July 12, 2019By

Community Arboretum launches fundraising campaign to replace gazebo

Organizers at the Community Arboretum at Virginia Western hope to soon replace the gardens’ aging gazebo. While the arboretum celebrated its 25th anniversary in May 2018, Virginia Western students constructed the gazebo a couple of years prior to the garden’s official dedication. In the years… Continue Reading Community Arboretum launches fundraising campaign to replace gazebo
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July 12, 2019By

Local tech company with VWCC connections partners with NASA

When scientists at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) capture future pictures of Earth’s atmosphere, they might end up using technology containing components manufactured by former Virginia Western Community College faculty and students.  Based in Fincastle, Va., Micro Harmonics Corporation (MHC) is a technology… Continue Reading Local tech company with VWCC connections partners with NASA
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May 8, 2019By

Chef Polfelt awarded Endowed Teaching Chair

The Virginia Western Community College Educational Foundation has awarded the Donald G. Smith Endowed Teaching Chair to Ted Polfelt, an award-winning local chef and instructor in the Al Pollard Culinary Arts Program. The Donald G. Smith Endowed Teaching Chair is intended to honor an outstanding… Continue Reading Chef Polfelt awarded Endowed Teaching Chair
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April 4, 2019By

Cooke named new manager at Hall Associates Career Center

At the start of the Spring 2019 semester, the Hall Associates Career Center at Virginia Western Community College welcomed a new manager. Although Shonny Cooke’s title is new, she is already well-acquainted with the Career Center. She first joined Virginia Western in 2012, where she… Continue Reading Cooke named new manager at Hall Associates Career Center
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March 8, 2019By

Virginia Western presents Distinguished Alumni Award to Deborah L. Petrine

The Virginia Western Community College Educational Foundation recognized Deborah L. Petrine (’74), Chairman and CEO of Commonwealth Care of Roanoke and Chair of the Foundation’s Advocacy Council for the Virginia Western Forward Endowment Fund: A Vision of Dr. Charles W. Steger Jr., with its 2019… Continue Reading Virginia Western presents Distinguished Alumni Award to Deborah L. Petrine
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March 4, 2019By

VWCC Educational Foundation launches innovative Fralin Futures scholarship program

In a recent survey of incoming Virginia Western Community College students, 92 percent reported they planned to work while pursuing their degree. Nearly a third expected to log at least 20 hours a week, on top of tackling a full-time or near full-time class load.… Continue Reading VWCC Educational Foundation launches innovative Fralin Futures scholarship program
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February 22, 2019By

American Electric Power Foundation awards $100,000 grant to CCAP

The American Electric Power Foundation has awarded a $100,000 grant to support Virginia Western’s Community College Access Program (CCAP), a nationally recognized effort that provides up to three years of tuition to qualified Roanoke Valley high school graduates. Brad N. Hall, vice president of external… Continue Reading American Electric Power Foundation awards $100,000 grant to CCAP
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January 24, 2019By

Educational Foundation announces two new board members

Virginia Western Educational Foundation announces two new members join Board of Directors Joseph M. Hoff and Mark R. Pace have joined the Board of Directors of the Virginia Western Community College Educational Foundation. Hoff is President and Chief Executive Officer of Friendship Health & Living… Continue Reading Educational Foundation announces two new board members
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January 11, 2019By

Virginia Western dedicates Maury and Sheila Strauss Family Student Life Center

ROANOKE – Virginia Western Community College dedicated the Maury and Sheila Strauss Family Student Life Center on Friday in recognition of the philanthropic leadership of the Strauss Family. Maury Strauss, a Roanoke business leader and founder of the Strauss Development Corp., donated $1 million to… Continue Reading Virginia Western dedicates Maury and Sheila Strauss Family Student Life Center
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November 29, 2018By

Celebrating 25 years of the Community Arboretum at Virginia Western

It’s hard today to picture Colonial Avenue without the colorful flowerbeds at the Community Arboretum at Virginia Western lining the road. There was a time, though, when those two-acres were nothing but a grassy knoll. May 2018 marked the 25th anniversary of the arboretum, which… Continue Reading Celebrating 25 years of the Community Arboretum at Virginia Western
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