The Virginia Western Educational Foundation is pleased faculty and staff have embraced the idea of Innovation Grant LOIs (Letter of Intent). We received a good number by the February 1st deadline. But we want to give even more of you a chance to put your Bright Idea on paper and submit for consideration of Innovation (Read the full article…)

Many new databases from the state library consortium (VIVA) and the VCCS are now available on Brown Library’s A-Z Databases page. Contact the library if you have any questions library@virginiawestern.edu 1. Cambridge Journals 2023 (VIVA) 2. Digital Theatre+ videos (VIVA) 3. Disability in the Modern World: History of a Social Movement (VIVA) 4. EBSCO Nursing (Read the full article…)

VWCC will use Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High (3rd edition) as our campus book read this spring semester. Students, Faculty, Staff, and College Board members are invited to participate.  Crucial Conversations gives you the tools to handle life’s most difficult & important conversations. Master crucial conversations at work, at home, and (Read the full article…)

The Onboarding and Recruitment team has spent the last few months visiting our feeder high schools in the Roanoke, Botetourt, Franklin, and Craig County areas. Each school was multiple times during the fall recruitment season. They helped students with the applications to the college, completing the direct enrollment survey, applying for CCAP, and talking about (Read the full article…)

Thank you to my VWCC family for the lovely plant received after the recent passing of my father. It will be a sweet reminder of him and the kindness on our campus. My Best, Tracy