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Seminar Promoted Embracing AI, Not Fearing It
At Virginia Peninsula Community College’s United for Impact Series on June 18, the topic of discussion was artificial intelligence, highlighting its benefits and risks. “It’s a complex issue,” Christa Krohn…
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Student Letters Published in Local Papers
In his English 112 class, Virginia Peninsula Community College adjunct instructor Shawn Day teaches how effective persuasion can play a role in civic engagement and policy advocacy. To demonstrate, he…
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VPCC Student Josh Carr
Mechatronics Program Just What Student Wanted
Two years ago, as he was applying for the mechatronics program at Virginia Peninsula Community College offered through the New Horizons Educations Center, Josh Carr knew little about it. “I’ve…
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VPCC Alumna Nina Perkins
Scholarship Sends Student to South Korea
Nina Perkins won’t be spending her upcoming birthday with family and friends. Instead, she’ll be halfway around the world, starting an eight-week Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) program in South Korea.…
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Digital Shipbuilding Mobile Experience
VPCC’s Trades Center Site of Mobile Experience
About 25 people visited Virginia Peninsula Community College’s Trades Center in Toano on Wednesday, May 29, to see the integrated Digital Shipbuilding Mobile Experience (MX), courtesy of Huntington Ingalls Industry…
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VPCC’s Professor Rich Wilcox
Mechatronics Instructor Teaches More Than Students
The mechatronics program at Virginia Peninsula Community College is well-known not just in Hampton Roads, but across the country. And don’t just take the College’s word for it. “Rich Wilcox…
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Graduating Veterans Receive Military Stoles
David Lannon, the VERITAS liaison at Virginia Peninsula Community College, was looking for a way to recognize graduating veterans when he came across Arizona State University’s ceremony. He found ASU…
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VPCC President Named to Two Prestigious Lists by Area Media
Virginia Peninsula Community College students, faculty, and staff are thrilled to congratulate President Towuanna Porter Brannon on being named to the 2024 Power List by Inside Business and being named…
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VPCC Presenting Symposium on Artificial Intelligence
Virginia Peninsula Community College continues its United for Impact conference series with “AI Insights: Navigating the Future” on Tuesday, June 18 at the Peninsula Workforce Development Center in Hampton. The event will bring…
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College Holds 55th Commencement Exercises
Student Government Association President Tiye’ Smith stressed to her classmates how proud she was of them in her commencement speech at Virginia Peninsula Community College’s graduation ceremony on May 14…
