Workforce Development
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VPCC Business Seminar Highlights Partnerships
Workforce shortages and talent gaps are present on the Peninsula and throughout the Commonwealth. As one of the leaders in the community, Virginia Peninsula Community College aims to be part…
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VPCC president Dr. Towuanna Porter Brannon, along with President Marcia Conston of Tidewater Community College; President Corey McCray of Paul D. Camp Community College; Executive Vice President Joel A. English of Centura College and Aviation Institute of Maintenance; Campus President Andy Gladstein of ECPI University; and Associate Vice President for Corporate Partnerships Sarah Jane Kirkland of Old Dominion University, Hampton Roads mayors Kenneth Alexander of Norfolk, Bobby Dyer of Virginia Beach, Shannon Glover of Portsmouth, Donnie Tuck of Hampton, and Rick West of Chesapeake, with the Hampton Roads Alliance, Hampton Roads Workforce Council, and Virginia Beach Economic Development
Hampton Roads Delegation Attends Workforce Readiness Mission in Germany
Virginia Peninsula Community College President Towuanna Porter Brannon was part of a delegation to Stuttgart, Germany when the Hampton Roads Alliance, Hampton Roads Workforce Council, and Virginia Beach Economic Development hosted presidents and officials…
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VPCC Instructors Lead Drone Camps
Virginia Peninsula Community College professors Julie Young and Scott Bellows led two four-day drone camps at the Peninsula Workforce Development Center over the past two weeks. Eleven students from area…
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VCCS Chancellor Visits College
Dr. David Doré, the new chancellor of the Virginia Community College System, continued his tour of those institutions by visiting Virginia Peninsula Community College on Monday morning. Among his first…
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College Holds Ribbon-Cutting at new Trades Center
Virginia Peninsula Community College showed off its new trades center in Toano with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 13. While the spotlight was on the College, VPCC president Dr. Towuanna…
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PTK Extends its Run of Excellence
If sustained excellence is the mark of success, Virginia Peninsula Community College’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa honor society is there. For the fourth consecutive year, it earned five-star distinction,…
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VPCC Holds Official Ceremony for President Brannon
Dr. Towuanna Porter Brannon was inaugurated as Virginia Peninsula Community College’s ninth president in a heartfelt ceremony on March 24 at Liberty Live Church in Hampton. Brannon, who was named…
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New VPCC Trades Center Opens in Toano
Mason Barton, who lives in Williamsburg, is in the first evening welding class at Virginia Peninsula Community College’s new trades center in Toano. The facility is about a 20-minute drive…
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Classes Begin at Toano Trades Center on Feb. 20
While the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Virginia Peninsula Community College’s new James City County trades center isn’t until April 13, it will open for classes on Feb. 20. The first students…
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College Names First Presidential Fellow, Southeast Center
As firsts go for Marion Clifton, her new position is a big deal. She is Virginia Peninsula Community College’s first presidential fellow for the Southeast Higher Education Center, housed at…
