Virginia Community Colleges Assn to Offer Free Monthly Online Sessions

May 12, 2021 / Events

Virginia Community Colleges Association (VCCA) has announced that, in lieu of their annual conference this year, they will work closely with our commissions to offer a series of FREE online sessions. You do not have to be a member of the VCCA to view these sessions. Additional information along with registration links will be sent out as soon as each session’s details are confirmed. All sessions will be recorded and posted on the VCCA website shortly after the event concludes. Please take advantage of this opportunity and see some of what the VCCA has to offer.

  • May 2021 – Thursday, May 20 – 10 a.m. – “Moving Forward with Purpose”  – Steve Gilliland (https://stevegilliland.com) – Register Here!! You must log in with a valid email so the link to the session can be sent to you – Sponsored by the Support Staff Commission
  • June 2021 – Dr. Van Wilson, Systems Office – details TBD – Sponsored by the Student Services Commission
  • July 2021 – Systems office presentation – details TBD – Sponsored by the Diversity and Inclusion Commission
  • August 2021 – Friday, August 27, 10 am – “Academic Anxiety: How to Help your Students Cope,” – Theresa Thomas, Assistant Math Professor at BRCC – Sponsored by the Faculty and Instructional Affairs Commission
  • September 2021 – Lt. John Weinstein, NOVA Police – details TBD – Sponsored by the PR & Marketing Commission
  • October 2021 – Jane Elliot (https://janeelliott.com) – details TBD – Sponsored by the Diversity and Inclusion Commission
  • November 2021 – Friday, Nov, 5, 10 a.m. – Healthy Holiday Cooking Workshop – Michael King – Sponsored by CommonHealth
  • December 2021 – Friday, Dec. 3, 10 a.m. – Handling Holiday Stress – Michael King – Sponsored by CommonHealth
  • Early Spring 2022 – Look for more sessions, sponsored by Learning Resources and others

Our annual face-to-face conference will be held Fall 2022!!  

What is the VCCA?

First, it is an honor to share with my fellow NOVA Colleagues that our very own; Dr. Donna Minnich (Immediate Past College Senate Chair) is the President-Elect of the Virginia Community Colleges Association (VCCA).

The VCCA is the professional association representing community college personnel, students, alumni, board members, and friends of the Virginia Community College System.

Membership in the VCCA offers you the opportunity to have an active part in the identification and examination of the ever-changing needs of our 23 community colleges and to communicate those needs to the appropriate agencies and groups.

VCCA members are very proud of the students, faculty, staff, alumni, and board members at our community colleges! We feel that our students and fine professionals deserve the best opportunity for professional development and growth. The VCCA advocates developing and maintaining a beneficial climate for excellence in teaching and learning within a framework of academic freedom and professional responsibility and ethics.

VCCA members have imagination. They imagine a future with the Virginia Community College System (VCCS), ranking first in the nation in innovative curricula, student retention and success, services, organizational development, and personnel programs and policies.

VCCA members want VCCS tuition to be among the lowest in the country and the ease of transfer between two-year and four-year colleges in Virginia to set the standard for other states.

VCCA needs you. Your support of and commitment to the mission of the VCCA will make the difference in our degree of success! We need your help to promote Virginia’s community colleges and to ensure that all citizens have the opportunity to access higher education. Your support of the Association will allow us to work toward achieving the full potential of community college education in Virginia.

Share the vision and be involved!

Thanks to all who have inquired about membership and continue to support the VCCA. Our membership link is live and ready for you to join or renew your membership. Go to www.vccaedu.org.

Submitted by:
Dr. Felicia Blakeney, Academic Advising, AN, FDBlakeney@nvcc.edu