Since 2022, Virginia Western Community College President Dr. Robert H. Sandel has invited leaders of nonprofit groups in Northwest Roanoke to a series of outreach breakfasts where they explore a shared mission of improving lives through education. At the most recent breakfast, held Feb. 8, 2025, at the College’s Hall Associates Career Center, the group thanked Dr. Sandel for initiating this outreach.
“Dr. Sandel had a vision that every person in every community would have the opportunity to learn a skill, get a certificate or a degree,” said Kenneth J. Belton, a Virginia Western Educational Foundation board member who co-hosted the outreach breakfasts. “These community organizations have partnered with you and Virginia Western to help us execute that vision.”
About 30 nonprofit leaders and College staff gathered at the Feb. 8 breakfast with a focus on the student support services that Virginia Western offers its students.
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