Raleigh Court Presbyterian Church is collecting clean plastic bags to donate a TREX bench to the Community Arboretum. Help us collect 1000 pounds of CLEAN polyethylene film by bringing your grocery bags, sandwich bags, case overwrap, newspaper bags, etc to N102.

How do organizations maximize the opportunities found in grants? What comes first, the chicken or the egg? Planning or grant seeking? Hear my thoughts and feel free to share yours back with me. Grant writing is a team sport, and we are all needed to work toward success! The Grantology blog has a new entry:https://www.virginiawestern.edu/grants/2026/05/are-we-planning-for-success-or-seeking-to-fit-into-grant-requirements/

Congratulations to the following employees who are the March 2026 ‘You Make the Difference’ recipients, receiving a set of movie passes: Sophia Arnold – “For going above and beyond to help a student when a college was absent.” Tim Weston – “For creating a SIS Student Group tool for Foundation Scholarship applicants whereby we can (Read the full article…)

To Students, Faculty and Staff: Virginia Western Community College implements a program to protect water quality discharged from our storm sewer systems.  Part of our program includes developing and disseminating educational material to educate our students, faculty and staff on: To assess the effectiveness of our stormwater education efforts, we ask you to take a (Read the full article…)