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  • Career Works Center Opens at Historic Triangle Campus

    Career Works Center Opens at Historic Triangle Campus

    Thomas Nelson students and community members in the Williamsburg-James City County area have another resource available to help them with career exploration. The Hampton Roads Workforce Council opened the Virginia…

  • Student Reaction to Name Change Varies

    Student Reaction to Name Change Varies

    Thomas Nelson student Shawn Massey is glad the College’s name is changing. The effects, he believes, could reach far beyond the institution’s campuses in Hampton and Williamsburg. “My reaction is…

  • College’s Fifth-Year Interim Report Submitted to SACSCOC

    College’s Fifth-Year Interim Report Submitted to SACSCOC

    Thomas Nelson Community College submitted its Fifth-Year Interim Report to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), its regional accreditor on Friday, Sept. 10. The report…

  • Alumna Recalls Career; Says College Was a ‘Great Fit’ for Her

    Alumna Recalls Career; Says College Was a ‘Great Fit’ for Her

    Cathy Mays worked for three presidential administrations, with an office in the West Wing during her final four years. She worked for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. She worked…

  • State Board Approves Name Change

    State Board Approves Name Change

    The Virginia State Board for Community Colleges, on a recommendation from Thomas Nelson Community College’s Local Advisory Board, voted to change the name of the College to Virginia Peninsula Community…

  • Board Member’s Dedication, Passion Remembered

    Board Member’s Dedication, Passion Remembered

    Mary Ann Maimone was a member of the Thomas Nelson Community College Board for just three years, from July 2018 until her death on July 31, 2021. However, that was…

  • Service Held for Former President

    Service Held for Former President

    Being a former English professor, it seems fitting that before his death, John Dever selected the readings for the mass held in his honor. They included Micah 6:6-8, which talks…

  • Recommended New Name: Virginia Peninsula CC

    Recommended New Name: Virginia Peninsula CC

    The Thomas Nelson Community College Board, at a special meeting on Sept. 1, recommended to the State Board for Community Colleges that the College be renamed Virginia Peninsula Community College.…

  • Thomas Nelson Board Recommends Name Change to Virginia Peninsula Community College

    Thomas Nelson Board Recommends Name Change to Virginia Peninsula Community College

    The Thomas Nelson Community College Board, at a special meeting Sept. 1, recommended to the State Board for Community Colleges that the College be renamed Virginia Peninsula Community College. The…

  • Students, Staff Glad to be Back on Campus

    Students, Staff Glad to be Back on Campus

    A free lunch was the big draw at the four welcome-back events last week at the Hampton and Historic Triangle campuses. The excitement of resuming in-person classes was evident last…