Dr. Robert H. Sandel, fourth president of Virginia Western Community College, announced Monday that he will retire on June 30, 2025. Sandel has guided the institution through remarkable growth since 2001, leaving a thriving college that has seen seven consecutive semesters of enrollment growth as the College has emerged from the pandemic. Virginia Western’s accreditation (Read the full article…)

For most students, the syllabus is the front door to your course. While outlining course content and academic expectations, your syllabus also reveals assumptions, attitudes, values, and beliefs that shape your teaching. As students enter through this front door, how do we assure they all feel welcome? And how can we best emphasize their path (Read the full article…)

Virginia Western Community College has received a $343,209 Advanced Technological Education (ATE) grant from the National Science Foundation, the U.S. government’s independent science agency. The three-year grant will fund the College’s project, “Cross-Pollination Skillsets: Growing Mechatronics and Agricultural Collaborations for Producing Skilled Agricultural Technicians,” which will test Virginia Western faculty members’ ideas to improve technician (Read the full article…)

Regular Library Hours resume 8/26 for the fall semester:Monday – Thursday: 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.Friday: 8 a.m – 5 p.m.Saturday: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.Sunday: Closed We will be closed 8/31 and 9/2 for Labor Day. We are also closed whenever the college closes for inclement weather.The Testing Center is located on the ground (Read the full article…)