Vccs Listening Tour Stops At Reynolds Community College
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
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J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College hosted the 8th as well as finally halt of the VCCS Fall Listening Tour on Thursday, Dec v inwards the Workforce Development & Conference Center at the Parham Road Campus.
VCCS Chancellor Glenn DuBois has been conducting a serial of listening tour sessions roughly the state, giving him the chance to hear direct from elected, community, education, economical evolution as well as describe of piece of occupation organisation leaders virtually challenges that would practise goodness from greater community college focus. Work on the 3rd strategic programme of DuBois’ tenure equally chancellor volition cause inwards January, as well as exceed away along throughout 2014.
Thursday’s coming together was good attended past times describe of piece of occupation organisation as well as community leaders, educators, local entrepreneurs, board members, faculty as well as staff. Topics of intelligence included chore retaining for workers equally technology scientific discipline advances, formalizing internships programs, increasing community awareness of community college offerings such equally the Guaranteed Transfer programme as well as Advanced College Academy, programs for adult learners, as well as investigating ways that pocket-size businesses could increase their twenty-four hr catamenia of the month alongside community colleges to the practise goodness of both.
“Increasingly, community colleges are beingness looked at equally the go-to house for bringing a community together as well as edifice a consensus for designing its future. That’s a novel 21st century role that nosotros are beingness asked to fulfill, as well as our community colleges are upwards to the task,” said DuBois.
DuBois expects to denote the members of a taskforce that volition practise the adjacent VCCS six-year strategic programme inwards the adjacent few days. The programme volition succeed the electrical flow VCCS six-year strategic plan, Achieve 2015.
