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Virginia Highlands Community College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• Virginia Highlands Community College was established on November 30, 1967 by action of the State Board for Community Colleges, and assigned a service region of Washington County, the western portion of Smyth County, and the city of Bristol, Virginia. Today it is one of 23 community colleges within the Virginia Community College System.
• During its first academic year, 1969-1970, VHCC began delivering the occupational-technical programs that formerly were offered by the Washington County Technical School. More than 300 students enrolled in the first Virginia Highlands classes, which were offered at night in the technical school's facilities.
• The College moved to its permanent 100-acre campus during the summer of 1970 and, in response to the community's needs, expanded its course offerings to include both occupational-technical programs and baccalaureate-transfer programs.
• The college buildings are located on a 100 acre campus occupied for the first time in the 1970 summer session. These modern buildings include laboratories, shops, classrooms, offices and a library. In the fall of 1986 the college opened a new 40,000 square feet Learning Resources Center/Business Technologies Building which added dramatically to the educational services available to the region. In the summer of 1994, students, faculty, staff, and administration began using a new 22,000 square feet Occupational\Technical Center building. There are labs for the air conditioning, heating, general engineering technologies and police science curricula plus a number of offices for faculty and administrators.
• Virginia Highlands Community College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the Associate Degree.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Virginia’s 2010 SBA winners announced (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
  posted on March 19, 2010 at 04:30:03 am
  John D. Fernandez and a business partner started a dessert-making business from a home on Long Island in 1998. The company moved its operations to Hanover County in 2004 after buying the World’s Best Cheesecake business that was based there. Now Daystar Desserts LLC is a large supplier of cakes and other dessert products in 38 states.
• Candidates for president’s job at VHCC narrowed to three (Bristol Herald Courier)
  posted on March 12, 2010 at 03:36:21 am
  The list of candidates for the president’s job at Virginia Highlands Community College has been narrowed to three, and all are scheduled to visit the campus in the next two weeks.
• Washington County learning exercise helping students prepare for future (Bristol Herald Courier)
  posted on March 11, 2010 at 05:19:19 am
  Daniel Heath thought a job in information technology would enable him to live the good life. But halfway through paying the bills, he had to get a second job flipping burgers.
• Tough times for business, but town works to create opportunities (Smyth County News & Messenger)
  posted on February 26, 2010 at 11:16:44 pm
  A national video rental chain is closing its Marion store after filing for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Movie Gallery Inc. is liquidating stock and closing about 760 of its stores, including those in Marion and Wytheville, according to its Web site.
• A wolf among wolves (Washington County News)
  posted on February 23, 2010 at 09:35:23 pm
  Eb Kimbrell was by his son’s side when the bare wolves came to town last fall. And he was with his son, former Advance Abingdon President Gary Kimbrell, when the painted wolves were mounted on the street for display.

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