Virginia Western Bulletin

Last week, as part of a series of meetings to better align our governance workgroups with our college’s strategic initiatives, I helped facilitate a discussion about student needs. These basic needs go beyond academics and include emergency funds, loaner laptops, the food co-op, and our developing Single Stop program, which will help connect eligible students (Read the full article…)

The American Culinary Federation (ACF) recently announced that Virginia Western’s Ted Polfelt, CEC, CCA, AAC, will be a member of the ACF Culinary Team USA 2024. After three rigorous rounds of tryouts, Polfelt was chosen to compete with the team at the 2022 Culinary World Cup in Luxembourg, Germany, and at the 2024 IKA Culinary (Read the full article…)

As part of Virginia Western’s continued efforts to support the health and safety of our campus community, we are proud to launch a COVID-19 Vaccination Card for Gift Card Program for students enrolled in Fall Semester 2021 classes. Beginning on July 15, 2021, students can participate in this completely free and voluntary program by confirming (Read the full article…)

In May, Virginia Western announced its 2021 special awards for faculty and staff. Perhaps you noticed Wendy Holmes, a Financial Aid and Records Specialist, won two awards: (1) Classified Outstanding Achievement Award and (2) the STAR Award (Service, Teamwork, Achievement, and Results). This seemed like a huge accomplishment — and I was struck by the comments that accompanied her awards (Read the full article…)

The Future Trends Forum: Discussions about the future of education and technology with writer/futurist Bryan Alexander. Thursday, July 1, 2 p.m.: The Future of Remote Academic Work. How will colleges and universities decide to offer, or not offer, remote work options for faculty and staff? With Karen L. Pedersen, the dean of Kansas State University’s Global Campus, and Kim (Read the full article…)