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Nearly $7,000 Raised for Ballroom Dance Team
Dr. Towuanna Porter Brannon’s support for Virginia Peninsula Community College’s award-winning ballroom dance team comes through in her words and deeds. At last month’s All College Day, a symbolic start…
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New Trades Center Set for Toano
More than 18 months after being awarded a grant for nearly $1.7 million, Virginia Peninsula Community College is close to having something to show for it: a second trades center.…
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Alexander Credits Ballroom Dance for Success
When Faizon Alexander enrolled at Virginia Peninsula Community College, he was transitioning out of the military and about six years removed from high school. He didn’t know how to integrate…
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Tips for the College’s 5K, Good Advice
Michelle Alexander, an assistant professor in Health, Physical Education, and Wellness at Virginia Peninsula, is an avid runner. She has participated in 5Ks, 8Ks and half-marathons. Carolyn Hunter has taught…
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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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Athletes Register for Fall Semester
New athletics director and men’s basketball coach Chris Moore talked with athletes and their parents during an Aug. 11 registration seminar at the Hampton campus in Wythe Hall. In addition…
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Players, Assistant Agree Moore Right Man for AD Job
When Hunter Ladler was discussing Chris Moore‘s qualifications for the athletics director position at Virginia Peninsula Community College, he didn’t point to Moore’s resume. Ladler, a captain on the 2019-20…
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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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LaMonte and Simone Williams made education a priority, and so did their children.
Parents’ Success Leads to Children’s Higher Education Success
LaMonte Williams and his wife, Simone, were working adults raising a family when they graduated from Virginia Peninsula Community College, formerly Thomas Nelson. They couldn’t get any of their three…
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High School Students Take Part in College’s Graphic Design Camp
Virginia Peninsula Community College’s visual arts program has a close relationship with the design and video academies in the Hampton City Schools’ system. Ten students from the city’s high schools…
