In July 2020, Virginia's State Board for Community Colleges launched an initiative to examine college and facility names in the wake of nationwide protests for racial equality and justice. Interim President Dr. Gregory DeCinque in response established Virginia Peninsula's College Building & Naming Task Force to address this sensitive issue.
Historical research, an integral part of the task force's discussion surrounding the renaming of Virginia Peninsula Community College and its facilities, was conducted. View video containing a presentation on that research here:
Virginia Peninsula Community College task force - historical research on renaming video (part I)
Virginia Peninsula Community College task force - historical research on renaming video (part II)
College Board Recommends Name Change, press release
Letter Supporting Virginia Peninsula Name Change
Daily Press, "Virginia Peninsula Community College board votes unanimously to recommend name change"
Renaming Feedback Form
Advisory Board Meeting Mintues. March 16, 1967.pdf
Appraisement.Gen_.Thomas Nelson .pdf
Approved Campus Building Names.pdf
Brief History of the College.pdf
Broadnax to Jefferson.docx
College Advisory Board Meeting, May 23, 1967.pdf
College Board Minutes. Aug.22.1974.pdf
College Board Minutes. Sept 26, 1974.pdf
College Enrollment, 1968.pdf
Communication Not A Problem at Thomas Nelson, 1967.pdf
Community College Board Members Announced.pdf
Community College Board Sets Organization Meet.pdf
Characteristic of British Slaving Vessels.pdf
Chancery Records. Snapshot.docx
English Education TN.page 1-4.pdf.pdf
Griffin.Research.1974.pdf
Groundbreaking.Templin.Hall_.pdf
Hampton Advisory Board Meeting, 1967.pdf
Harrison of Berkeley.pdf
Harrison-slave-inventory.pdf
In Pursuit of Urban Property_ Lot holders in Colonial Yorktown an.pdf
Institutional Identity Program.pdf
Kent to McMillan. June 11, 1986.pdf
Local Advisory Board Member List.pdf
McMillan to Jordan, Ad Campaign. Part I.pdf
McMillan to Jordan, Ad Campaign. Part II.pdf
Murder of George Wythe.pdf
Plans for Local College Unveiled, 1967.pdf
President's Newsletter, April 13.1973.pdf
Rosa_Maria_Espada_obit.pdf
State Board Resolution on Facility Names.pdf