Workforce Development
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A Williamsburg Area Transit Authority bus with a VPCC advertisement.
WATA Has New Stop at VPCC Trades Center in Toano
Officials representing Virginia Peninsula Community College and Williamsburg Area Transit Authority (WATA) announced a new bus route to better serve students at the College’s Trades Center in Toano. On Monday,…
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PTK Inducts More Than 30 Members
Virginia Peninsula Community College inducted 31 members into its Phi Theta Kappa honor society on Wednesday, April 17. The guest speaker for the ceremony, which was held at the Peninsula…
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Dental Hygiene Pinning Ceremony Welcomes 10 Into Profession
The 10 graduates of Virginia Peninsula Community College’s dental hygiene program were celebrated on April 18 with the traditional pinning ceremony, held at the Peninsula Workforce Development Center. They are…
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VPCC President Among 2024 Community Builders Awards Recipients
Virginia Peninsula Community College President Towuanna Porter Brannon will be among the 2024 Community Builders Awards recipients when the Hampton Roads Community Action Program (HRCAP) honors community college and university…
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VPCC Business Seminar Highlights Partnerships
Workforce shortages and talent gaps are present on the Peninsula and throughout the Commonwealth. As one of the leaders in the community, Virginia Peninsula Community College aims to be part…
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Nurse Pinning Ceremony Celebrates Williamsburg Cohort
Twenty-one students from the Historic Triangle cohort participated in the Dec. 5 nursing pinning ceremony at the Peninsula Workforce Development Center in Hampton.
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VPCC president Dr. Towuanna Porter Brannon, along with President Marcia Conston of Tidewater Community College; President Corey McCray of Paul D. Camp Community College; Executive Vice President Joel A. English of Centura College and Aviation Institute of Maintenance; Campus President Andy Gladstein of ECPI University; and Associate Vice President for Corporate Partnerships Sarah Jane Kirkland of Old Dominion University, Hampton Roads mayors Kenneth Alexander of Norfolk, Bobby Dyer of Virginia Beach, Shannon Glover of Portsmouth, Donnie Tuck of Hampton, and Rick West of Chesapeake, with the Hampton Roads Alliance, Hampton Roads Workforce Council, and Virginia Beach Economic Development
Hampton Roads Delegation Attends Workforce Readiness Mission in Germany
Virginia Peninsula Community College President Towuanna Porter Brannon was part of a delegation to Stuttgart, Germany when the Hampton Roads Alliance, Hampton Roads Workforce Council, and Virginia Beach Economic Development hosted presidents and officials…
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VPCC Instructors Lead Drone Camps
Virginia Peninsula Community College professors Julie Young and Scott Bellows led two four-day drone camps at the Peninsula Workforce Development Center over the past two weeks. Eleven students from area…
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VCCS Chancellor Visits College
Dr. David Doré, the new chancellor of the Virginia Community College System, continued his tour of those institutions by visiting Virginia Peninsula Community College on Monday morning. Among his first…
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College Holds Ribbon-Cutting at new Trades Center
Virginia Peninsula Community College showed off its new trades center in Toano with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 13. While the spotlight was on the College, VPCC president Dr. Towuanna…
