The Educational Foundation is proud to support the addition of two new success coaches for Virginia Western students. Frank Tyree is the Roanoke City CCAP Success Coach, focusing on first-year city students as they adjust to the high school to college transition. Frank is a former assistant strength and conditioning coach at Norfolk State University (Read the full article…)

I would like to take the time and opportunity to thank my VWCC family for your thoughts, prayers and wonderful gifts sent to me during my time of recovery. It has and continues to be a pleasure to work for an establishment that values and cares about its employees for over 40 years! Continue to (Read the full article…)

The Online Learning & Instructional Technology (OLIT) team recently published a newsletter titled News & Notes for Faculty.  It is chocked full of valuable tools, tips and resources for Virginia Western faculty concerning teaching and learning online, and instructional design and technology support.  Our plan is to publish this 2-3 times each semester. To read (Read the full article…)

Virginia Western Community College and the Online Learning and Instructional Technology (OLIT) team is proud to offer another Boosting Online Learning Development (BOLD) program to instructors during the 2021 fall/spring term. The BOLD initiative is open to all full-time faculty and adjuncts that are planning to teach in the current academic year. Fall 2021 – (Read the full article…)

The Community Colleges Research Center (CCRC) at Columbia University has published this article as an update to their 2015 book, Redesigning America’s Community Colleges: A Clearer Path to Student Success. Their original work outlined the guided pathways model that Virginia Western uses as a tool to provide equitable experiences and opportunities for success for our (Read the full article…)