Virginia Western Bulletin

The Virginia Western Community College Educational Foundation has named Dr. Brenda L. Hale (’89) and Joe Gaither (’77) recipients of the College’s 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award. Hale, Gaither named 2023 Distinguished Alumni at Virginia Western Community College – News from Virginia Western

Congratulations to a student group from Jeff Strom’s BUS 202 (Applied Management Principles) course. The managers of Bird’s Eye View had a global ranking in overall score of 29th out of 2863 teams from 147 colleges/universities participating in the simulation world-wide. This is an extremely impressive accomplishment as Bird’s Eye View is the highest-ranking community (Read the full article…)

Despite the average age of community college students being 28, college’s structures, processes, and cultures are often designed based on the learning and support traditional 18-21-year-old student. This can result in adult learners taking longer to complete their credential, stopping or dropping out, or not getting connected to their local college at all. This half (Read the full article…)

Be sure to think happy thoughts, send positive vibes, and/or pray that we get a positive report back as the Compliance Certification is being reviewed by the Off-Site Committee this week. Thank you for all of your contributions, hard work and dedication to VWCC!

Dear Virginia Western friends, colleagues and students, It is with great sadness that I tell you David Carlton Baylor, one of our Liberal Arts and Social Sciences adjunct faculty members, passed away on April 8, 2023.  David taught history classes for us and was currently teaching HIS 111 in the evenings. David died suddenly from a (Read the full article…)