Workforce Development
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Enrollment Up, Ending Eight-Year Slide
Virginia Peninsula Community College announced its fall enrollment numbers for credit and non-credit students are up from a year ago, ending an eight-year decline. While the numbers aren’t official yet,…
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Graduate Thankful for Virginia Ready Initiative
When Charles Newsome and his wife were expecting their first child, he worked for DoorDash. He realized he needed more—a career. One of his friends had earned his commercial driver’s…
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Nearly Two Dozen Nursing Students Graduate
Virginia Peninsula Community College continues doing its part to fill the need for nurses, holding a pinning ceremony on Nov. 29 to welcome 23 new professionals. “A lot of them…
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Student Forum a Lesson in Learning for Hollins
Dr. Jeannetta Hollins presented her first student forum on Nov. 28, and the emphasis was on what she could learn from them, not what they could learn from her. “I’m…
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Petters Talks About Serving Others in ‘Tea with Dr. B’
Mike Petters was the guest speaker in Dr. Brannon’s second installment of “Tea with Dr. B.” Mike Petters, a former president and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries, has had a…
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Dr. Cosby and her trainees in the City of Poquoson
Workforce Development Took Customized Training to Poquoson
The mere thought of public speaking is daunting for many. Most people “would rather run into a burning building” than do it, joked Poquoson City Manager J. Randall “Randy” Wheeler.…
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New Trades Center Set for Toano
Welding is among programs slated to be offered at the new trades center. More than 18 months after being awarded a grant for nearly $1.7 million, Virginia Peninsula Community College…
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College Reaching Out to Southeast Community
Keisha Samuels has been teaching classes for Virginia Peninsula Community College at the Southeast Higher Education Center since 2015. Enrollment has steadily declined, but when the College decided to rededicate…
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Scott Announces Jobs Training Grant at Virginia Career Works Center in Hampton
Virginia Peninsula Community College was the site of a big announcement by Congressman Bobby Scott on Aug. 3 when he toured the Virginia Career Works Hampton Center, which is housed…
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College Aiding Newport News Job Training Initiative
Virginia Peninsula Community College Workforce Development representatives were on hand when a job training program called “What’s Next?” presented an open house in Newport News. The initiative was developed by…
