Congratulations To The 2012 Fine Art Demo Winners

At J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, boundary agency the walls of the Gallery inward Georgiadis Hall on the Parham Road popular off an fine art gallery for the Student Art Show, displaying many creative industrial plant inward all shapes as well as sizes. This year, 95 industrial plant of fine art were submitted to the campus exhibition, which ran from Apr tertiary to May 2. Here are the observe categories as well as winners.

Reynolds Award (Best inward Show) - Eric Atkinson

Reynolds Award 1^st Runner Up - Elizabeth Heaton

Reynolds Award 2^nd Runner Up - Ling Lin Ku

1^st Place Photography - Jonathan Albrecht

1^st Place Painting - Ling Lin Ku

1^st Place Drawing - Sang Rok Lee

1^st Place Design - Alan McLeod

Congratulations to all the winners!

Anita In Addition To Craig Waters Honored Alongside 2012 Chancellor’S Respect For Leadership Inwards Philanthropy

Anita together with Craig Waters of Glen Allen, Virginia, convey earned the 2012 Chancellor’s Award for Leadership inwards Philanthropy. The couplet was nominated for the abide by by JSRCC.



Back row (l to r): Tim McDermott, Mary McDermott, Capt.(Ret) Lawrence Hall, Craig Waters, Chancellor Glenn DuBois, doc Gary Rhodes

Front:  Frances Waters, Pam Hall, Anita Waters


The abide by was given at a luncheon ceremony at the Country Club of Virginia on Tuesday, Apr 17, 2012. Anita together with Craig Waters established the Alan Waters Memorial Scholarship named afterward their boy who was pursuing his associate grade inwards automotive technology earlier passing away inwards 2007. Through their annual golf game tournament, the Waters convey raised to a greater extent than than $87,000 inwards scholarship funds to practice goodness nursing together with automotive students. Anita is Marketing Director amongst the Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen, a duathlete together with marathon coach. An avid golfer together with cyclist, Craig is an executive amongst Dominion.

Their pursuits reverberate the strength together with grace amongst which they’ve turned personal tragedy into empowerment for our students to compete together with to win. The Chancellor’s Award for Leadership inwards Philanthropy luncheon is hosted past times the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education (VFCCE) to abide by the leading philanthropists from each of Virginia’s 23 community colleges likewise equally the statewide foundation. This marks the 7th twelvemonth the awards convey been given. This year’s grade of distinguished philanthropy leaders has contributed a combined full of to a greater extent than than $48 1000000 dollars to Virginia’s Community Colleges.

"These philanthropic leaders are tremendous partners," said Glenn DuBois, chancellor of Virginia’s Community Colleges. "These individuals, organizations together with employers are difference-makers who play an essential travel inwards helping our colleges fulfill their mission of addressing Virginia’s unmet needs inwards higher instruction together with workforce development."

The honored philanthropists volition convey a scholarship named afterward them which volition endure awarded adjacent autumn to a pupil care their community college. The one-year scholarships are funded past times Wells Fargo together with Dominion.

The luncheon’s keynote speaker was Mr. Steve Gannon, executive vice president, deputy full general counsel – legal for Capital One Financial Corporation. Mr. Gannon is a fellow member of the Virginia State Board for Community Colleges together with a manager of the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education.

"We owe our success to our 30,000 hard-working associates, together with enough of them, inwards turn, owe a expert bargain of their success to community colleges," said Gannon inwards applauding the opportunities created past times philanthropic donations made to community colleges. "We can’t spare whatever lost potential. In a global economic scheme that rewards conception together with technical prowess, nosotros cannot afford to residuum on our laurels."

Jsrcc Hosts Eighth Annual Gardenfest

Just inwards fourth dimension for jump planting, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College too the Goochland-Powhatan Master Gardeners hosted the eighth Annual Spring Garden Fest, a solar daytime that featured valuable gardening sessions too the chance to buy plants too flowers get to plant.  Almost 500 people attended the event, which ran from 8 a.m. – iv p.m. on the College’s Goochland Campus located at 1851 Dickinson Road inwards Goochland.

David Seward, Horticulture Program Head, remarked, “It was a real successful solar daytime fifty-fifty alongside the mid-day pelting too a practiced fourth dimension was had past times all!”

More than xx unlike gardening sessions were conducted throughout the solar daytime including "Attracting Hummingbirds to Your Garden," "Successful Grape Growing inwards the Home Garden" too "Landscaping alongside Edible Plants. Throughout the day, local Master Gardeners were on-hand to response questions too furnish gardening tips.

Opticianry Plan Provides Gratuitous Eyewear For Gist College Students

A friendly conversation betwixt 2 colleagues turned into a worthwhile service learning chance for students inwards the J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College Opticianry together with Middle College programs.

Mary Jo Washko, managing director of Middle College, of late mentioned to Opticianry programme head, Yvonne Metten, that 17 of her students needed corrective eyewear. Understanding the need, Metten met amongst local optometrist MD Evan Kauffman who graciously agreed to donate his fourth dimension (valued at $2,100) to demeanour gratuitous undilated oculus exams for Middle College students.

In social club to furnish this service, the Opticianry programme had to obtain frames, lenses together with improved equipment. Metten met amongst Elizabeth Littlefield, vice president for Institutional Advancement, together with representatives amongst the Richmond Eye together with Ear Foundation Fund to run into if at that spot was an involvement inwards funding this initiative. The Richmond Eye together with Ear Foundation Fund, a ingredient fund of The Community Foundation Serving Richmond together with Central Virginia, awarded $37,600 to the Opticianry Program on Apr 2, 2012. Funds from this grant were used to buy lenses together with frames for JSRCC Middle College students together with to buy a lens edger which helps Opticianry students fabricate lenses inwards less time.

On Apr 23, a Vision Fair was held solely for Middle College students. Under the watchful oculus of MD Kauffman, Opticianry students provided preliminary exams for close 25 Middle College clients. Specifically, they conducted tests for coloring stuff blindness together with provided keratometry together with slit light evaluations. They too worked straight amongst the clients inwards the pick together with plumbing equipment of eyewear.

"Improving a student’s mightiness to run into volition convey a tremendous demeanour on on his or her mightiness to live on successful non simply inwards their college programme but too inwards their occupation," said Washko.

The Middle College is a college entry programme for individuals betwixt the ages of 18-24 who convey non completed their high schoolhouse instruction but convey the destination of aid college. The programme includes GED training together with college degree training for work coursework to aid students pursue their destination of a college education. There is no toll to the educatee to participate inwards this program.

Rhodes Featured Inwards Library Exhibit

physician Gary L. Rhodes is featured inwards the “Why Children’s Books: Inspiring Generations” exhibit at the Richmond Public Main Library on Franklin Street inwards Downtown, Richmond. The fascinating exhibit demonstrates the long-term influence of a children’s book. Whether it is the retention of reading amongst a parent, the showtime fourth dimension a mass is read lonely or the emotional ability of a sure enough tale, the stories shared past times Rhodes together with other notable Richmond personalities reaffirm the importance of gratuitous together with tardily access to books for all children.

April 12 – May 29, 2012

Richmond Public Main Library

Monday through Wednesday: 10 am-7 pm

Thursday together with Friday: 10 am-6 pm

Saturday: 10 am-5 pm

For additional information, telephone phone (804) 646-0117

Gary L. Rhodes, Ed.D.

Dare to imagine

         

I accept fond memories of my childhood. I was born inwards East St. Louis, Illinois, but grew upwardly merely across the Mississippi River inwards St. Louis, Missouri. Summers were the best. Most days I spent my fourth dimension outdoors playing amongst my collie, Dutchess. I hollo back spending hours swinging on the tree swing inwards the dorsum yard, playing ball or merely exploring the globe around me. I was an inquisitive kid amongst a brilliant imagination. That’s in all probability why Treasure Island past times Robert Louis Stevenson stands out equally ane of my favorite childhood books.

I estimate I was a piffling similar Jim Hawkins—naturally curious, impulsive at times, ever looking for that side past times side adventure. My parents were wonderful because they encouraged me to imagine what could move together with to explore novel ideas. I hollo back coming dwelling ane twenty-four hours to abide by 3 build novel unicycles—one for my dad together with the others for my twin sis together with me. We had a lot of fun learning to ride those unicycles. That creative spirit has shaped who I am today.

My colleagues at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College accept come upwardly to know me equally an persuasion machine. Some of my ideas are amend than others, but the indicate is to conk on generating them. We should encourage our immature people to dare to imagine. There is no amend catalyst for inventiveness together with project design than a proficient book.

David Barrish Selected Every Mo Dean Of Schoolhouse Of Business

J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College has named David Barrish every bit the Dean of the School of Business. Barrish volition last responsible for directing strategic planning, environmental scanning, question too analysis, instructional computer program evolution too evaluation, enrollment management, evolution too implementation of distance learning instructional delivery too pupil effect assessment.

 “This is an exciting fourth dimension for the College every bit nosotros realign our transfer applied scientific discipline program, hence creating a clear management for the futurity of both the novel School of Business too novel School of Mathematics, Science, too Engineering,” noted Barrish. “My squad of goodness faculty too staff volition last able to nurture our focus on students inwards certificate too marking programs that come inwards the workplace directly upon graduation too contribute to the economical increment of our region.”  

At Reynolds, Barrish has served every bit interim dean too assistant dean of the School of Business too Engineering on 2 divide occasions too has held the seat of full-time faculty member, computer program head, too managing director of the School of Culinary Arts, Hospitality, too Tourism. Additionally, he possesses extensive sense inwards the someone sector, where he worked for the Sheraton Corporation too the Richmond Hotels Company.

A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Barrish has a Bachelor of Science Degree inwards Restaurant Management from Ohio State University too a Master of Public Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Richard Groover's Dragonfly Studies

Richard Groover, Assistant Dean of the School of Mathematics in addition to Science at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College is passionate virtually the written report of dragonflies.    In fact, inward improver to his seat at JSRCC, Mr. Groover is too a doctoral educatee at George Mason University studying Environmental Science in addition to Policy.  He admits a fascination amongst dragonflies since childhood.  In fact, he is known locally equally the “dragonfly guy of Hanover County.”

Dragonflies are rigid predators that consume mosquitoes, in addition to other little insects similar flies.   They alive close bodies of H2O (ponds, lakes, in addition to streams) because they lay their eggs on or inward the water.  To that end, Groover spent a recent sunny afternoon catching dragonflies in addition to collecting dragonfly larvae from the memory pond exterior JSRCC’s Workforce Development Center for doctoral enquiry he volition deport this summer.    

His doctoral questions include:

1.       When a novel pond is created, are at that spot certainly species of dragonflies that larn inward first?  Groover has studied over xxx sites inward Hanover County, Virginia over the by iii years in addition to determined that at that spot are unremarkably half dozen species of dragonflies that are mostly the rootage to colonize inward a novel pond.  

2.       Three years later, does the dominant species alter inward that pond?  After researching half dozen ponds for iii years, Groover believes that pond authorisation does non change.

3.       Does air current convey an touching on on dragonfly dispersal?  To response this question, Groover is conducting a manipulated experiment this summer.  For his experiment, he has leased a 200-acre pasture in addition to built 8 artificial ponds inward a circle, each 300 meters apart.  With aid from educatee volunteers from a seat out of local colleges in addition to universities, he plans to unloosen 2 types of dragonflies from the middle of the circle, inside the artificial pond area, in addition to rails how they disburse inward dissimilar conditions conditions.  The hypothesis he hopes to back upward is that the dragonflies volition disburse downwind nether the correct conditions. 

Once Groover completes his enquiry this summer, he volition write in addition to and therefore defend his dissertation.  He hopes to have his doctorate marking inward 2013.  His long-term finish is to dedicate the residuum of his life to the written report of dragonflies. 

Daphne April Jones Named Valley Proteins Fellow

J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College pupil Daphne Apr Jones of Henrico County, Virginia, has been named every bit i of x outstanding students selected yesteryear The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education (VFCCE) to last piece of job of its minute shape of Valley Proteins Fellows.  The Valley Proteins Fellows Program was created to celebrate together with elevate the leadership capacity of students who convey demonstrated nifty potential. 

What makes i student’s potential stand upwards out from others?  In this instance it is non simply the 3.90 marking signal average that Daphne has been able to keep acre a pupil at JSRCC.  The fact that she earned the almost perfect GPA every bit a unmarried woman rear raising 4 children gives i a niggling to a greater extent than insight into her character.  Then y'all uncovering out that inward improver to her 4 children, Daphne too has total legal custody of her 17-year-old blood brother Eric, who has exceptional needs together with requires 24-hour supervision together with y'all commence to empathise her strength of character.  With all this, she even together with hence finds fourth dimension to last involved alongside the schooling of her children, lending a manus to their teachers. 

Daphne volition commence her minute twelvemonth this autumn at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College together with she has a destination inward mind.  In fact, she has several goals inward mind.  The starting fourth dimension is to earn an Associate marking inward Nursing at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College.  The side yesteryear side is to transfer to Virginia Commonwealth University to pursue a Bachelor of Science marking inward Nursing.  Once that is complete, she wants to earn a Master’s marking inward Nursing together with ultimately move a Nurse Practitioner.  Daphne is willing to practise any she has to practise to hand her goals together with she knows it volition non last easy.    

The Valley Proteins scholarship volition for certain help.  In improver to roofing the students' total tuition together with fees, the Fellows participate inward a unique leadership curriculum together with have individualized assistance inward obtaining fiscal assist together with transferring to four-year institutions.  

According to Daphne, “This companionship way together with hence much to me.  It gives me the flexibility to concentrate on my studies, together with non worry well-nigh the fiscal seem of going to school.  The most exciting piece of job of the companionship to me is the twoscore hours of community service each semester.  I hold back frontwards to giving dorsum together with promise to volunteer inward expanse homeless shelters.”  

“The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education is dedicated to expanding opportunities yesteryear leveraging partnerships,” Glenn DuBois, chancellor of the Virginia Community College System, noted. “This computer programme is a nifty instance of the synergy that comes from joining together employers that are vested inward the character of tomorrow’s Virginia workforce together with the community colleges that elevate it every day.”

Valley Proteins is a family-owned concern that has been inward concern for to a greater extent than than l years together with currently operates 12 plants inward seven states, including Virginia.  The administration is committed to outstanding corporate citizenship, splendid client service, technological invention together with back upwards for the community college mission.

Broad Appétit 2012 Features Jsrcc Culinary Arts Students

For the 5^th year, Broad Appétit served upward a delicious afternoon of food, beverage, together with amusement for thousands inward downtown Richmond on Sunday, June 3, together with for the 5^th twelvemonth J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College was a big business office of the day’s event.   More than twenty students together with instructors from the College’s Culinary Arts Program participated along alongside chefs from over seventy of Richmond’s finest local restaurants. 

The students served upward nearly 500 plates of coffee-braised beef on a sour pretzel baguette alongside an arugula salad alongside homemade hot sauce together with a charred corn aioli.  In addition, culinary students Christy Eliasek together with Jamell Dickerson served equally sous chefs for the entire competition.

 J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College Culinary Arts Program hosted the Chef’s Demonstration Stage.  Chef Jesse Miller, Program Head of the Culinary Arts Program managed the stage, which featured the Throw Down inward the Street competition.  In this competition, half dozen chefs competed inward multiple rounds to win the ultimate cooking showdown! Two chefs inward each circular were provided a mystery box of ingredients – a poly peptide from a featured local provider, a starch, together with a vegetable together with given exclusively 45 minutes to exercise the winning dish. Congratulations to Adjunct Faculty Member Mike Pendergrast who took 2nd identify inward that contest for this Pork Two-Ways dish!

The students who participated reported it was a non bad chance to attain simply about real-life sense together with to interact alongside the local community.  They enjoyed answering questions together with sharing data nigh JSRCC’s Culinary Arts Program alongside effect participants.   

The College’s Culinary Arts computer programme provides a comprehensive occupational-technical teaching together with is intended to Pb to work inward a diversity of culinary, nutrient service together with retail paths.   The Culinary Arts Associate of Applied Science bird prepares graduates to larn into kitchens equally professional person cooks inward hotels, resorts, restaurants, catering operations together with a diversity of retail businesses.  

For to a greater extent than data on JSRCC’s Culinary Arts Program, delight catch http://www.jsr.vccs.edu/curriculum/programs/Culinary_ArtsAAS.htm.

Jsrcc Alumni Protect Too Serve Across The Commonwealth

Congratulations to 2 J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College Alumni selected inwards May 2012 to serve inwards telephone commutation roles inwards their communities!

DeWitt Cooper is the novel Chief of Police inwards Tazewell, Virginia.  Mr. Cooper received his Associate Degree inwards Administration of Justice from J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College.  He has been inwards constabulary enforcement for 17 years as well as previously served equally the Chief of Police inwards Warsaw, Virginia.

Jeremy Holloway is the novel Chief of Rockingham County Fire as well as Rescue.  Mr. Holloway received his Associate Degree inwards Fire Science from J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College.  He previously served equally Rockingham County’s Assistant of Operations.  He besides worked for the Waynesboro Fire Department as well as a volunteer inwards Grottoes.

Gm Donates 2007 Chevrolet Silverado To Jsrcc Automotive Preparation Program

J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College’s GM Automotive Service Excellence Program (ASEP) received a novel improver to its grooming fleet of vehicles, a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado, thank y'all to the commitment of GM inwards back upward of JSRCC’s automotive program. This vehicle is a crew cab dually alongside the 6.6L turbo diesel fuel engine as well as Allison transmission. It is equipped alongside On-Star, cruise command as well as air conditioning.   

According to Alan Crouch, GMASEP Coordinator as well as Co-Program Head of Automotive Technology, “This vehicle fills a void inwards our fleet as well as allows us to prepare our students on lite duty diesel fuel technology. It volition move used to back upward the grooming programs that GM ASEP students are required consummate inwards social club to range the adjacent generation of GM trained technicians.”

Automotive service technicians usage their high-tech skills to inspect, maintain, as well as repair automobiles as well as lite trucks that run on gasoline, ethanol as well as other option fuels, such equally electricity. Today, integrated electronic systems as well as complex computers run vehicles as well as mensurate their performance patch on the road. The increasing sophistication of automotive applied scientific discipline straightaway requires workers who tin ship away usage computerized store equipment as well as operate alongside electronic components patch maintaining their skills alongside traditional manus tools. Technicians must convey an increasingly wide base of operations of noesis nearly how vehicles’ complex components operate as well as interact, equally good equally the might to operate alongside electronic diagnostic equipment as well as computer-based technical reference materials.

Crouch added, “It is the dandy back upward of the local GM Dealerships, recycle facilities as well as our high schoolhouse partners that brand our GM ASEP plan a success.”

“We are proud to back upward grooming programs which laid the adjacent generation of GM technicians,” Todd Dawn, GM ASEP as well as AYES Program Manager noted. “Our commitment to our customers goes good beyond edifice a character product. That commitment includes character service subsequently the sale, insuring nosotros have it correct the commencement time. Our dedication to excellence starts at the grooming level, as well as past times partnering alongside schools inwards communities some the globe, nosotros tin ship away experience confident inwards our might to render our customers alongside an especial vehicle ownership experience”.

Courses inwards Automotive Technology are offered at JSRCC’s Goochland Campus, which is located close Routes half dozen as well as 632 inwards the community of the Goochland Courthouse.

For to a greater extent than data on JRSCC’s Automotive Technology programs, delight contact Alan Crouch, GMASEP Coordinator as well as Co-Program Head of Automotive Technology at (804) 523-5969 or past times email at acrouch@reynolds.edu. 

Local Hispanic Students Tour Parham Route Campus

“We non solely desire them to rest inwards school, only to graduate, acquire to college too acquire a proficient job. The fundamental to a proficient life is a proficient education.” That’s the message Melanie Rodriguez, Latino Education Advancement Program (LEAP) Director, relays piece reflecting on the lx high schoolhouse too middle students participating inwards the LEAP computer program this summer.

LEAP was created inwards 2007 amongst funding from the E.E. Ford Foundation to attention Hispanic students inwards the Richmond community pursue postsecondary education.

On Monday, June 25, Rodriguez brought the students to the J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College Parham Road Campus too hence they could tour the campus, encounter amongst advisors too verbalize to electrical current students.

“It is of import that the (LEAP) students larn nearly college too are able to verbalize to electrical current college students to know how of import it is that they rest inwards schoolhouse too proceed their education,” noted Rodriguez.

Kristine Dahm too Carol Krantz from the Office of Student Affairs discussed admissions policies, transfer opportunities, tutoring too academic programs, too the JSRCC pupil ambassadors conducted a inquiry too response session. The LEAP students inquired nearly minimum bird indicate averages for admittance, where to eat, too how hard J. Sarge courses are.

The students already visited Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Richmond too Randolph-Macon College.  JSRCC is the solely community college the LEAP students volition take in this summer.

View WTVR Channel half dozen LEAP segment

Reynolds Students Become Hell's Kitchen Experience

What is it similar to live on on the demo Hell's Kitchen? H5N1 dozen Reynolds culinary students lately industrial plant life out. The students joined Clemenza Caserta, a Richmond chef who appeared on this season's show, as well as Executive Mansion Chef Darren Rounds inwards a fast-paced, pressure level packed cooking competition.

“I sentiment nosotros were coming to assist prep nutrient for Chef Clemenza,” noted Mary Catherine Thompson. “We had no sentiment nosotros would larn a direct chances to laid upwards a dish for such a prestigious audience.”

Upon arriving inwards the Executive Mansion’s kitchen, Caserta as well as Rounds introduced themselves, speedily announced ingredients available as well as seat thirty minutes on the clock for the students to brand their best dish. Ingredients included local seasonal items including Virginia Rockfish, tomatoes, eggplant, basil as well as homemade mozzarella.

“We tried to ensure close of the ingredients are fresh as well as seasonal inwards Virginia, including the Rockfish,” said Rounds. “Many of the spices as well as vegetables the students are using were picked out of the garden nosotros hold hither at the Governor’s Mansion.”

Throughout the competition, Caserta as well as Rounds observed as well as gave valuable hands-on tips as well as feedback to the students. “It reminds me of when I was kickoff starting out inwards a kitchen,” noted Caserta equally he observed the students inwards pairs operate furiously throughout the tight quarters of the kitchen. “Watching their hunger, passion as well as inventiveness gets my juices flowing again. I honey it.”

Upon judging half dozen dishes, Caserta as well as Rounds proclaimed the winners were Robin Reeks as well as Stephanie Boehles, who served upwards pan-sheared Virginia Rockfish amongst summer-fruit salsa as well as eggplant parmesan.



Robin Reeks (L) as well as Stephanie Boehles
amongst Chef Caserta



“It was an incredible sense getting thrown inwards a province of affairs similar that amongst as well as then much pressure,” said Boehles. “Robin as well as I worked nifty equally a squad as well as only trusted each other.”

The winning squad was presented amongst Governor's Mansion china plates signed past times Caserta, Rounds as well as First Lady of Virginia Maureen McDonnell.

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Automotive Preparation Focuses On Hybrid Together With Electrical Vehicles

Have yous noticed an increasing release of hybrid as well as electrical vehicles on Virginia’s roads?  Hybrid as well as electrical vehicles are a fast-growing department of the market.  Do yous wonder almost who has the technical skills to perform the required maintenance on these vehicles?  Many of today’s technicians don’t possess the noesis and/or skills to repair electrical movement vehicles, resulting inwards a critical bespeak for instruction inwards these novel as well as emerging technologies.

In reply to this shortage of talent, as well as amongst the create goodness of a grant from the Department of Energy, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College (JSRCC) is offering a novel Career Studies Certificate inwards Hybrid as well as Electric Vehicle Technology.  This programme is designed to render advanced technical instruction to automotive technicians currently working inwards the field, students, as well as graduates of JSRCC’s automotive program.  This certificate programme provides an chance for upgrading occupational or technical skills, retraining for career change, as well as investigating novel career possibilities. 

This 22-credit Career Studies Certificate programme volition immerse the educatee inwards the latest theory as well as exercise amongst courses inwards Alternate Fuel & Hybrid Vehicles, Automotive Control Electronics, Electric Vehicles, Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles, as well as Fuel Cell Electric vehicles.  Admission requirements include automotive manufacture sense or completion of designated automotive as well as electronics courses.  Students volition move the latest tools as well as diagnostic equipment to diagnose as well as repair hybrid as well as electrical vehicles.  The certificate programme tin hold upwardly completed at JSRCC’s Goochland Campus which is located nigh Routes vi as well as 632 inwards the community of Goochland Courthouse.  Some of the courses are also available at the Downtown Campus, Parham Road Campus, as well as through Distance Learning. 

For to a greater extent than data on the Hybrid as well as Electric Vehicle Career Studies Certificate delight take in www.reynolds.edu or telephone telephone Lawrence Schwendeman at (804) 523-5938.  Registration is directly opened upwardly - fall classes laid about on August 20^th.elf apart from others i your industry.et yourself apart from others inwards your industry.

 

Volleyball Champion

When teachers as well as students provide to classes this fall, the inevitable enquiry volition endure “How did y'all pass your summer?”

For JSRCC Engineering Professor Fred McConnell the answer is winning both silvery as well as bronze medals at the USA Volleyball Open National Championships inward Salt Lake City inward June.  He adds the medals to his collection which includes a gilded medal from the Huntsman World Senior Games inward St. George, Utah inward October, 2011.  Dr. McConnell, a fellow member of the Richmond Volleyball Club, has been competing inward the USA Open National Championships every twelvemonth since 1989.

More than 430 teams from merely about the globe competed inward this year’s USA Volleyball National Championships.   Dr. McConnell earned his silvery medal inward Session I of the tournament every bit a fellow member of the GROG-65 Team as well as his bronze medal inward Session II of the tournament every bit a fellow member of Team SOTA-70.    

USA Volleyball is the National Governing Body for the sport of volleyball inward the the States as well as is recognized every bit such past times the the States Olympic Committee.  USA Volleyball is an advocate for all Americans-endeavoring to assure universal access to opportunities at all levels of the game.

It is worth noting that when physician McConnell competed inward June of this year, he was recovering from quadruple bypass surgical physical care for which occurred merely nine weeks earlier the tournament.

Jsrcc Receives National Council For The Advancement Together With Back Upward Of Didactics Award

J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College has been selected every mo an “Overall Improvement” category winner of the 2012 Council for the Advancement together with Support of Education (CASE) Educational Fundraising Awards program, which honors superior fundraising programs across the country.

“We're excited because this recognition past times CASE reflects swell teamwork at the College, specially amongst our board members, volunteers, together with donors who back upwards us philanthropically,” says Elizabeth Littlefield, JSRCC Vice President for Institutional Advancement. “The Foundation's efforts are on behalf of our students together with college community. Together, nosotros proceed to expect for effective together with innovative ways to advance the Reynolds mission.”

The JSRCC Educational Foundation is tasked amongst securing private resources to assistance back upwards the College together with its students spell striving to ensure that every citizen inwards our community has access together with chance for a college education.

Reynolds received its Overall Improvement Award based on 3 years of fundraising data. The College was joined inwards the Public Two-Year Institution Overall Improvement category past times City University of New York Bronx Community College (New York, N.Y.) together with West Kentucky Community together with Technical College (Paducah, KY).

Of the 429 colleges together with universities considered for awards, 71 higher instruction institutions were recognized for their work. An skilful panel of volunteer judges selected winners based on a let out of factors including the blueprint of increase inwards full back upwards (or adjusted full back upwards if appropriate), evaluation of what contributed to the full back upwards figure, overall breadth inwards plan areas, blueprint of increase inwards each plan area, blueprint of donor increase amid alumni/ae donors together with other private donors, touching of the 12 largest gifts on full support, full back upwards inwards relation to the alumni/ae base of operations together with type of institution.

Environmental Sustainability Scholars Learning Community

QUESTION: What’s HOT on everybody’s radar cover these days?

ANSWER: Global climate change, extreme weather condition as well as how to sustain Planet public for our as well as hereafter generations. In 2009 the Virginia Community College System Chancellor’s Task Force on Environmental Sustainability recommended an Environmental Sustainability Scholars Program, whereby students who accept fifteen credit hours of formally identified coursework related to environmental issues would earn an Environmental Sustainability Scholar designation on their diplomas. J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College uses the United Nations World Commission on Environment as well as Development Definition of sustainable evolution every bit “development (economic, political, as well as social) that meets the needs of the acquaint without comprising the might of hereafter generation to run across their ain needs”

IN ONE SEMESTER BY SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING THIS LEARNING COMMUNITY STUDENTS WILL EARN xi OF THE fifteen CREDITS NEEDED FOR THE VCCS ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY SCHOLAR DESIGNATION!

Students interested inwards this Learning Community must register for the iii (3) next course of report sections.
BIO 106 Life Science (4cr.) 58291, department 41CG, M, T, due west & Th, 9:30-12:10 p.m., Professor Upadhyaya, Reynolds Ginter Park Center (shuttle service is available from both the Downtown as well as Parham Road Campuses to the Ginter Park Center). This is a starting fourth dimension viii weeks course.
AND BIO 107 Biology of the Environment (4cr.) 56557, department 42CG, M, T, due west & Th, 9:30-12:10 p.m., Prof Upadhyaya, Ginter Park Center (This is a minute viii weeks course.)
AND ENG 111 College Composition I (3cr.), 56217, department 01CG, yard & W, 1:00-2:15 p.m., Prof Lira, Ginter Park Center

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Welcome Back!

Welcome dorsum JSRCC!   We promise that you lot had a relaxed, fun-filled summer.  We’d similar to extend a big welcome to both novel together with returning students equally nosotros await frontward to what the novel semester brings.  The Office of Student Life started things off past times hosting Welcome Back events on all iii campuses featuring food, giveaways, music, together with games.  Did you lot teach a endangerment to seek to Dunk-a-Dean for charity?    

The Downtown campus celebrated Video Game Week on August 28^th together with 29^th amongst games, popcorn together with drinks.  The Game Centers located at both Downtown together with Parham Road campuses offering Pool Tables, X-Box, PS3, Wii, Chess together with Checkers then halt past times to relax, consume lunch, play games or exactly hang out amongst friends when your schedule permits.     

You’ll desire to know most the many events that JSRCC has going on throughout the semester, then banking concern gibe out Student Life’s Events Calendar at http://www.reynolds.edu/studentlife .  Upcoming events include blood drives inwards early on September, the annual Busch Gardens charabanc trip on September 15th  (tickets are currently on sale inwards the Business Offices), together with an Ice Cream Grab-n-Go on the Parham Road Campus, exactly to yell a few.

On a to a greater extent than serious note, renovations at the Downtown campus are underway together with unopen to services conduct maintain been temporarily relocated spell structure takes place.  For the most up-to-date data on Downtown Campus renovations, catch www.reynolds.edu.

Thank you lot for choosing J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College to plough over your educational goals.   We are excited most working amongst you lot to hit them.  Whether you lot excogitation consummate a certificate or degree, transfer, or only conduct maintain classes for personal development, nosotros want you lot corking success this semester.

Jsrcc Constabulary Officers Graduate From Law Enforcement Academy

JSRCC police line officers David Campbell too Wyatt Hicks latterly graduated from the Crater Criminal Justice Training Academy, qualifying them to serve equally sworn police line officers at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College.

Officer Hicks (L-R), JSRCC Police Chief Paul Ronca, Officer Campbell

“I applied to JSRCC to cash inwards one's chips a police line officeholder because I beloved this community. I grew upwards hither too desire to come across it thrive.  Being a police line officeholder inwards full general is inwards my blood line,” said Hicks whose manful mortal parent is a retired captain from the Virginia Commonwealth University Police Department. 

There are xvi sworn officers roofing the College’s 3 campuses. Reynolds is i of alone vi colleges inwards the Virginia Community College System alongside sworn police line officers. Northern Virginia Community College, Southwest Virginia Community College, Thomas Nelson Community College, Lord Fairfax Community College too Virginia Western Community College are the others.

JSRCC police line officers are sworn officers of the Commonwealth of Virginia too convey amount arrest powers equally authorized past times dry soil statute. Each officeholder has completed preparation mandated past times the Department of Criminal Justice Services too is empowered past times dry soil law to ship firearms, ship criminal investigations, brand arrests, bear witness inwards courtroom too all other duties expected of a law enforcement official.

Officer Campbell currently lives inwards Tappahannock too received the Top Shooter Award at his Basic Law Enforcement graduation ceremony. He has been assigned to the Downtown Campus.

Officer Hicks is primarily located on the Parham Road Campus too played on the 2003 Virginia AAA State Basketball Championship squad equally a starting middle at Highland Springs High school, earlier earning a football game scholarship at the University of North Carolina. Voted past times his peers as president of his Basic Law Enforcement class, Hicks received operate past times of the course of report academic honors alongside a 98.7% average.  The impressive grade came through xx tests that consisted of over 1,300 questions.

Congratulations Officer Campbell too Officer Hicks.

Free Classes Offered Past Times Reynolds During Goochland Campus Community Night

Who says zero inward life is free? On Tuesday, Oct thirty from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College volition offering gratis 1 hr classes on its Goochland Campus during Community Night. The College volition offering concurrent sessions, alongside 1 session of classes get-go at 5:45 p.m. followed yesteryear approximately other session at 6:45 p.m.

The early on session of classes includes: Fall Floral Design, How to hold upwards a Master Gardner, Welding, Proper Diesel Engine Maintenance, Emerging Tech – Hybrids together with Electric Vehicles, College Choice, Pathways for Careers inward Education, Intro inward the Goochland Historical Society, Electric Vehicle Club/ Virginia Community Capital grant, the Latest Labor Market Information, together with Seed Cataloging.

The 2d session of classes includes: Campus Tour, Small Engine Maintenance together with Winterization, Auto Myths together with Buying Cars, Introduction to Excel, Transfer Agreements, Intro into the Goochland Historical Society together with Resume Writing.

Along alongside gratis classes, attendees tin apply to the College together with participate inward guided tours of the campus.

The Goochland Campus is located at 1851 Dickinson Road inward the expanse of the Goochland Courthouse. Class sizes are express together with patch preregistration is suggested, it is non required. To persuasion a total listing of available gratis classes, catch www.reynolds.edu/goochland. For farther information, telephone band
(804) 523‐5400 or electronic mail cswaim@reynolds.edu

JSRCC Goochland Campus Community Night
When:  5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012
Where: JSRCC Goochland Campus, 1851 Dickinson Road, Goochland

Fighting Hunger Inward Goochland County

JSRCC’s Goochland Campus responded to Governor McDonnell’s telephone band for a Day of Service past times participating inwards Goochland’s Free Clinic together with Family Services Food Drive.  Rather than serving beau citizens for simply i day, nutrient was collected from September 10^th through September 28^th. 

Assistant Dean of the School of Business Chuck Swaim contacted the Goochland Free Clinic together with Family Services together with secured posters together with bags for nutrient collection.  Karen Gentry from the Student Success Center strategically located the posters together with empty bags simply about campus together with was instrumental inwards encouraging students, staff, together with faculty to participate.  She reports that generous JSRCC students would option upward an empty bag, attain got it dwelling together with provide the side past times side twenty-four lx minutes menstruum to driblet off a purse amount of grocery items. 

Chuck Swaim noted, “It was our close successful nutrient collection on-campus inwards recent retentiveness amongst 248 pounds of groceries collected.”   

After the nutrient was delivered to Sally Graham, Executive Director of Goochland Free Clinic together with Family Services remarked, “The amount for JSR was 248 pounds! Thank you lot together with then much for your assistance together with support. We collected over 14,500 lbs. of nutrient together with are however counting.  This has been fifty-fifty to a greater extent than successful than nosotros imagined.”

Haiti Trip The Lite Fantastic Troupe Draws Large Crowd

Drums were beating, dancers were soaring, together with spirits were lifted equally the Richmond Boys Choir together with the Resurrection Dance Theater of Republic of Haiti mesmerized close 200 guests inward a recent surgical procedure at the Lipman Auditorium. 

Hosted past times the Multicultural Enrichment Council (MEC), the resultant raised $2,000 to back upwardly Hearts alongside Haiti, a nonprofit organization that is helping to rebuild the St. Joseph’s Home for Boys—an orphanage for old kid slaves together with homeless boys that was destroyed inward the 2010 earthquake.

Laurie Weinberg, chair of the MEC, said she could non rest inward her topographic point during the performance. “ I watched inward awe equally these immature men together with then artistically together with athletically reenacted their hard lives equally old street children together with orphans.  Like together with then many others inward the audience, I was inspired to contribute to the crusade together with then that the lives of immature children inward Republic of Haiti tin endure improved. I desire to give cheers the members of our JSRCC “family” who turned out inward large numbers for the moving performance. ”

15Th Annual Scholarship Luncheon

The 15th Annual Scholarship Luncheon was a heartwarming matter for J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College’s scholarship recipients in addition to generous benefactors in addition to friends who attended the outcome on Thursday, Oct 18^th.

With 190 guests inward attendance, it was the perfect chance for donors in addition to educatee recipients to come across each other, many for the get-go time.  Spirits were high in addition to grin faces lit upwardly the room.

Speakers included Andrew Gibb, benefactor of the Gibb Family Scholarship.  The scholarship, established inward the retentivity of his mother, provides assistance to active or honorably discharged military machine members.  Mr. Gibb spoke of his fearless woman nurture in addition to relayed the frightening floor nearly how her life was saved inward 1979 past times United States of America Marines when the United States of America Embassy inward Islamic Republic of Pakistan was attacked in addition to assault burn downward acre she in addition to other Embassy staff members were locked inward a vault within the building.  

Two scholarship recipients were likewise given the chance to speak.  Charlie McDonough, a 2011 Valley Proteins Fellow, started his human relationship alongside JSRCC inward 1994, returned inward 2003 to pursue becoming a Licensed Practical Nurse in addition to most latterly completed his RN terminal December.  He noted it was the inspiring teachers that kept bringing him dorsum to Reynolds.  His advice to electrical current students was non to chase a paycheck, simply rather chase their dreams.

Sierra White, recipient of the Reynolds Family Scholarships inward retentivity of J. Sargeant Reynolds told the audience that without her scholarship she would non hold upwardly able to attend school.  Although she had e'er dreamed of aid a iv twelvemonth academy far from home, she instantly realizes that her friends who followed that path accept non had the multifariousness in addition to depth of experiences that Sierra has enjoyed at Reynolds.  She said her scholarship gave her hope, a force towards the futurity that says, “You tin produce it.”

The luncheon was a neat chance to give cheers JSRCC’s donors for their shared vision in addition to back upwardly of our students, giving them the chance to hand their potential in addition to hit their dreams.

For to a greater extent than data nearly available scholarships, how to utilize in addition to of import deadlines, take in www.reynolds.edu/scholarship.