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Virginia's Community Colleges

Virginia Business
April 2006

 

Blue Ridge
One College Lane
Weyers Cave, VA 24486

Dabney S. Lancaster
1000 Dabney Drive
Clifton Forge, VA 24422

Eastern Shore
29300 Lankford Highway
Melfa, VA 23410

J. Sargeant Reynolds
1701 E. Parham Road
Richmond, VA 23228

Mountain Empire
3441 Mountain Empire Road
Big Stone Gap, VA 24219

Northern Virginia
4001 Wakefield Chapel Road
Annandale, VA 22003

Paul D. Camp
100 N. College Drive
Franklin, VA 23851

Rappahannock
12745 College Drive
Glenns, VA 23149

Southwest Virginia
369 College Road
Richlands, VA 24641

Tidewater
P.O. Box 9000
Norfolk, VA 23509
Workforce Development programs: Programs range from radiography to maritime logistics to nonprofit leadership to satellite installation to an online real estate certification program.

Tidewater Community College’s division of Workforce Development provides dynamic, state-of-the-art education, training and services in response to workforce needs. The division serves annually more than 600 companies and 12,000 individuals in South Hampton Roads through contract training, employee certification, industry apprenticeships, and specialized credit and noncredit classes. TCC’s corporate, government and agency services include programs in leadership, industrial technology, health care, maritime, culinary arts, paralegal, accounting, management/supervision, retail operations, customer service, real estate, and professional development – with many offering a degree track. New programs include the Maritime & Ship Repair Center, defense contracting industry training, and building trades.

The largest provider of higher education and workforce development services in Hampton Roads, TCC offers more than 150 high-quality academic programs to more than 37,000 credit students each year. The 37th largest of the nation’s 1,600 community colleges, TCC ranks among the 50 fastest-growing large community colleges, with campuses in Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Virginia Beach as well as the TCC Jeanne and George Roper Performing Arts Center in downtown Norfolk, Visual Arts Center in Olde Towne Portsmouth, and a regional Advanced Technology Center in Virginia Beach. More information.

Virginia Western
P.O. Box 14007
Roanoke, VA 24038

Central Virginia
3506 Wards Road
Lynchburg, VA 24502

Danville
1008 S. Main St.
Danville, VA 24541

Germanna
2130 Germanna Highway
Locust Grove, VA 22508

John Tyler
13101 Jeff Davis Highway
Chester, VA 23831

New River
P.O. Box 1127
Dublin, VA 24084

Patrick Henry
P.O. Box 5311
Martinsville, VA 24115

Piedmont Virginia
501 College Drive
Charlottesville, VA 22902

Southside Virginia
200 Daniel Road
Keysville, VA 23947

Thomas Nelson
99 Thomas Nelson Drive
Hampton, VA 23670
Thomas Nelson Workforce Development prides itself in the services available to business and industry. The Peninsula Workforce Development Center makes available to any business in Hampton Roads two flexible manufacturing labs fully equipped with CNC machines, lathes, pneumatics and numerous other industry tools for training, with the option for businesses to bring to the center specific equipment necessary to complete thorough training. Also offered are multiple conference centers, four state-of-the-art computer labs, and a KeyTrain/ WorkKeys Learning Lab. Mobile computer labs are also available to businesses for employee training at their own facility.

TNWD has made a practice of customizing services available to businesses to assist with the administrative portion of training and/or educating their employees. Offering on-site services such as college applications, registration, delivering of textbooks, customized curriculum for credit and career study certificates are just a few of the options available.

Virginia Highlands
100 VHCC Drive
Abington, VA 24210

Wytheville
1000 E. Main St.
Wytheville, VA 24382

 


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