Germanna Today TV goes inside GCC's Virtual Hospital

The latest Germanna Today cable TV episode hosted by GCC President David A. Sam and Prof. Ashley Anglin features a tribute to the late Dean of Nursing Mary Gilkey and a look at the college's Virtual Hospital.

As Culpeper drops pounds, GCC gains support for its nursing program

When Culpeper's Drop It! The Healthy Living and Weight Loss Challenge 2013 wrapped up Thursday it had produced a total of over $300,000 in donations to Germanna's Nursing and Health Technologies programs since the annual event began in 2010, according to GCC Educational Foundation Director Mike Catell.

Joe and Linda Daniel and the Culpeper Regional Health System have donated funds toward Germanna’s nursing and health programs since the beginning.

Joe Daniel is president at Culpeper Wood Preservers and a member of the GCC Educational Foundation Board. The couple donates $20 to Germanna for each pound lost. This year's total of 2,502 pounds lost works out to a $50,040 donation. CRHS donates $30 a pound to health care programs. Some of that $30 has gone to Germanna in the past. No announcement has been made about that yet for this year.

During a press conference at Powell Wellness Center, Joe Daniel explained why he and his wife Linda donated $20 to Germanna's Nursing and Health Technologies program for approximately 12,000 pounds lost through Drop It! over the years. "The goal of this program is to improve the health of the whole community," Joe Daniel said. "The other thing is education. ... "You talk to any hospital executive or administrator and they'll tell you nurses are the lifeblood of their hospitals… It’s a great partnership. The bottom line is it’s about health, education and jobs.”

The program, Daniel noted, has enabled Germanna: “to expand its nursing program—to double the number of folks who are getting nursing or nursing-related education. And this has a huge, long-run impact on the community. Let’s say we graduated 50 people today. What’s the average age? Thirty. So they have 30, 35 years to work. That’s 1,500 work years. Multiply that by the number of patients they’re going to see--many tens of thousands of people are impacted by that educational experience. And next year we’re going to do the same thing. And the next the same time.”

He said there’s no way to measure the long-term impact. .

“When you do the return on investment, “ he said. “When you see the work people are going to have-- the improvement in health, the improvement in their lives, I’ll tell you what, I’m happy to invest in it and I think it’s one of the best investments Linda and I have ever made.”

Linda Daniel said: "I worked in the health profession for almost 40 years. I think health is so essential to keeping your whole mental outlook and your emotional outlook as well as your physical well being and we all want to get older and better and stay healthy and the best way to do it is to move and keep involved in a program like this." Germanna President David A. Sam said the college is grateful.

“We want to thank the Daniels for their long term support for Germanna in many ways, especially the nursing program and health care programs,” Dr. Sam said. “Thanks in large part to them, Germanna now graduates two RN classes a year in December and in May.

“The support you give us is instrumental in terms of scholarships,” Dr. Sam said. He said the Daniels’ generosity has made it possible to buy equipment, including high-tech human simulators used in Germanna’s Virtual Hospital.

“We also deeply appreciate the long partnership with Culpeper Regional Hospital and Culpeper Regional Health Care System.They provide clinical instruction, clinical sites. They’ve contributed $1 milllion over the years to our programs.” .

Germanna thankful for Culpeper Regional Health System, Bill and Pat Price, Butch Davies, Steve B. Jones, Rev. Lawrence Davies

Madison County husband and wife John W. “Bill” Price III and Patricia Adams Price have been named Germanna Community College’s 2013 Philanthropists of the Year.

They were honored at the 2012 Germanna Educational Foundation Annual Dinner and Celebration of Philanthropy Nov. 16 at Stevenson Ridge Lodge in Spotsylvania County.

Culpeper Regional Health System President and CEO Lee Kirk presented the college with a $40,000 donation at the event. Germanna President David A. Sam thanked Kirk and CRHS. "For your continuing support of Germanna. When you invest in Germanna, you're investing in people--our students--and in our community."

Culpeper Regional Health System's Lee Kirk presents Germanna Educational Foundation with $40,000 donation at GCCEF's Annual Dinner. Left to right: GCCEF Executive Director Mike Catell, CRHS President and Chief Executive Officer  Lee Kirk, GCCEF Board Member  Connie Kincheloe,  GCCEF Board member Butch Davies, GCCEF President Jane Wallace and Germanna President David A. Sam.

Bill Price, an employee of Madison Wood Preservers, Inc. since 1972 and currently the Chief Executive Officer, is a life-long resident of Madison County. Pat Price is from Carrollton, Al.  They met while attending the University of Alabama.  After college, he taught at Madison County High School for three years and she was a substitute teacher.

 He went to a junior college in Texas for two years before transferring to the University of Alabama, “So I know how important community colleges are, especially today, a lot of kids just cannot afford to step right into a four-year school. The expense has just gotten out of hand.

 “Having taught in Madison, somewhere along the line, Pat and I developed the philosophy that there’s one thing you can give your children that they can’t lose, they can’t throw away and they can’t sell--and that is a good education.”

He served on the GCC Educational Foundation board for 17 years and was president of the foundation for two years. Pat Price is on the board of the Boys and Girls Club of Central Virginia in Charlottesville.

"The Foundation greatly appreciates the Prices' generosity--their gifts in terms of time and energy as well as  donations, over many years," said GCCEF Executive Director Mike Catell.

 Other honors conferred at the GCCEF Annual Dinner:

·         John J. “Butch” Davies, III, a Culpeper attorney and former member of the Virginia House of Delegates, was named the GCCEF Board Member of the Year.

·         The Rev. Lawrence A. Davies, who recently retired after 50 years as pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church (Old Site) in Fredericksburg, and was that city’s first African American mayor, was honored as GCCEF Community Member of the Year.

·         Steve B. Jones of Spotsylvania County was named GCCEF Alumnus of the Year. He graduated from Germanna in 1979 with an Associate Degree in Business Management. He is President and Chief Operating Officer of the Fried Companies, Inc. a regional residential and commercial real estate development firm located out of Fairfax County with offices in Springfield, Spotsylvania and Greene County.

Source: The Culpeper Times

Germanna Educational Foundation honors former Mayor Davies with award to be named for him

The Rev. Davies at GCCEF Annual Dinner

The Rev. Lawrence A. Davies, who retired recently as pastor at Shiloh Baptist Church (Old Site) in Fredericksburg, has been honored by Germanna Community College’s Educational Foundation as its first Community Member of the Year.

Davies was the city’s first black mayor, serving from 1976-96.

Germanna President David A. Sam announced during the foundation’s annual dinner and celebration of philanthropy that the new award will be named for Davies.

The award will be given annually to someone who has made a major difference in the community.

In honoring Davies, Foundation President Jane Wallace said he and his wife Janice together have “been a force for peaceful and positive change” over the past half century.

Davies’ daughter Lauren, who ... MORE
Source: Pam Gould, The Free Lance-Star