Previewing new jobs plan, president calls community colleges "America's most underappreciated asset"

In speech today, Obama says community colleges are key to retooling America's economy for long-term prosperity ... click below to watch video

Speaking at Lehigh Carbon Community College in Allentown, Pa. on Friday, Dec. 4, President Obama touted the decline in unemployment and said that community colleges like Germanna, which offer affordable, accessible degrees and job training, will play an important role in his plan to turn the economy around.

Hunting meaty jobs in lean times

At 11 a.m. Thursday, March 19, Free Lance-Star Business Columnist Bill Freehling talks at Germanna's Fredericksburg Campus about the chilly jobs climate ...


The jobless rate in the Fredericksburg area rose to 6.2 percent in January, its highest level for that month since 1993.

Bill Freehling, Business Columnist for The Free Lance-Star, will talk about what the jobs picture looks like in the area at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 19 in room 212 of the Dickinson Building at Germanna's Fredericksburg Campus.