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Website. www .vccs .edu. The Virginia Community College System ( VCCS) oversees a network of 23 community colleges in Virginia, which serve residents of Virginia and provide two-year degrees and various specialty training and certifications. In 2006, the Virginia Community College System's annual enrollment rate topped 233,000 students.
Piedmont Virginia Community College. / 38.0063054; -78.4848792. Piedmont Virginia Community College ( PVCC) is a public community college in Charlottesville, Virginia. It offers associate degrees, one-year certificates, continuing education, and workforce training. The campus is located in Albemarle County, Virginia, south of Charlottesville.
Website. www .centralvirginia .edu. Central Virginia Community College ( CVCC) is a public community college in Lynchburg, Virginia. It is part of the Virginia Community College System. Established in 1966, CVCC serves students at the main campus in Lynchburg or at one of its off-site centers in Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, and Campbell counties.
The decision to rename the college was approved by the Virginia State Board for Community Colleges in September 2021. History [ edit ] The college was originally named after Thomas Nelson, Jr. (December 26, 1738 – January 4, 1789), who was an American planter, soldier, and statesman from Yorktown, Virginia .
www .patrickhenry .edu. Patrick & Henry Community College ( P&HCC or Patrick & Henry) is a public community college in Henry County, Virginia. [2] It was founded in 1962 as part of the University of Virginia 's School of General Studies. The college became an independent two-year college in 1964 and part of the Virginia Community College System ...
Community college is tuition-free for selected students in 47 states, often under the name College Promise. Most community college instructors have advanced degrees but serve as part-time low wage employees. [1] [2] Community college enrollment has declined every year since 2010.
Tidewater Community College ( TCC) is a public community college in South Hampton Roads, Virginia, with campuses in Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach. It is part of the Virginia Community College System and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award the associate ...
The college’s current president is Patricia B. Huber, who has served in that capacity since 2017. She is the fifth president and first female to hold that position. 2013 shooting incident. On April 12, 2013, a gunman opened fire with a shotgun at a satellite campus at the New River Valley Mall in Christiansburg, Virginia, wounding two women.