Get involved at Germanna's Club Carnival and get free Bruster's ice cream

Check out Germanna's clubs--or start one yourself at the GCC Club Carnival.
Free Bruster's ice cream will be served!
At the Fredericksburg Area Campus: Tuesday, Sept. 20th, 11am-2pm. Tables will be set up outside the main entrance of FAC2.
At the Locust Grove Campus: Thursday, Sept. 22nd, 630 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. (Shortly before the 8 p.m. "Kung Fu Panda 2" Drive-In movie event on the lawn).

Close to a degree for years, former Stafford County Supervisor Kandy Hilliard sees finishing up at Germanna as a Win-Win situation

Germanna is one of only six community colleges in Virginia chosen for Project Win-Win, which helps those close to degrees return to school and finish.

Kandy Hilliard has been elected to the Stafford Board of Supervisors and had a good career without a degree. With one, she says the sky's the limit.

Coca-Cola Foundation helps GCC student with learning disability excel in her 30s: 'I proved to myself that I can do it'

Cheryl Rose says she thought she could never go to college. Now she's a top student with a scholarship from Coca-Cola ...

Cheryl Rose, a student at Germanna Community College, has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship from the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation. Through the Coca-Cola Two-Year Colleges Scholarship Program, the Foundation awards a total of 400 scholarships annually to students attending higher-education institutions granting two-year degees. All recipients have demonstrated academic success and participated in community service within the past year.


“The scholarship honors students who often balance responsibilities of school, work and family, but also find time to give back to their communities through community service,” said J. Mark Davis, president of the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation.

“This is a big accomplishment for my family and for me,’ Rose said. “I was the first one to go to college out of myself and my two older brothers”

She said she had never thought she’d be able to go to college because her family lacked the money.

“I was an average student in high school—C’s, D's … I did not have anyone to tell me that if I made good grades I could earn a scholarship to go to school. I started college in my 30's. I proved to myself that I can do it, that I am smart, that just because I have a learning disability doesn't mean I can't achieve.”

New, interest-free Germanna plan makes paying for college easy

Sign up for GCC's new Automatic Payment Plan now and enjoy lower monthly payments, interest-free ...


Germanna's new Automatic Payment Plan is an easier way to pay for college that's affordable, convenient and interest-free.

Students who start early with the plan will have more time to pay, with lower payments. The last day to enroll online with no down payment is April 16.

Advantages


• Easy online enrollment

• Monthly payment plan

• Flexible payment options

• No interest

Payment Methods


• Automatic bank payment

• Use your credit card or debit card

Payments are processed on the 20th of each month and will continue until the balance is paid in full. If a credit/debit card is used, a convenience fee in addition to the enrollment fee will be assessed.

Cost to Participate


• $25, $35, $40, or $45 nonrefundable enrollment fee (debit or credit card)

Simple Steps to Enroll in the Payment Plan

• Log on to www.germanna.edu

• From "Popular GCC Links," choose "FACTS/Credit" or "FACTS/Non-Credit"

GERMANNA HOSTS DEBATE BETWEEN REPUBLICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL CANDIDATES MONDAY NIGHT AT 7 AT DANIEL TECHNOLOGY CENTER IN CULPEPER

Republican attorney generals consistently end up becoming GOP candidates for governor

The three Republican candidates for attorney general will debate in Culpeper on Monday night.

The debate, at Germanna Community College's Daniel Technology Center, will be moderated by former Republican attorney general Jerry Kilgore.

The candidates are state Sen. Ken Cuccinelli of Fairfax; John Brownlee, a former U.S. attorney for Virginia's Western District; and former Arlington County School Board member Dave Foster.

All three candidates are scheduled to participate.

The Republican Party will choose its candidate at a convention May 30.

The debate begins at 7 p.m., and doors open at 6:30 p.m. It is free and open to the public, and sponsored by the Republican committees of Culpeper, Orange and Madison counties.

--Chelyen Davis

The Free Lance-Star


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AS CRITICAL SHORTAGE OF NURSES GROWS, REP. ROB J. WITTMAN PUSHES THROUGH FEDERAL FUNDING FOR GERMANNA NURSING PROGRAM

Federal omnibus spending bill will help GCC Nursing Program in part through expansion of Virtual Hospital.
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The Culpeper Star-Exponent reports that Germanna's nursing program will be getting a boost from Washington:

RICHMOND — Germanna Community College will receive $285,000 in federal money thanks to Rep. Rob J. Wittman, R-1st.

The Westmoreland native requested the funds through the omnibus spending bill signed into law by President Barack Obama on Wednesday, granting $155.1 million to 186 projects into Virginia localities, university and nonprofit groups.

That spending amounts to $19.97 per capita for Virginia, less than the national per capita figure of $22.39, according to the government watchdog group Taxpayers for Common Sense.

The GCC money would help pay for a nurse training initiative and state-of-the-art equipment.


The spending bill allocates $287,000 for upgrades to the combined sewer overflow system in Richmond, $400,000 for security upgrades at the Oliver Hill Courts Building and $617,500 for GRTC buses.

While pet projects continue to benefit, Virginia’s congressional delegation varies on the view of earmarks and the method for doling them out.

Rep. Eric I. Cantor, R-7th, didn’t put in for any. He favors a freeze on earmarks because he thinks they contribute to the federal deficit.

Sen. Jim Webb, on the other hand, sent out news releases Wednesday about project money he secured.


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SNOW DAY WASTED ON SPRING BREAK

Heavy snow closed Germanna Community College for administrators and staffers on Monday ...


Germanna Community College students could've enjoyed a day off from school Monday--if they hadn't already been off.

The college was closed due to a heavy snowfall Sunday night, but students and faculty were already on Spring Break. Staff and administrators did get a mini-break of their own, though, when the snow gave them a three-day weekend.

GERMANNA COMMUNITY COLLEGE WAS THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE BLUES FOR WORLD-RENOWNED SAFFIRE--THE UPPITY BLUES WOMEN

Saffire--The Uppity Blues Women were born at Germanna, where pianist Ann Rabson was a faculty member. They play the Daniel Center in Culpeper Saturday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. ...

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The nationally known band Saffire--The Uppity Blues Women got its start when boogie-woogie piano player and guitarist Ann Rabson was a faculty member at Germanna Community College, where she taught computer science.

There Rabson had a student named Earlene Lewis who played bass. They got together and added singer-songwriter Gaye Adegbalola. The rest is blues history. But it all started 25 years ago at Germanna. And on Feb. 21, Saffire comes full circle by playing Germanna as part of its farewell tour.



Saffire--The Uppity Blues Women live in concert Saturday, February 21st

The Daniel Center, 18121 Technology Dr., Culpeper

TICKETS ON SALE NOW:

Call 540-937-2900 or walk up at the Daniel Center, 9-5 Mon-Fri

Call 540-891-3095 or walk up at Fredericksburg Campus building II, 9-5 Mon-Fri

At Apple Music in downtown Fredericksburg

$15 General Public/ $5 Faculty & Staff/ $3 Students

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GERMANNA OPENS DANIEL CENTER TO PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS TUESDAY FOR GIANT-SCREEN VIEWING OF INAUGURATION

How to share the excitement of Inaugural experience with a crowd and stay warm? Watch it on big screens at Germanna...



Germanna Community College is opening its Daniel Technology Center in Culpeper to public school students from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday so that they may watch the Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama on the big screens in the center's main hall.

Germanna students are invited to watch the historic event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on big screens at the Locust Grove Campus and at the Fredericksburg Campus' Sealy Auditorium.