The Educational Foundation provides the Rapids Response Student Emergency Fund to help Virginia Western students in an emergency situation requiring funds they may not have at hand. The Rapids Response Fund can help with a rent payment, utility bill, car repair, textbooks, medical bill or other unexpected costs that could cause a student to leave (Read the full article…)

Virginia Western’s Community College Access Program (CCAP) pioneered in 2008 – one of the Commonwealth’s first “free college” programs – and is nationally recognized for its unique private-public funding model.  CCAP provides tuition assistance for immediate high school graduates who meet program requirements, as funding allows.  Students may also have the opportunity to receive tuition (Read the full article…)

Virginia Western Community College is proud to announce Cheryl Hilton as the new director of TRIO Student Support Services. Hilton’s journey with Virginia Western began in May 2006, marking 18 years of dedicated service to the institution. Read more: Virginia Western Community College names Cheryl Hilton director of TRIO Student Support Services – News from (Read the full article…)

A package was recently delivered to the Marketing office with no recipient listed that included some snacks. If you are missing a shipment, please reach out to us at marketing@virginiawestern.edu so we can get the item to you.

Virginia Western’s Dr. David Berry and Dr. Mallory White participated in a Safe Farm Steward training this summer in Tennessee. This program recognizes farms for safe farm practices and helps identify equipment that could pose a future hazard, helping ensure safer agricultural production. The federally funded Safe Farm Steward Project is supported by the Southeast (Read the full article…)