Gubernatorial Candidate Terry Mcauliffe Completes Tour Of Virginia Community Colleges Amongst Catch To J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College
Saturday, July 20, 2019
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Senator Tim Kaine, McKenzie Carroll, Terry McAuliffe, William Quarles in addition to MD Gary Rhodes |
Reynolds President MD Gary Rhodes greeted the visitors in addition to introduced Student Ambassador McKenzie Carroll who led the grouping on a brief tour of the Parham Road Campus.
McAuliffe in addition to Kaine visited Professor Deborah Neely-Fisher’s ecology lab where the candidate in addition to senator joined students inwards examining micro-organisms through microscopes in addition to emphasized the importance of acquiring STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering in addition to Math) skills.
William Quarles, Terry McAuliffe, Professor Deborah Neely-Fisher in addition to Senator Tim Kaine |
The grouping likewise toured the novel welding lab inwards the Workforce Development in addition to Conference Center where they chatted amongst CCWA’s Assistant Vice President for Open Enrollment Natalie Meredith virtually the Growing America through Entrepreneurship (GATE) programme in addition to the Adult Career Choice program.
The take in culminated amongst a roundtable give-and-take amongst college administrators on a diversity of topics including distance learning, academic excellence, the importance of early on childhood education, novel academic programs, workforce programs in addition to community college challenges.
McAuliffe noted, “In social club to fill upwardly jobs for the 21st century I convey said consistently that the community colleges are your engines for workforce development. I believe I am the outset candidate for governor to take in all 23 community colleges. I desire y'all to know that every mo governor this is a transcend priority for me, to focus on these community colleges.”