When 14-year-old Skylar Gay enrolled in BIO 101 at Virginia Western Community College, it was just to fulfill a requirement. Now she’s on her way to the U.K. to present a scientific paper on COVID — and she’s still just 18.
Education
Posted inEducation
Virginia’s first high school for adults will open in Roanoke’s new Goodwill plaza
The Excel Center will offer high school classes paired with child care and support services for adults in the Roanoke region. The Goodwill plaza will also offer a grocery store, bank and wellness center.
Posted inEducation
Emory & Henry College to become a university starting in fall 2024
Cited among the reasons for the change were the addition over the last decade of new master’s and doctoral programs in health sciences, education and business.
Posted inEducation
Virginia Highlands Community College gets local last-dollar scholarship program
The Smyth County Promise scholarship will be available to any county resident who enrolls at VHCC or Wytheville Community College. It’s the latest in a trend of local governments and nonprofits volunteering to pay community college tuition.
Posted inEducation
Roanoke College announces master’s degree partnership with Virginia Tech
Roanoke College students who want to pursue in-demand technology careers have new options for attending graduate school, thanks to a new partnership with Virginia Tech announced today. The schools unveiled two programs that allow Roanoke College students to obtain a master’s degree in engineering from Virginia Tech. Students in the programs can study either computer […]
Posted inEducation
Students at one Roanoke County school took it upon themselves to organize a club to explore health care careers
The Medical Explorers Club at Hidden Valley High School is devoted to introducing students to career options.
Posted inEducation
UVA Wise wins approval to launch first graduate degree program
The Master of Education program will be available starting this fall, and is available both online and in person.
Posted inEducation
Central Virginia Community College gets planning grant for experiential learning high school
The project joins 14 others around the state seeking to provide career training opportunities for elementary and high school students.
Posted inEducation
The pandemic may be waning. But as long as viruses are among us, Virginia Tech’s Linsey Marr still has work to do.
Professor studies COVID and flu from engineering viewpoint
Posted inEducation
Virginia attorney general tells former New College Foundation it can’t hold back scholarships, funding
The attorney general’s office says the foundation must stop “using scholarships and young Virginians’ futures as a pawn,” in the latest development in a long-running dispute between the two bodies.