SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2023 11:00 A.M. TO 3:00 PM. FREE EVENT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY! Don’t miss out on celebrating 15 years of Virginia Western’s Community College Access Program; we’re also celebrating our faculty and staff with a FREE Family Fun Day Homecoming! You must register by Monday, September 18 to attend in order to receive 1 (Read the full article…)
Grant funding opportunity for OER
VIVA, Virginia’s academic library consortium, opened a new round of VIVA Open Adopt Grants, with an application deadline of November 7, 2023. VIVA Open Adopt Grants provide awards of $2,000 to individual instructors to support the time it takes to integrate existing open (OER) or no-cost materials into a syllabus, and to ensure that the results of those efforts are widely available to Virginia educators. VIVA Open Adopt Grants (Read the full article…)
NASA to hold event on campus Sept. 14
Join us on Thursday, September 14th, from 10am-12pm in the Whitman Auditorium for an exciting presentation from NASA representatives. Learn about NASA and its mission, potential career pathways, available employment and experiential learning opportunities, and resources to be successfully selected for these opportunities. As one of the largest federal employers in the Commonwealth of Virginia, (Read the full article…)
Lot & Road Closures for Pavement Project COMPLETION!
Our Parking Lot & Pavement Rehab project is ALMOST FINISHED! Please note this week’s MODIFIED / NEW parking lot & access road closures: Thanks for your patience as we complete the rehab of our campus parking facilities! (Please reference the new parking lot numbers on VWCC’s 2023 Campus Map: www.virginiawestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-Campus-Map-with-Building-Key-Letter-size.pdf)
Roanoke College, Virginia Western establish new partnership
Roanoke College and Virginia Western Community College have created a new program, Rapid Maroons, that will provide a direct path to Roanoke College for students who choose to begin their post-secondary education at Virginia Western. Roanoke College President Frank Shushok Jr. and Virginia Western President Robert Sandel signed the agreement on Tuesday, Sept. 5. The (Read the full article…)