Do you write poetry or create art? If so, please consider entering the competitions for Virginia Western Poet Laureate and Visual Art Luminary Award. Virginia Western college level winners will receive prizes (1st: $200 2nd: $100 3rd: $50 – Provided on a Gift Card) This year’s contest theme is “I Dream”. To Enter:By using your VCCS Google account, (Read the full article…)

In a bright corner of the STEM building at Virginia Western Community College, an 8-foot-tall hydroponics chamber hums quietly. Designed and built by students, the self-sustaining system monitors light, water quality and plant health using automated sensors and industrial controls. It looks like something from a research lab, but it started as a classroom project. (Read the full article…)

If you had professional headshots taken during Fall In-Service but have not received your photos, reach out to Jeremiah Parks in Marketing at jparks@virginiawestern.edu. Thanks!

Thanks to the private-public community partnership that funds the Community College Access Program (CCAP), 484 students are attending Virginia Western Community College tuition-free this fall. Since 2008, public localities and private donors have united in support of CCAP, which is the largest “free college” program at a Virginia community college. CCAP provides up to two years of (Read the full article…)

As a reminder, the Holiday break starts next week and since the college will be closed next Wednesday, there will be no bulletin released. The next staff bulletin will be sent out the Wednesday we return from the break, January 7th.