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Openness to Change Led to Promising Career for Alice Chen
Alice Chen is a lifelong learner who doesn’t back down from new experiences. Her fearlessness unexpectedly led her to engineering and today, she’s a land use engineer with the Virginia…
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Cameron Johnson Named Coca-Cola Academic Team Silver Scholar
Virginia Peninsula Community College’s Cameron Johnson has been named a 2025 Coca-Cola Academic Team Silver Scholar and will receive a $1,250 scholarship. “Being named a Silver Scholar means a lot…
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Basketball Season Over; Baseball Earns First Two Wins of Season
Virginia Peninsula Community College men’s basketball season ended March 1 with an 87-70 loss to Owens Community College in the Mid-Atlantic District tournament at Sandhills Community College in Pinehurst, N.C.…
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Keshaun Johnson fights for rebounding position against Paul D. Camp Community College.
Sports Update for Feb. 24: Basketball season not over despite loss
The Virginia Peninsula Community College men’s basketball team lost a heartbreaker to Sandhills Community College in the Region 10 tournament final Feb. 23. Despite the 87-85 overtime loss, the Gators…
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Lizz Rizzatto (standing) is excited the Tutoring Center has moved into a bigger space in Kecoughtan Hall.
Tutoring Center Moves into Larger Space
Liz Rizzatto joined Virginia Peninsula Community College in 2016 as a math instructor assistant in the tutoring department, being assigned a temporary space from the start. That all changed at…
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From left: Cinthya Bates, Nathalia Matthews, VPCC athletics director and men's basketball coach Chris Moore and Asheton Glass.
Sports at Virginia Peninsula is a Gateway to New Experiences for Students
As an avid sports fan and a former volleyball player and cross country runner, Virginia Peninsula Community College President Dr. Towuanna Porter Brannon has long advocated the benefits of athletics.…
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Elle Hill (left) and Breyana Harris are two of the students in VPCC's Early Childhood Education program.
Students Enjoy New Learning Opportunities at VPCC Early Childhood Center
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – It was easy to overlook Elle Hill and Breyana Harris at last month’s ribbon-cutting for the Newport News Early Childhood Development Center. In a room filled…
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Zack Easton shows off his specialty glove for pitching.
VPCC Pitcher Has Batters Looking Left and Right
Ambidextrous pitchers, those who can throw left-handed and right-handed, are rare and usually trace their talent to a childhood injury. Not so for Virginia Peninsula Community College’s Zack Easton, although…
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VPCC President Dr. Towuanna Porter Brannon (in scarf) joined Newport News dignitaries, officials from the Peake Childhood Center and children in cutting the ribbon for the Newport News Early Childhood Development Center.
VPCC Continues Commitment to Newport News with Early Childhood Initiative
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – With its involvement in the Newport News Early Childhood Development Center, Virginia Peninsula Community College continues efforts to reach out to residents in the city’s southeast…
