Blue Ridge’s SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) team has done it again! They are the champions in a nationwide SIFE competition. We’ve produced a video podcast to highlight their achievements. To download the file to your hard drive, click here . Or, you can view it online in the player below. [wpvideo FkrG8dtA]
Jul 07, 2008
VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 17 - Chancellor Glenn DuBois reflects on Dateline 2009 strategic planning, and the “next generation” strategic planning that is under way at Virginia’s Community Colleges. As we near the end of the Dateline 2009 time period, several of the goals have already been — or will be — met. Others have seen significant progress toward the goal. DuBois is visiting college campuses this month on a “listening” tour that’s providing feedback on what the next set of goals should b...
May 20, 2008
[audio http://blogmyfuturevccs.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/vahighered-podcast-16-080513.mp3] VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 16 - This podcast episode features Chancellor Glenn DuBois, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Human Resources Chris Lee, and participants in the Chancellor’s Faculty Diversity Program discussing ways the program is expanding to meet the goal of a more diverse faculty for Virginia’s Community Colleges. Reaching out to students in master’s and doctoral programs at Virginia’s top uni...
May 13, 2008
[audio http://blogmyfuturevccs.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/vahighered-podcast-15-080505.mp3] VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 15 - This week’s podcast features Virginia Western Community College student Stephen Jennings, who is finding the community college a great place to receive hands-on training for a third career in radiology. Listen by clicking on the audio link above or downloading the link to VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 15. Subscribe to this podcast through a feed Or listen to this podcast on...
May 05, 2008
[audio http://blogmyfuturevccs.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/vahighered-podcast-14-080428.mp3] VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 14 - This week’s VaHigherEd podcast features First Lady Anne Holton, keynote speaker at the Chancellor’s Award for Leadership in Philanthropy on April 23, 2008. The First Lady paid tribute to the philanthropy leaders being honored from Virginia’s 23 community colleges and shared her passion for Virginia’s families and their youth through the foster care initiative she is spear...
Apr 28, 2008
[audio http://blogmyfuturevccs.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/vahighered-podcast-13-080421.mp3] VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 13 - This week’s VaHigherEd podcast features an elite group of community college students, members of the “First Virginia Team,” named by the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society as the “top ten” two-year students in the Commonwealth of Virginia. These “top ten,” along with more than 50 of their high-achieving peers who comprise the All-Virginia Academic Team, were in Richmond April ...
Apr 21, 2008
[audio http://blogmyfuturevccs.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/vahighered-podcast-12-080414.mp3] VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 12 - The horticulture program at Virginia Highlands Community College provides Navy veteran Jillian Holcombe with what she calls the best educational experience of her life. One of the highlights: A recent coastal ecology research trip to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, a life-changing trip that allowed her first-hand knowledge of ecological marvels. A blog about her experience is...
Apr 14, 2008
[audio http://blogmyfuturevccs.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/vahighered-podcast-11-080407.mp3] VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 11 - Community colleges provide doorway to career. Armen Grigoryan, a dentist from Armenia, is starting over to earn his way back into dentistry – using Virginia Western Community College as his first step. Grigoryan was featured in the Roanoke Times in May when he graduated with his associate’s degree in dental hygiene. Subscribe to this podcast through a feed Or listen to th...
Apr 07, 2008
[audio http://blogmyfuturevccs.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/vahighered-podcast-10-080331.mp3] VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 10 - In this second of a two-part series about the Career Switchers program at Virginia’s Community Colleges, Mead Craun talks about her experience in the Career Switchers program. She’ll become a middle school teacher with a one-year license in July, after beginning the program at Germanna Community College in January. Click on the audio icon at the top to hear the podcast. O...
Mar 31, 2008
[audio http://blogmyfuturevccs.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/vahighered-podcast-09-080324.mp3] VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 9 - The first of a two-part series about the Career Switchers program at Virginia’s Community Colleges highlights Wylie Schwieder, who is enrolled in the Career Switchers program through Germanna Community College. He expects the switch to teaching to become “one of the most rewarding things he will do” with his life. Click on the audio icon at the top to hear the podcast. Or,...
Mar 24, 2008
[audio http://blogmyfuturevccs.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/vahighered-podcast-08-080317.mp3] VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 8 - Aspiring economist and honors student Steve Agarwal of NVCC’s Alexandria Campus talks about how small classes and top notch instructors add up to a high quality education at Virginia’s Community Colleges. Tune in for the eighth in a series of podcasts featuring Voices from Virginia’s Community Colleges . Click on the audio icon at the top to hear the podcast. Or, click on ...
Mar 18, 2008
[audio http://blogmyfuturevccs.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/vahighered-podcast-07-080310.mp3] VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 7 - Hear how a NASA co-op program with Thomas Nelson Community College is launching careers in the flight industry. Jeff Kraus talks to student Stephen Jennings about his experiences with community college as he trains for a NASA career. Tune in for the seventh in a series of podcasts featuring Voices from Virginia’s Community Colleges . Click on the audio icon at the top to h...
Mar 10, 2008
[audio http://blogmyfuturevccs.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/vahighered-podcast-ep06-080303.mp3] VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 6 - ”A great way to start” a career in nursing. Jeff Kraus talks to Elizabeth Henerfauth, a student at Paul D. Camp Community College , about beginning a nursing program at a community college. Tune in for the sixth in a series of podcasts featuring Voices from Virginia’s Community Colleges . Click on the audio icon at the top to hear the podcast. Or, click on the podcast ti...
Mar 03, 2008
[audio http://blogmyfuturevccs.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/vahighered-podcast-ep05-022508.mp3] VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 5 - Career Coaches Guide ‘Realistic Dreams.’ Jeff Kraus talks to Charles McLeod, a career coach for J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College. He works at Highland Springs High School to encourage students to plan for the future. Students, he says, need to believe in themselves - and their parents have to believe in themselves, as well. Career coaches can help. Tune in for the ...
Feb 25, 2008
[audio http://blogmyfuturevccs.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/vahighered-podcast-ep04-080218.mp3] VaHigherEd Podcast Episode 4 – Jeff Kraus talks to Middle College students from J. Sargeant Reynolds and Germanna community colleges at the General Assembly Building, where three students shared the successes the Middle College program has brought to their lives. Listen to them talk about their Middle College experience. Pictured left to right, Erick Jones; Ebony Jackson; and Pablo Abana. Tune in for t...
Feb 18, 2008
[audio http://blogmyfuturevccs.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/vahighered-podcast-ep03-080211.mp3] VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 3 – Jeff Kraus talks to Jenna Boyer of Wytheville Community College , who plans to take advantage of one of the guaranteed admissions agreements to continue her college career in biomedical studies. Listen to her talk about her experience at Wytheville and her day at the General Assembly. Tune in for the third in a series of podcasts featuring Voices from Virginia’s Communit...
Feb 11, 2008
VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 2 - Jeff Kraus talks to Tara Clark, mother of three and Reynolds ambassador, who successfully juggles community college coursework with family and a full-time job. Tune in for the second in a series of podcasts featuring Voices from Virginia’s Community Colleges . Click on the podcast button above to download and listen. You can also subscribe to this podcast through a feed...
Feb 04, 2008
VaHigherEd Podcast: Episode 1 – Chancellor Glenn DuBois discusses campus safety and the report from the task force on emergency preparation. Tune in for the first in a series of podcasts featuring voices from Virginia’s Community Colleges. Kicking the series off is a discussion of what was behind the Chancellor’s decision to take a comprehensive look at campus safety at the 23 colleges in the Virginia Community College System. Click on the podcast button above to download and listen. You can als...
Jan 28, 2008