Dr. Laura J. Treanor was inaugurated as Virginia Western Community College’s fifth president in an investiture ceremony at the Jefferson Center in Roanoke on Friday, September 25, at 10 a.m.
“Virginia Western is in very good hands,” said Dr. Beth A. Quinn, Chair of the Local Advisory Board, who presided.
Dr. Treanor has served as College president since July 1, 2025. In her inaugural address, Dr. Treanor shared a framework for the College to embrace innovation and offer opportunity for a student population with a wide range of backgrounds, ages, and unique challenges to overcome. “Each of us is entrusted with something that can create possibility for someone else,” she said. “And I have come to believe that leadership, at its very best, is the stewardship of that opportunity.”