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Team Approach Helps Women’s Player With all her Roles
For Whitney Wolf, a full-time student who works full time, has a young daughter, and plays basketball for Virginia Peninsula Community College, it’s all about teamwork. Teamwork between VPCC and…
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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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Timing Right for ACE Graduate Ferguson
Keith Ferguson earned an associate degree while in high school. He turned 20 at the beginning of December and is less than a year away from earning a bachelor’s degree…
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Choir Event Exudes Holiday Spirit
Virginia Peninsula Community College’s choir held its end-of-the-semester concert on Dec. 8, putting the audience at Denbigh United Presbyterian Church in the holiday spirit. “It’s a good memory for students.…
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Presidential Ambassadors Got Valuable Time with Brannon
Mentoring was the order of the day when President Towuanna Porter Brannon met with the Presidential Ambassador team recently. Selected for the 2022-23 academic year, Kayla Greene, Holli Gubeli, Gabrielle…
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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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Initial Volleyball Season a Big Hit
Hannah Sweazey’s experience with the Virginia Peninsula Community College volleyball team shows how sports are about more than winning. Her first choice for college was William & Mary, but after…
