn DuBois, chancellor of Virginia’s Community Colleges, announced today that Dr. Anne M. Kress, currently of Rochester, New York, will become the next president of Northern Virginia Community College. She will assume the role at the beginning of 2020. “From the earliest stages of this process, the NOVA college […]
October 8, 2019 RICHMOND – Dr. Glenn DuBois, chancellor of Virginia’s Community Colleges, announced today that Dr. Adam C. Hutchison, currently of Elm Mott, Texas, will become the next president of Virginia Highlands Community College. He will assume the role at the beginning of 2020. “Adam Hutchison is an impressive and seasoned higher education leader,” […]
RICHMOND –Thirteen college students from military families across Virginia will receive full tuition and other assistance as Dominion Energy Fellows attending Virginia’s Community Colleges. These thirteen students are the first to benefit from the Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation’s grant to the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education (VFCCE). The $300,000 two-year grant establishes the Dominion […]
RICHMOND — Through the Rural Virginia Horseshoe Initiative (RVHI), the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education and Virginia’s Community Colleges will invest $1.5 million in the 2019-2020 academic year to increase high school graduation rates and the attainment of post-secondary credentials. RVHI was established in 2013 under the leadership of former Virginia Governor Gerald Baliles, […]
RICHMOND – The Virginia Community College System (VCCS) has been awarded a $350,000 grant from Lumina Foundation to make it easier for individuals who have earned postsecondary workforce credentials to translate them into credit in traditional degree programs. Making these pathways easier to understand, and use, will help adult learners, especially those from underserved populations, […]