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Women in STEM program receives statewide award
Virginia Western Community College’s Women in STEM program recently earned the 2017 post-secondary Creating Excellence in Education Programs Award for efforts in promoting academic and professional excellence in young women interested in a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) field. The college received the… Continue Reading Women in STEM program receives statewide award
Virginia Western dual-enrolled students receive prestigious Governor’s Medallion for earning degrees while in high school
Virginia Western Community College announces that a record-setting nine dual-enrolled students were awarded the Governor’s Medallion this year for earning their Associate’s Degree or General Education Certificate while still in high school. Numerous other dual-enrolled high school graduates received Virginia Western career studies certificates in… Continue Reading Virginia Western dual-enrolled students receive prestigious Governor’s Medallion for earning degrees while in high school
Virginia Western to host Local Advisory Board meeting on May 18
Virginia Western Community College announces that it will host its Local Advisory Board meeting at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 18, in the college’s Natural Science Center. The meeting is open to the public. Individuals interested in attending are asked to contact Amy Balzer at… Continue Reading Virginia Western to host Local Advisory Board meeting on May 18
Blind culinary student doesn’t let anything keep her from dream
Tracey Giordano says cooking has always been a part of her life. “I grew up around cooking from the very beginning, it’s always been in my blood,” she says. “It has been said that my first word wasn’t ‘Mom’ or ‘Dad,’ it was ‘spatula.’ “… Continue Reading Blind culinary student doesn’t let anything keep her from dream
Dean Anguiano receives Distinguished College Administrator Award
Virginia Western Community College’s Amy Anguiano, Dean of Liberal Arts and Social Science, has been named one of just 24 national recipients of the 2017 Distinguished College Administrator Award, presented by Phi Theta Kappa (PTK). PTK, a national honor society for students at 2-year colleges,… Continue Reading Dean Anguiano receives Distinguished College Administrator Award
Virginia Western joins international project that will provide biology students with hands-on research experience
Virginia Western Community College is one of 15 institutions in the United States to become part of the 10th cohort to participate in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s (HHMI) Science Education Alliance – Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science project (SEA-PHAGES). The project is… Continue Reading Virginia Western joins international project that will provide biology students with hands-on research experience