Monday, March 31, 2008

"YOU CAN HAVE WHATEVER YOU WANT. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT"


Twenty years ago, when Germanna Associate Dean of Instuction Judi Bartlett worked as a cashier at a Beaufort, S.C. military base, she leafed through a stray computer book, Karen Bolipata of The Free Lance-Star writes...
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Friday, March 28, 2008

Thursday, March 27, 2008

HOMEWORK WITHOUT HASSLES: WORKSHOP EASES PARENTAL PAIN


Getting your kids to do their homework doesn't have to be a headache. Click on The Free Lance-Star illustration above to read reporter Kim Baer's story...
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FREDERICKBURG CAMPUS CAREER SERVICES DAY EXPO DRAWS A CROWD


Several hundred students picked up preliminary information on jobs Wednesday at Career Services Day information tables at Germanna's Fredericksburg Area Campus...
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OBAMA: "IT'S TIME TO CALL UPON OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGES ONCE AGAIN" TO HELP JUMP START U.S. ECONOMY


The two candidates most likely to face off in this fall's presidential election, Barack Obama and John McCain, both say community colleges must play a key role in preparing American workers to compete in an evolving global economy...
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Monday, March 3, 2008

FOR DEL. MARK COLE, GERMANNA WAS LAUNCHING PAD TO CAREER WORKING WITH NAVY ON AEGIS PROGRAM


In Greek mythology, "Aegis" is the name of Zeus' shield.

For 23 years, Del. Mark Cole, a Germanna alumnus, has worked as a Project Manager and Systems Analyst for Northrop Grumman supporting the Navy's Aegis program at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren...
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DEL. BOBBY ORROCK TELLS VISITING STUDENTS OF HIS DAYS AT GERMANNA


Del. Bobby Orrock says there were two reasons he needed to kick start his academic career at Germanna after spending his freshman year at Virginia Tech.

"One, it was a fun experience," Del. Orrock said, chuckling, implying that he spent too much time having fun at Tech and not enough time studying...
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NURSING FACULTY'S LISK HONORED AT NATIONAL DISTANCE LEARNING CONFERENCE IN FLORIDA


Germanna nursing faculty member Dr. Patti Lisk R.N. was named a Distinguished e-Learning Educator at the recent Instructional Technology Council Recognition Luncheon during the national e-Learning 2008 Conference in St. Petersburg, Fla...
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