As the academic library consortium of Virginia, VIVA purchases and licenses sharedcollections across the state that aim to level the academic playing field for students andfaculty. VIVA does this by ensuring that students have access to the same critical coreresources, regardless of which institution they attend, whether it is a small communitycollege or a large (Read the full article…)
Free professional learning opportunities
Go2Knowledge: I recently learned all VCCS faculty and staff have free, unlimited access to live webinars and on-demand training provided by Go2Knowledge. There’s a wide variety of topics for all roles at the college. The live webinars are highlighted at the top of the Go2Knowledge dashboard, but you can search through an entire library of (Read the full article…)
Happy New Fiscal Year! And thanks to these grant champions
We’re approaching July 1, that time of year when our Finance office is humming and new VCCS initiatives officially begin, such as the G3 program and the Opportunity 2027 Strategic Plan. Virginia Western is working hard to finish our own strategic “bridge” plan, aligning our energy and assorted initiatives like Indiana Jones: This is also (Read the full article…)
Why we celebrate Juneteenth.
Juneteenth (short for “June Nineteenth”) marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people be freed. The troops’ arrival came a full two and a half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth honors the end to slavery in the United States (Read the full article…)
Fall Marketing Campaign
The college’s Fall Marketing Campaign kicked off on June 1 with a new commercial shot entirely on Virginia Western’s campus along with billboard advertising, social media ads, search engine ads and digital marketing ads. The commercial focuses on the college’s cutting-edge facilities (with several scenes in the STEM Building), outstanding faculty and academics, affordability and (Read the full article…)