Workforce Development

  • Workforce Development Took Customized Training to 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.…

  • New Trades Center Set for Toano

    New Trades Center Set for Toano

    More than 18 months after being awarded a grant for nearly $1.7 million, Virginia Peninsula Community College is close to having something to show for it: a second trades center.…

  • College Reaching Out to Southeast Community

    College Reaching Out to Southeast Community

    Keisha Samuels has been teaching classes for Virginia Peninsula Community College at the Southeast Higher Education Center since 2015. Enrollment has steadily declined, but when the College decided to rededicate…

  • Scott Announces Jobs Training Grant at Virginia Career Works Center in Hampton

    Scott Announces Jobs Training Grant at Virginia Career Works Center in Hampton

    Virginia Peninsula Community College was the site of a big announcement by Congressman Bobby Scott on Aug. 3 when he toured the Virginia Career Works Hampton Center, which is housed…

  • College Aiding Newport News Job Training Initiative

    College Aiding Newport News Job Training Initiative

    Virginia Peninsula Community College Workforce Development representatives were on hand when a job training program called “What’s Next?” presented an open house in Newport News. The initiative was developed by…