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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, […]

RICHMOND – The State Board for Community Colleges has certified three finalists for the position of president at Tidewater Community College (TCC). The finalists were among 80 applicants from across the nation. The three finalists, in alphabetical order (l to r) are: Dr. Andrew W. Bowne of Yorktown Indiana; Dr. Marcia Conston of Charlotte, North […]

RICHMOND – The State Board for Community Colleges has certified three finalists for the position of president at Virginia Highlands Community College. The finalists were among nearly 70 applicants from across the nation. The three finalists, in alphabetical order, are Dr. Marcia Conston of Charlotte, North Carolina; Dr. Adam C, Hutchison (center) of Elm Mott, Texas; […]

RICHMOND – The State Board for Community Colleges has certified three finalists for the position of president at Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA). The finalists were among 80 applicants from across the nation. The three finalists, in alphabetical order, are Dr. Paul Broadie II (left) of Orange, Connecticut; Dr. Anne M. Kress of Rochester, New […]

RICHMOND – July 25, 2019 – Virginia’s Community Colleges are making additional investments in their successful FastForward Virginia workforce training programs to help more Virginians earn workforce credentials for new careers and better provide for themselves and their families. The Virginia Community College System (VCCS) has directed $2.75 million in FastForward Workforce Training Grants to […]