One way we can recognize the excellence at Virginia Western is through faculty awards. Please nominate full time faculty who you know are doing a great job with their teaching for The Teaching Excellence Award. And, please nominate full time faculty who have distinguished themselves by going above and beyond their assigned duties outside of (Read the full article…)
Applications Being Accepted for Professional Development Funds
Application Period: 2/1/2025 – 3/14/2025 The Ad-Hoc Committee for Professional Development will begin accepting applications for professional development opportunities that will occur during the time period of 7/1/2025 – 12/31/2025 on February 1, 2025. The Professional Development program is open to non-probationary full-time faculty rank and non-probationary full-time classified employees in accordance with DHRM and (Read the full article…)
Celebrate 50 Years of the Virginia Western Human Services Program this Thursday
Please join us in the Natural Science Center on Thursday, January 30, from 4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. to celebrate 50 years of the Human Services Program at Virginia Western Community College. Students, Faculty, Staff, Alumni, Community Stakeholder, and Employers will gather to celebrate 50 years of preparing students to serve the Roanoke Valley in the Human Services field. (Read the full article…)
January 2025 Monthly You Make the Difference Recipients
Congratulations to the following employees who are the January 2025 You Make the Difference recipients receiving a set of movie passes: Sidney Poole – “Being a WES expert and always having a solution…” Pam Roelfs – “Keeping the Testing Center running smoothly and helping to train our new proctors.” Debbie LaRocca – “Providing quality and (Read the full article…)
2025 You Make the Difference Employee Recognition Annual Event
The “You Make the Difference” program is a peer-to-peer recognition program acknowledging one-time or ongoing exemplary actions and/or behaviors such as but not limited to excellent customer service, teamwork, and meeting the challenge. The You Make the Difference program provides monthly recognition awards and an annual event. Join in on the annual You Make the (Read the full article…)