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Virginia Western Community College

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School Notes:

• Virginia Western Community College is a two-year public institution of higher education operating under a statewide system of community colleges. The College operates under the policies established by the State Board for Community Colleges and the Virginia Western Community College Board.
• The service region of the College includes Roanoke, Salem, Roanoke County, Craig County, southern Botetourt County, and northern Franklin County. Day, evening, and weekend classes are provided on a 70-acre campus located in Southwest Roanoke. Classes are also offered at off-campus locations in the area. The College was established in 1966 and has grown from an initial enrollment of 1,352 to its current enrollment of over 9,000.
• Virginia Western provides an extensive schedule of course offerings and programs to serve the diverse needs of students, including Associate Degree programs to prepare individuals for transfer as upper-division students to baccalaureate degree programs in four-year colleges and universities, Associate Degree programs to prepare individuals for careers as technical and paraprofessional workers and Certificate and Career Studies programs, which prepare individuals for careers as technicians, skilled, and semi-skilled workers.
• Virginia Western Community College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate degrees.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Roanoke area FBI helping on Fort Hood shooting case (WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 04:25:48 am
  WSLS has learned that Roanoke's local FBI office is still playing a role in the Major Nidal Hasan investigation
• William Byrd senior has eyes set on Vinton council seat (WDBJ 7 Roanoke)
  posted on November 17, 2009 at 03:05:10 am
  With elections two weeks down, it's time to gear up again. In Vinton, two town council seats will be up for grabs next May and someone already has their sights on them.
• Charges filed for Fort Hood (Collegiate Times)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 05:42:38 am
  The Virginia Tech graduate accused of killing 13 people in a shooting last week at Fort Hood, Texas has now been formally charged. Military prosecutors filed 13 charges of premeditated murder against Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan for the shooting deaths at Fort Hood.
• Beth Poff (Jackson Free Press)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 07:40:47 pm
  Beth Poff laughs her best laugh as she ponders the question, "What do you do in your spare time?" As executive director of the Jackson Zoo, Poff's time is consumed in making the 2007 Mississippi Travel Attraction of the Year better.
• Alleged Fort Hood shooter was not in corps of cadets (Collegiate Times)
  posted on November 9, 2009 at 04:12:01 pm
  A Virginia Tech graduate accused of killing 13 people and wounding another 30 at Fort Hood, Texas was not in the Tech Corps of Cadets.

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