Virginia Western is pleased to announce the winners of its inaugural Virginia Community College System Poetry & Visual Arts Competition. Participating students submitted original poetry and visual artworks during February and March interpreting the theme “I Belong.” The program aimed to foster a sense of community and belonging at Virginia Western and across the Virginia Community (Read the full article…)

Virginia Western Community College hosted an event in March with the Virginia Department of Veteran Services (DVS) to launch the College’s participation in the Virginia Veteran Laptop Project. Through this initiative, eligible veterans and spouses who are enrolled at the College can receive a free laptop. “We are all excited here in the Military Student (Read the full article…)

Two Virginia Western professors are contributing to the emerging field of cyberbiosecurity, and their recent collaboration with colleagues has resulted in published work aimed at shaping an educated workforce. Heather Lindberg, associate professor of biology and Biotechnology Program head, and B Bagby, assistant professor of computer science and information technology and head of the Center (Read the full article…)

When applying for transfer credit at other schools, students need to provide the course descriptions from the annual college catalogs for evaluation. Recent Virginia Western graduates can find their course descriptions online, but alums who graduated before 2015 have often asked Brown Library to search the archives and provide digital scans of the needed pages. (Read the full article…)

Virginia Western and the Community Arboretum will be hosting the Garden Club of Virginia Palooza on Saturday, April 27 from 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and are looking for volunteers to assist with the event. We will have a booth for the Arboretum and there will be one for Virginia Western as well. Volunteers will (Read the full article…)