Gary Hancock of Pulaski presides over his first meeting today as chairman of the State Board for Community Colleges. In a news release about his appointment, Hancock, an attorney, said he first intended to be a teacher. Nathaniel Marshall is vice chairman. They were elected to a one-year term for the 2009-10 year at the board’s [...]

VaHigherEd Podcast: Voices of Higher Education in Virginia

Gary Hancock begins year as State Board Chairman

Blue Ridge’s SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) team has done it again!  They are the champions in a nationwide SIFE competition.  We’ve produced a video podcast to highlight their achievements. To download the file to your hard drive, click here. Or, you can view it online in the player below. [wpvideo FkrG8dtA]

Video Podcast: Award winning Students in Free Enterprise two-time national champions

VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 17 - Chancellor Glenn DuBois reflects on Dateline 2009 strategic planning, and the “next generation” strategic planning that is under way at Virginia’s Community Colleges. As we near the end of the Dateline 2009 time period, several of the goals have already been — or will be — met.  Others have seen significant [...]

VaHigherEdPodcast: Episode 17 – Moving toward the same goals

[audio http://blogmyfuturevccs.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/vahighered-podcast-16-080513.mp3] VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 16 - This podcast episode features Chancellor Glenn DuBois, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Human Resources Chris Lee, and participants in the Chancellor’s Faculty Diversity Program discussing ways the program is expanding to meet the goal of a more diverse faculty for Virginia’s Community Colleges.  Reaching out to students in master’s and doctoral programs at Virginia’s [...]

VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 16 – Faculty Diversity Program Expands

[audio http://blogmyfuturevccs.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/vahighered-podcast-15-080505.mp3] VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 15 - This week’s podcast features Virginia Western Community College student Stephen Jennings, who is finding the community college a great place to receive hands-on training for a third career in radiology. Listen by clicking on the audio link above or downloading the link to VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 15. Subscribe to this podcast through [...]

VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 15 – Community college program provides on-the-job training

[audio http://blogmyfuturevccs.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/vahighered-podcast-14-080428.mp3] VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 14 - This week’s VaHigherEd podcast features First Lady Anne Holton, keynote speaker at the Chancellor’s Award for Leadership in Philanthropy on April 23, 2008. The First Lady paid tribute to the philanthropy leaders being honored from Virginia’s 23 community colleges and shared her passion for Virginia’s families and their youth through the [...]

VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 14 – First Lady Anne Holton has “great expectations” for Virginia’s foster care youth

[audio http://blogmyfuturevccs.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/vahighered-podcast-13-080421.mp3] VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 13- This week’s VaHigherEd podcast features an elite group of community college students, members of the “First Virginia Team,” named by the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society as the “top ten” two-year students in the Commonwealth of Virginia. These “top ten,” along with more than 50 of their high-achieving peers who comprise the [...]

VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 13- Outstanding students find outstanding opportunity

[audio http://blogmyfuturevccs.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/vahighered-podcast-12-080414.mp3] VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 12- The horticulture program at Virginia Highlands Community College provides Navy veteran Jillian Holcombe with what she calls the best educational experience of her life. One of the highlights:  A recent coastal ecology research trip to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, a life-changing trip that allowed her first-hand knowledge of ecological marvels. A blog [...]

VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 12 – Experience of a lifetime at Virginia’s Community College

[audio http://blogmyfuturevccs.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/vahighered-podcast-11-080407.mp3] VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 11 - Community colleges provide doorway to career.  Armen Grigoryan, a dentist from Armenia, is starting over to earn his way back into dentistry – using Virginia Western Community College as his first step.  Grigoryan was featured in the Roanoke Times in May when he graduated with his associate’s degree in dental hygiene.    Subscribe to this podcast through a [...]

VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 11 – Community college provides doorway to career

[audio http://blogmyfuturevccs.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/vahighered-podcast-10-080331.mp3] VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 10- In this second of a two-part series about the Career Switchers  program at Virginia’s Community Colleges, Mead Craun talks about her experience in the Career Switchers program. She’ll become a middle school teacher with a one-year license in July, after beginning the program at Germanna Community College in January. Click on the audio icon at the [...]

VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 10 – Becoming a teacher

[audio http://blogmyfuturevccs.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/vahighered-podcast-09-080324.mp3] VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 9 - The first of a two-part series about the Career Switchers program at Virginia’s Community Colleges highlights Wylie Schwieder, who is enrolled in the Career Switchers program through Germanna Community College.  He expects the switch to teaching to become “one of the most rewarding things he will do” with his life.  Click on the [...]

VaHigherEd Podcast Episode 9: Rewards of teaching lures entrepreneur

[audio http://blogmyfuturevccs.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/vahighered-podcast-08-080317.mp3] VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 8 - Aspiring economist and honors student Steve Agarwal of NVCC’s Alexandria Campus talks about how small classes and top notch instructors add up to a high quality education at Virginia’s Community Colleges. Tune in for the eighth in a series of podcasts featuring Voices from Virginia’s Community Colleges. Click on the audio icon at the top to [...]

VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 8 – Quality classes, quality instructors

[audio http://blogmyfuturevccs.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/vahighered-podcast-07-080310.mp3] VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 7 - Hear how a NASA co-op program with Thomas Nelson Community College is launching careers in the flight industry. Jeff Kraus talks to student Stephen Jennings about his experiences with community college as he trains for a NASA career. Tune in for the seventh in a series of podcasts featuring Voices from Virginia’s Community Colleges. Click on the [...]

VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 7 – NASA co-op program launches careers

[audio http://blogmyfuturevccs.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/vahighered-podcast-ep06-080303.mp3] VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 6 - ”A great way to start” a career in nursing. Jeff Kraus talks to Elizabeth Henerfauth, a student at Paul D. Camp Community College, about beginning a nursing program at a community college. Tune in for the sixth in a series of podcasts featuring Voices from Virginia’s Community Colleges. Click on the audio icon at the top to [...]

VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 6 – “A great way to start” a career in nursing

[audio http://blogmyfuturevccs.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/vahighered-podcast-ep05-022508.mp3] VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 5- Career Coaches Guide ‘Realistic Dreams.’  Jeff Kraus talks to Charles McLeod, a career coach for J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College. He works at Highland Springs High School to encourage students to plan for the future. Students, he says, need to believe in themselves - and their parents have to believe in themselves, as [...]

VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 5 – Career Coaches Guide ‘Realistic Dreams’

Students, educators, and administrators from Virginia's Community Colleges describe their experiences in higher education and explain how they're utilizing Virginia's educational excellence.