Eat & Go Food Expo

Wednesday April 11 from noon to 2 p.m. in the Natural Science Center.

• Learn quick and healthy meals
• Demonstrated food and knife safety tips
• Food samples and take home recipes available

Come out and enjoy the fun!

Virginia Western Community College Night with the Salem Red Sox

Salem Red Sox vs. Myrtle Beach Pelicans on Saturday, April 14, 2012 at 6 p.m. *Free entry to anyone (faculty, staff, students) with a valid Virginia Western ID. Dr. Sandel will throw out the first pitch!

Salem Red Sox vs. Carolina Mudcats on Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 4 p.m. *Free entry to anyone (faculty, staff, students) with a valid Virginia Western ID

Teacher Appreciation Night presented by Virginia Western Community College

Salem Red Sox vs. Myrtle Beach Pelicans, Friday, June 1, 2012, 7 p.m. *Free entry to area elementary and secondary school teachers

Season-long Virginia Western Community College special

$1 off single-game tickets purchased at walk-up for anyone (faculty, staff, students) with a valid Virginia Western ID

Attention Graduating Students!!! We need your help! As a graduation candidate, you are in a uniquely important position take to take an online test of information literacy that will help assess the quality of teaching and learning at Virginia Western.  This is not a test that you need to study or prepare for in advance. Those who participate by Saturday, April 7 will be entered in a drawing for $25 gas cards. TEN gas cards will be awarded.

This will take about an hour of your time, and to minimize the burden of this graduation requirement, we have arranged for you to do this at your convenience in the Learning Technology Center (LTC) on the ground floor of Brown Library, during their normal operating hours:

• Monday-Thursday from 8a.m. to 7p.m.
• Friday from 8a.m. to 4p.m.
• Saturday from 9a.m. to Noon

If you have any questions, please contact the LTC at 857-7250. When you arrive at the LTC, explain that you are there to take the VCCS Core Competency Test and bring a PHOTO ID and your Virginia Western email address. We ask that you please complete the test at your earliest convenience and no later than Saturday, April 7.

MAIN CAMPUS:

• Check out this amazing new Virginia Western Summer Youth Camp!

"MAGIC" Mentoring A Girl In Construction (rising grades 9-12 Girls)

• 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., July 11-13
• Cost - $50

This camp is designed for girls in rising 9th-12th grades. Exploring new opportunities for women in construction, participants will enjoy hands-on projects and explore blueprint design and solid modeling using Autodesk Inventor and the 3D Printer. Projects will include electricity, welding and carpentry.

This campus is sponsored by the National Association of Women in Construction and will earn a Girl Scouts: Women in Construction Badge!

Follow this link for information and to register for this or any of the other exciting campus http://www.virginiawestern.edu/summercamps/

• Two New In-Depth Workshops – Intermediate and Advanced QuickBooks

Intermediate Quickbooks: ACC-195. Class runs 5:30 – 10 p.m. on Friday 4/27; 8 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. on Saturday 4/28; and 5:30 – 10 p.m. on Friday 5/4

Advanced Quickbooks: ACC 295. Class runs 6-9:15 p.m. on Wednesdays 5/9 through 5/30

• Check out these and more early spring and summer classes: http://www.virginiawestern.edu/workforce/classes/index.php

Pharmacy Tech Information Sessions

5:30-7 p.m., Fishburn Hall Training Room, ground floor, room 002.

April 17th, 25th, or 26th

Contact Dan Semines at dsemones@virginiawestern.edu for more information. 

GREENFIELD EDUCATION & TRAINING CENTER:

Introduction to Adobe Lightroom Software for Photographers – This course teaches the basics of Adobe Lightroom Software. You’ll learn:

• Import, organize, and edit digital photos
• Digital darkroom
• Cataloguing
• Post-processing

This class is 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, April 17 to May 22. The cost is $80 per student.

Call 540-966-3984 to register, the deadline to register is April 16^th.

Submitted by Cassandra Dove, Greenfield Center Coordinator