Virginia Western Bulletin

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.

New Digital Accessibility Resources  Accessibility work is student success work. It’s also employee support work. It’s also, yes, compliance work. All three can be true at once, like a weird trifecta. Please take a few minutes this week to visit and bookmark these two sites: 1) VWCC Digital Accessibility (DA) Project This is VWCC’s home base (Read the full article…)