Please take a moment to provide your input on progress Virginia Western is making to improve the environment by promoting clean water practices.   The survey only takes about 5 minutes and anyone interested in the environment should participate.   Information will be collected by an independent consultant for use in improving the campus clean water practices.  (Read the full article…)

Carla Kimbrough, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer for the VCCS, has communicated the following search advocate summer training opportunities, including one refresher course:  What you will learn in this training: what a search advocate does; legal requirements we must abide by; what diversity means (it’s bigger than you think); recruitment strategies that go beyond posting (Read the full article…)

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on Tuesday, April 23 to commemorate the new Medical Laboratory Technology (MLT) Program launch at Mountain Gateway Community College, offered in partnership with Virginia Western Community College and LewisGale Hospital Alleghany. Classes for the MLT Program will be held at Mountain Gateway Community College in Clifton Forge and at LewisGale (Read the full article…)

The Virginia Western Community College Educational Foundation has named Yolonda L. Weaver, D.D.S., (’94) as recipient of the College’s 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award. The Distinguished Alumni Award was established in 2006 by the Virginia Western Alumni Association and recognizes Virginia Western Community College alumni and former students who have attained extraordinary distinction in their professional field or (Read the full article…)

The Ellett Family of Roanoke has received the 18th Annual Chancellor’s Award for Leadership in Philanthropy. They were nominated for the award by Virginia Western Community College. Hosted by the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education (VFCCE), more than two dozen individuals, families, and organizations have earned the 2024 Chancellor’s Award for Leadership in Philanthropy. The (Read the full article…)