GERMANNA WORKING WITH ORANGE HIGH SCHOOL TO MOVE NURSING STUDENTS 'UP THE LADDER'

Fourteen Orange High School students from a Nurse's Aide program taught by registered nurse Patty Wiesenhofer toured Germanna's nursing department facilities at Locust Grove Friday, including the College's high-tech Virtual Hospital...
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YOUTUBE HIGHLIGHTS: THE INAUGURATION OF GERMANNA PRESIDENT DAVID A. SAM

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GERMANNA GIVES COFFEEWOOD INMATES A SECOND CHANCE: 'NOT JUST ANOTHER GRADUATION'...

It could have been just another graduation ceremony. "Pomp and Circumstance" played on the speakers. Family members with proud smiles watched their loved ones receive diplomas. A prominent figure, state senator Edd Houck, arrived to deliver the commencement speech. The student speaker even quoted John F. Kennedy, just like they do in high schools across the country. It was not, however, just another graduation...
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RESULTS OF VOTING FOR GERMANNA'S NEW COLLEGE COUNCIL ARE TALLIED

The College Council will serve as an advisory group for the President and his staff on matters of college-wide concern, including strategic planning, budgeting, faculty, staff and student recommendations and review of policy and procedures...
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CHANCELLOR TO HOLD REGIONAL 'COMMUNITY DISCUSSION' ABOUT IMPROVING COMMUNITY COLLEGES FRIDAY AT NOVA-ANNANDALE CAMPUS

A group of VCCS officials, led by Chancellor Glenn DuBois, makes a stop in Northern Virginia Friday as part of a series of community discussions across Virginia to understand how the colleges can improve the service they provide to students, families and businesses...
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Graduation coverage, video, pictures

The Germanna Community College student, who would become an alumna in a half-hour, approached the podium at the Fredericksburg Expo & Conference Center and addressed the roughly 2,500 people in attendance...
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COMMENCEMENT: 'You have to have a destination. You have to have a dream.'

Hundreds of jubilant Germanna Community College students received their degrees May 8, 2008 before an estimated crowd of 2,500 at the Fredericksburg Expo Center...
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RESPONDING TO A NEED FOR NURSING

Emily Conan and Phyllis Smith were all smiles after yesterday's Germanna LPN & RN pinning ceremony Thursday at the Fredericksburg Expo Center.

LPN & RN PINNING CEREMONY A CELEBRATION OF NOBILITY OF NURSING

Elsy Hernandez, left, and Nancy Beebe beam after Germanna's LPN & RN pinning ceremony Thursday at the Fredericksburg Expo Center.

BLESSED? TOP GERMANNA GRAD JACQUELENE WHELCHEL BELIEVES SHE'S GETTING HELP FROM ON HIGH

Soon Germanna student Jacquelene Whelchel will be off to D.C. for a summer internship in U.S. Sen. Jim Webb's office. But first she'll speak at this evening's commencement...
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'You are just in the beginning of your learning process. This school has prepared you well ... but the learning never ends.'

Germanna nursing graduate candidates share the moment with friends and family during the VCCS Commonwealth Nursing Program pinning reception Wednesday at the Joseph R. Daniel Technology Center in Culpeper...
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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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