Despite the average age of community college students being 28, college’s structures, processes, and cultures are often designed based on the learning and support traditional 18-21-year-old student. This can result in adult learners taking longer to complete their credential, stopping or dropping out, or not getting connected to their local college at all. This half (Read the full article…)

Be sure to think happy thoughts, send positive vibes, and/or pray that we get a positive report back as the Compliance Certification is being reviewed by the Off-Site Committee this week. Thank you for all of your contributions, hard work and dedication to VWCC!

Dear Virginia Western friends, colleagues and students, It is with great sadness that I tell you David Carlton Baylor, one of our Liberal Arts and Social Sciences adjunct faculty members, passed away on April 8, 2023.  David taught history classes for us and was currently teaching HIS 111 in the evenings. David died suddenly from a (Read the full article…)

The spring semester has been busy for Recruitment and other outreach Departments. In partnership with Frank Tyree, Roanoke City CCAP (Community College Access Program) Success Coach, the Recruitment Team has been working to assist our high school seniors with the next steps for enrollment. We have visited every area high school on multiple occasions to (Read the full article…)

Our campus signage will undergo a transformation over the coming months–enhancing pedestrian wayfinding and adding to the beauty of our campus. The signage project was born out of the recommendations received from college senates and student and employee surveys to improve campus wayfinding signage. A Signage Workgroup was formed to include campus-wide representation of students, (Read the full article…)