October 12, 2021

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…)

The Virginia Western Educational Foundation offers support to students attending Virginia Western who experience an emergency or hardship. Food insecurity, homelessness, job loss, lack of transportation, childcare, technology and more impact students frequently. When students find no solution to their emergency, they may drop out of school to deal with it. We want to prevent (Read the full article…)

Virginia Western Educational Foundation Spring 2022 Scholarships Application is now open. Deadline to apply is October 31, 2021. We have scholarships based on financial need, academic merit and/or program of study. Students may apply online at https://www.virginiawestern.edu/scholarships/. The Educational Foundation’s new scholarship application software also offers the chance to apply for nationwide external scholarships that (Read the full article…)