Best. Summer. Ever.

Not many people are lucky plenty to say, “For the entire calendar month of July, my reality existed inward a meliorate house than my dreams at night”, but that is just how Reynolds pupil Kent Ritchie describes his summer.

It all started 1 twenty-four hours concluding saltation when a friend inward a calculus course of educational activity shared an electronic mail well-nigh an chance for a four-week summertime internship at NASA.

Ritchie, who is majoring inward physics as well as minoring inward astronomy, plans to transfer to Virginia Tech subsequently completing his associate score at Reynolds.  His long term destination is to pursue a PhD inward astrophysics. For the concluding pair of years he has enjoyed “tinkering” alongside edifice things, as well as developed an involvement inward rocketry. For this argue he idea the internship looked “pretty neat.” He applied as well as was 1 of 20 students accepted.

The Launching 2 Learn (L2L) project, a four-week hands-on sense at the NASA Kennedy Space Center inward Florida, teaches the scientific discipline as well as math behind high ability rockets as well as is designed for undergraduate freshman as well as sophomores majoring inward STEM as well as related fields. 

The computer programme enabled students to build, simulate, as well as successfully launch as well as recover their rattling ain rockets, both flat 1 as well as flat 2 high powered rockets (HPR). Students were too given the chance to earn flat 1 certification during the internship.

For their flat 1 projection students built their ain rocket as well as and thus participated inward heavy pre-flight analysis as well as predictions. Ritchie’s flat 1 rocket flew to an apogee of 2,000 feet as well as recovered beautifully past times parachute nether 100 meters from the launch site, earning him flat 1 certification on his rattling origin flying attempt.

The flat 2 projection consisted of working inward teams of four. Ritchie teamed alongside students from Worcester State University, University of Florida, as well as Tennessee Tech. Their rocket reached an apogee of 4,500 feet as well as was recovered over 2 miles away due to the primary parachute deploying at apogee past times non correctly friction plumbing fixtures the olfactory organ cone. 

The students too witnessed 2 full-scale launches during their stay.  One was an Atlas V afternoon launch as well as the other was a Delta IV launch simply earlier sunset. Ritchie noted, “The instant launch was unbelievable equally I viewed the launch from the absolute closest signal unless within the launch bunker side past times side to the pad.”

They were too given a total access tour of launch complex 39 which was the site used for the Apollo as well as shuttle programs, as well as is currently undergoing transition for SpaceX’s Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy as well as the Space Launch System that which volition bring humans to Mars. In addition, they visited the Astronaut Beach House, Hangar AE, O&C Crew Quarters as well as the Vehicle Assembly Building.

 

In discussing the internship Ritchie said, “I am motivated to a greater extent than than e'er to consummate my score as well as move towards past times PhD. This sense has allowed me to witness where I volition hold out subsequently my schooling. I desire to move at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.”

Community Colleges In Addition To You!

Article from Richmond Family Magazine - When Victor Aguirre considered his future, he knew that community college would live on his stepping rock to a four-year degree.
 
"I actually wanted to assist out my parents both financially in addition to physically," he said.

After graduating from Douglas Freeman High School inward 2013, Aguirre decided to attend Reynolds in addition to then he could remain abode in addition to assist his begetter amongst his landscape business. The thousands he is saving inward tuition volition besides become a long means inward helping back upwards his younger sis when she enters college inward a few years. Read More

Classes Amongst No Majority Costs Opened Upward Novel Chapter For Colleges

Article from Richmond Times-Dispatch - Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 manful mortal raise of fourteen calendar month onetime twin boys, Reynolds pupil Eric Eichenlaub was particularly gratified when he enrolled inward ii American Literature courses that are purpose of a airplane pilot computer program using costless open-source materials rather than hardcover textbooks. 

When he receives the syllabus for i of his classes at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, Eric Eichenlaub buys whatsoever textbook mightiness endure listed fifty-fifty though he knows from sense that closed to instructors never lift to the book.

“I’m the form of guy — I larn as well as larn it,” he said. “I mean value I’m doing the correct thing.”
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Grateful As Well As Graduating - Amanda Martin

Though successful inwards her laid out semester inwards Dental Lab Technology, Amanda Martin says, “I had a nagging incertitude that it was the correct career path for me over the long haul.” Knowing a reboot was inwards order, the American Sign Language (ASL) plan piqued her interest.

“The laid out shape reviewed together with covered rights together with laws that personally affected the struggles of the deaf together with difficult of hearing population. I was learning the linguistic communication together with beingness introduced to a civilization I never knew existed. I knew I had to produce this for the residuum of my life.”  

Her side past times side measuring was bold. Finishing upward her ASL marker at Reynolds, she applied equally a hearing somebody to Gallaudet University inwards Washington, D.C. “One of the questions that nagged at me was, would I live on accepted? Not but academically, but socially? The other major enquiry was money.”

Fortunately, Amanda received an ASIST scholarship abide by from the Richmond Chapter of Executive Women International. Members of EWI were lately on manus to involve heed Amanda part her floor at Reynolds’ 18^th Annual Scholarship Luncheon.

Grateful – together with graduating from Gallaudet this Dec – Amanda is a freelance interpreter through the Virginia Department for the Deaf together with Hard of Hearing. She’s working to constitute her ain interpreting society together with website. 

“I’m at this amazing academy because of my scholarship, I’ve had the wonderful sense of attention Reynolds, where outstanding INTERPRETERS cash inwards one's chips started!”

Dia De Los Muertos Celebration

On Friday, Oct 30, to a greater extent than than 125 people joined inwards the Dia de Los Muertos celebration on the Parham Road Campus sponsored yesteryear the Multicultural Enrichment Council.

The outdoor celebration included dance, poetry, arts too crafts, nutrient trucks too a traditional Aztec functioning of a powerful ceremony honoring our loved ones.

From the pictures is it clear a bully fourth dimension was had yesteryear all!

Reynolds Celebrates Veterans Day

Reynolds celebrated Veterans Day on Nov eleven past times hosting its kickoff “Veteran Appreciation & Education Program” events on the Parham Road too Downtown campuses.

“Reynolds appreciates your commitment too sacrifices to our country, too nosotros desire to brand your transition to college equally slow equally possible,” noted Reynolds Director of Enrollment Services Brian Richardson during his welcome to the veterans. “We lead maintain established a fabulous squad dedicated to assisting y'all on your path to academic success.”

During the lawsuit which was made possible through a grant from Wells Fargo, Veteran Services Coordinator Patrice Jones discussed the procedure for using GI-Bill benefits, how to transition to campus life via the Reynolds Student Veteran Association too how to access the GI-Bill too Reynolds spider web site. 

Department of Veteran Services, Operations Manager retired Command Sergeant Major Chris Mackey gave a personal perspective of how to instruct from “Camouflage to Corporate.”

“For many today, Veterans Day is a 24-hour interval of memories too a reminder to veterans to alive their lives the best they mayhap can,” said Mackey. “But piece it is of import that nosotros e'er recollect today, it is to a greater extent than of import that nosotros recollect to drib dead on the hope to lead maintain tending of those that answered our country’s calling.”

Reynolds is honored to lead maintain earned the 2016 Military Friendly® School designation. For to a greater extent than data near Reynolds veteran services, delight contact Patrice Jones at pjones@reynolds.edu or see www.reynolds.edu 

Click to persuasion a video of the “Veteran Appreciation & Education Program” event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWQCW4-Uw3s&feature=youtu.be