Workforce Development
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PTK Extends its Run of Excellence
If sustained excellence is the mark of success, Virginia Peninsula Community College’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa honor society is there. For the fourth consecutive year, it earned five-star distinction,…
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VPCC Holds Official Ceremony for President Brannon
Dr. Towuanna Porter Brannon was inaugurated as Virginia Peninsula Community College’s ninth president in a heartfelt ceremony on March 24 at Liberty Live Church in Hampton. Brannon, who was named…
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New VPCC Trades Center Opens in Toano
Mason Barton, who lives in Williamsburg, is in the first evening welding class at Virginia Peninsula Community College’s new trades center in Toano. The facility is about a 20-minute drive…
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Classes Begin at Toano Trades Center on Feb. 20
While the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Virginia Peninsula Community College’s new James City County trades center isn’t until April 13, it will open for classes on Feb. 20. The first students…
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College Names First Presidential Fellow, Southeast Center
As firsts go for Marion Clifton, her new position is a big deal. She is Virginia Peninsula Community College’s first presidential fellow for the Southeast Higher Education Center, housed at…
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Enrollment Up, Ending Eight-Year Slide
Virginia Peninsula Community College announced its fall enrollment numbers for credit and non-credit students are up from a year ago, ending an eight-year decline. While the numbers aren’t official yet,…
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Nearly Two Dozen Nursing Students Graduate
Virginia Peninsula Community College continues doing its part to fill the need for nurses, holding a pinning ceremony on Nov. 29 to welcome 23 new professionals. “A lot of them…
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Student Forum a Lesson in Learning for Hollins
Dr. Jeannetta Hollins presented her first student forum on Nov. 28, and the emphasis was on what she could learn from them, not what they could learn from her. “I’m…
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Petters Talks About Serving Others in ‘Tea with Dr. B’
Mike Petters was the guest speaker in Dr. Brannon’s second installment of “Tea with Dr. B.” Mike Petters, a former president and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries, has had a…
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Dr. Cosby and her trainees in the City of Poquoson
Workforce Development Took Customized Training to Poquoson
The mere thought of public speaking is daunting for many. Most people “would rather run into a burning building” than do it, joked Poquoson City Manager J. Randall “Randy” Wheeler.…
