October 20, 2021

Midterm grades looking a little scary? Schedule appointments for academic coaching and tutoring online using Navigate Student in the MyVWCC portal: https://www.virginiawestern.edu/advising/schedule-an-appointment/   or  use the Online Writing Center to get your paper reviewed: https://www.virginiawestern.edu/library/academic-link/writing-center-form/

The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) lists Adaptivity as one of the Ten Principles for Effectively Serving Adults. In their 2019 Forum and News, Scott Campbell, CAEL’s former Vice President for Higher Education states, “As we were helping colleges identify their capacities–what they’re good at, what their challenges were, where there were disconnects–we (Read the full article…)

Get REAL will help VA Western become an ALFI- Adult Learner Focused Institution. Does that mean our aim is to minimize the importance of traditional learners? Of course not! It means that we need to be strategic in designing specific ways to engage, enroll, and successfully serve adults and other non-traditional learners. They often have (Read the full article…)

Thanks again for taking this trip on The Road to Cybersecurity! This week, we’re talking about the importance of verification. Cybercriminals like to send mixed signals. They may impersonate your boss or the college president and make odd requests to wire money, purchase gift cards or share sensitive information. Even if a request appears to (Read the full article…)