19-YEAR-OLD EL SALVADOR NATIVE RAN OWN BUSINESS WHILE ATTENDING MIDDLE COLLEGE AT GERMANNA

Sergio Gomez just graduated from Germanna's Middle College. At the tender age of 19, the legal immigrant from El Salvador can already teach most of us something about ambition...
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HIGHER EDUCATION, LOWER COST

Joan Fischer told students at the recent Culpeper High School Career Expo that the cost of two years at Germanna is typically about one-third or less than that of two years at a four-year college or university.

GERMANNA PLAYS ROLE IN HOSTING GERSHWIN CONCERT FOR CITY KIDS

Germanna's Victoria Waldron and Judy Napier have some fun after helping philanthropist Doris Buffett put on a free concert for city kids this week in Fredericksburg.

When philanthropist Doris Buffett decided to bring British pianist Jack Gibbons to Fredericksburg to expose city kids to the music of George Gershwin, she turned to Germanna's Victoria Waldron and Judy Napier for help in organizing the event.

The sister of Warren Buffett, the world's richest man, made a good decision. Thanks in part to the hard work of Waldron and Napier, the event was a big success Monday night at James Monroe High School.
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TAKE A BREAK FROM STUDYING FOR SOME PIZZA & POLITICS ON WEDNESDAY

Have some free pizza and help set the initial agenda for the new Germanna chapter of Virginia21 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 30 at Sealy Auditorium...
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REUNION RECOLLECTION: "If you can't do something for me, I'm going to either join the Army or get married. And I don't have a boyfriend."

When Germanna Community College opened its doors in 1970, alumna Brenda Jeffries recalls with a laugh, "We had to get in the car and go to the service station to use the restroom."...
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STILL KICKIN': GERMANNA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION HELD REUNION RECEPTION FOR ALL ALUMNI, FACULTY AND STAFF ON SATURDAY

HUGH COSNER RECOGNIZED FOR GENEROSITY TO GERMANNA

Spotsylvania County businessman Hugh Cosner has been named a recipient of the 2008 Virginia Community College System Chancellor’s Award for Leadership in Philanthropy in an event at the Country Club of Virginia featuring Commonwealth First Lady Ann Holton as keynote speaker...
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