Alumni
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VPCC Alumna Angela Giles
Giles’ Rewarding Social Services Career Jump-started at VPCC
When Angela Giles graduated from New Jersey’s Northern Burlington County Regional High School, she had no idea her path would lead to Virginia Peninsula Community College. Growing up as a…
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Educator Turned VPCC Grad Aiming High
Recent years saw healthcare professionals in the limelight celebrated as heroes. Working late nights and early mornings, they are still heroes to many, and Virginia Peninsula Community College’s LeRon Lewis…
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VPCC Alumni, Madison and Jailyn Baker
PreK Teacher and Sister Got Foundation at VPCC
Jailyn and Madison Baker are as different as pickles and plums. Sisters, they are 10 years apart and have different tastes in practically everything. Born in Louisiana and Oklahoma, respectively,…
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VPCC Alumna Amy Rose
VPCC Pivotal in Rose’s Video Storyteller Career
Amy Rose is making her mark through creative storytelling as a videographer for Hampton City Schools. She credits Virginia Peninsula Community College for helping her cement a career in video…
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A scene from our Hampton Campus in Hampton, Va.
Griffin, Wythe Halls to be Renamed Kecoughtan Hall
Virginia Peninsula Community College is renaming Griffin and Wythe halls, which are connected and function as one building, to Kecoughtan Hall. The name is a tribute to the Kecoughtan tribe,…
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Josh Falcon, Emily Huffman, and Kolby Hodge joined forces to create a promotional video for the EMS program.
EMS Promotional Video a Team Effort
Students representing Virginia Peninsula Community College’s visual arts, drone, and EMS programs collaborated on a promotional video highlighting the College’s EMS program. Josh Falcon, a graphic and media design student…
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Student Takes Deep Dive into Studies, Hobby
Anna Chavez traveled to Mexico in March 2022 to participate in reef conservation and scuba diving with sea lions. In January 2023, she was off to St. Croix (U.S. Virgin…
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College Holds First VPCC Commencement
Virginia Peninsula Community College held its first commencement exercises under its new name, conferring degrees to 713 graduates on May 12 at Liberty Live Church. It was the 54th graduation ceremony…
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Woman saving for education
VPCC Receives Health Care Grant
The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education and Sentara Healthcare have awarded Virginia Peninsula Community College $8,850 in emergency assistance grants for its healthcare students. “This award will help reduce…
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Newport News Mayor Excited to Speak to Class of 2023
Phillip Jones, newly elected mayor of Newport News, will give Virginia Peninsula Community College’s first commencement address since the 56-year-old institution was renamed. Jones’ keynote speech at the May 12…
