Workforce Development

  • VPCC’s Adjunct Faculty Job Fair Oct. 24

    VPCC’s Adjunct Faculty Job Fair Oct. 24

    Talented professionals looking to share their expertise in the classroom can explore teaching opportunities at Virginia Peninsula Community College’s Adjunct Faculty Job Fair on Oct. 24. The 4 – 8…

  • Colton Warkenthien Found a Future in Welding at VPCC

    Colton Warkenthien Found a Future in Welding at VPCC

    After serving in the military, Colton Warkenthien made a sharp career turn. The move led him to influence a new generation of welders in the classroom. A former U.S. Coast…

  • College Busy in Southeast Newport News

    College Busy in Southeast Newport News

    Marian Clifton recalls Virginia Peninsula Community College President Dr. Towuanna Porter Brannon saying a few years ago the College needs to reach out more to underserved populations. In southeast Newport…

  • One Stop Event Huge Success

    One Stop Event Huge Success

    Teamwork made Virginia Peninsula Community College’s third annual One Stop event on July 25 a huge success, with approximately 125 potential students participating. Athletics director Chris Moore said he received…

  • VPCC Entering Partnership with IECC

    VPCC Entering Partnership with IECC

    Virginia Peninsula Community College is partnering with Independent Electrical Contractors Chesapeake (IECC) to offer a four-year apprenticeship program beginning in late 2024 or early 2025. The program, designed to expand…

  • Lunch-and-Learn Set for Toano Trades Center

    Lunch-and-Learn Set for Toano Trades Center

    Virginia Peninsula Community College partnered with the Greater Williamsburg Movement numerous times last summer for workforce information sessions. Things went so well they are teaming up again. This time it’s…

  • Seminar Promoted Embracing AI, Not Fearing It

    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…

  • VPCC’s Trades Center Site of 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…

  • VPCC Presenting Symposium on Artificial Intelligence

    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…

  • College Holds 55th Commencement Exercises

    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…