Thursday, July 24, 2008

COOTER TELLS GCC PROFESSOR'S MOM SHE SHOULD BE PROUD OF HER BOY

Former U.S. Rep. Ben Jones, who played Cooter on 'The Dukes of Hazzard,' takes a break from signing copies of his autobiography, 'Redneck in the Promised Land,' to say hello to Germanna History Professor Stuart Smith's mom.

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GIMME A G! ... GIMME A C!... GIMME ANOTHER C! ... WHAT'S THAT SPELL?!?!?


The Germanna Community College Cheerleading Squad will be hosting clinics and informational sessions on both sideline and competitive cheering this weekend.

Work on stunting, tumbling, dance sequences, chants, and cheers. If you’d like more information, e-mail the team captain at weg201@email.vccs.edu or the team advisor at sbroman@germanna.edu.

GERMANNA EXPLORES STUDY, INTERNSHIP PARTNERSHIP POSSIBILITIES IN INDIA

A committee from Germanna Community College is headed to India to explore the feasibility of beginning a student exchange program, of developing cost-effective cultural study of India's diversity through travel, and of establishing an internship program with IT companies there.

Associate Professor of Economics and Marketing Frances Lea, assistant professor of English Sunithi Gnanadoss, and Director of Center for Workforce & Community Education Martha O’Keefe are on the Germanna team. Traveling with them will be Gene Bailey, president of the Fredericksburg Regional Alliance.

The group will be visiting six Indian cities and several universities, as well as business and government sites to learn more about Indian higher education and culture as well as explore possibilities for education, workforce training, and business partnerships.

"We see both the internal and external marketing possibilities, including the innovative partnership between Germanna and the Fredericksburg Regional Alliance and the cultural exchange between the people of North and South India and Virginia," said Germanna Vice President of Academics and Student Services Ann Woolford-Singh.

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Thursday, July 17, 2008

GERMANNA HARD HAT CAMP: WOMEN WELCOME IN CONSTRUCTION CAREERS

More and more women are wearing hard hats and carrying lunch pails to work, local school counselors learned during Germanna Community College's Hard Hat Camp.

Leigh Hubbard of the Associated General Contractors of Virginia and Kevin McKibben of Twin Contracting Corporation talked with two dozen school counselors about careers in the industry during a visit to a construction site. The counselors heard that women are playing a growing role on construction sites.
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Thursday, July 10, 2008

LIFELONG LEARNING: 94-YEAR-OLD GERMANNA STUDENT SAYS THAT WITHOUT COMPUTER LITERACY, "YOU'RE IN ANOTHER CENTURY"

Ninety-four-year-old Claire O. Ducker Sr. decided the time had come to start telecommuting.

For 50 years, Ducker, an attorney who lives in Locust Grove, had commuted daily to work in Washington...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2008

GERMANNA PHI THETA KAPPA CHAPTER NAMES OFFICERS FOR 2008-2009 YEAR


The Germanna Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the International Honor Society of the Two-Year College, has chosen officers for 2008-2009:

President: Cathy Knapp, Vice President Sarah Wright, Co-Vice President Tonya Jett, Secretary Tami Harris, Public Relations Officer Heather Bovee, Co-Public Relations Officer Erika Hilliard.