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• The fifth president of Southside Virginia Community College (SVCC) is Dr. Alfred Allison Roberts, of Emporia, Virginia. Glenn DuBois, chancellor of Virginia’s Community Colleges, said Roberts assumes his new post on August 1, 2014, replacing retiring president, Dr. John J. Cavan. • Grand opening event for the Learning Resources and Student Services Building recently completed on the John H. Daniel Campus is held at start of 2014 fall semester. • SVCC sponsors a meet and greet event with new SVCC president, Dr. Roberts on September 9, 2014 at the Estes Community Center in Chase City. • Health Career Fair for more than 200 high school students held at Estes Community Center features medivac helicopter, emergency medical techs, nursing programs and more. • Governor Terry McAuliffe announces more than 50,000 residents in southern Virginia will be positively impacted by a new workforce collaboration among three area community colleges. Called “Southern Virginia Works,” the colleges - Danville Community College (DCC), Patrick Henry Community College (PHCC) and Southside Virginia Community College (SVCC) - plan to boost the number of workforce credentials earned by Southern Virginians through community college programs by 1,500 in the next year. • Dr. Tara Carter named vice president for Academic and Student Services and Keith Harkins named vice president for Workforce Development and Continuing Education as the college reorganizes. • An inspirational message of loyalty and values, tributes to inspirational leaders and inspirational acts of generosity were the order of the evening at Virginia State University’s 2015 Founder’s Day Convocation. Dr. Alfred A. Roberts keynoted the celebration of the 133rd anniversary of the institution’s founding in 1882. • SVCC basketball team captures the 2015 USA National Prep Championship title led by coaches Dennis Smith and Vincent Brown. • Precision Machining classes, also known as Integrated Machining, available in Greensville County through SVCC. The program offers a two-year Career Studies Certificate at the Southside Virginia Education Center located at the Government Complex of Greensville County. • A total of 1,200 students graduate with degrees, diplomas and certificates in May 2015. The commencement speaker, Dr. Dietra Trent, in her role as Virginia Secretary of Education, works collaboratively with Virginia’s colleges and universities, libraries, museums and the State Council for Higher Education. • SVCC awards the 20,000th Career Readiness Certificate becoming the first college in the VCCS to reach the benchmark. • SVCC named to The Chronicle of Higher Education’s 2015 Great Colleges to Work For and receives this distinction for 2016 and 2017. • SVCC Foundation holds a room-naming ceremony for multiple rooms in the New Learning Resources and Student Services Building at the John H. Daniel Campus. • Chancellor Glenn DuBois inaugurates the new president on October 30, 2015. “To our students, as I continue this journey of service and leadership, I pledge to you a commitment to the best education, training, and service we can provide to meet your needs,” Dr. Roberts said. • SVCC begins offering free career training to qualified recipients through Virginia’s EleVAte SNAP Employment & Training Pilot project. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) provides funding for this project. • The Information Technology Department at SVCC acknowledged as one of the “Top 10” of technology savvy community colleges in the nation by the Center for Digital Education (CDE). Now in its eleventh year, the survey analyzes how community colleges use a range of technologies to improve services to students, faculty, staff and community at large. • SVCC students attend and participate in the Hampton University Minority Men’s Health Initiative, a program to promote and deliver the highest quality of research, education, training, and outreach to combat and eliminate health disparities affecting minority men. • The first and only Power Line Worker Training Program in Virginia starts classes at SVCC’s Occupational/ Technical Center at Pickett Park on March 1, 2016. • The members of “Make It Happen” meet with Dr. Roberts discussing the importance of education. Dr. Roberts established the “Make It Happen” program in 1997, to increase the enrollment of African American males in post-secondary education and enhance their academic success for SVCC. This program continues today under the leadership of Dr. John Hicks. • SVCC celebrates its 46th commencement on May 14, 2016 on the Christanna Campus in Alberta. The 1,268 eligible candidates for graduation enjoy the commencement address by Martha Reed, assistant professor of Biology. • SVCC hosts the Great Book Giveaway at the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center in South Boston. Thanks to a generous donation from Dollar General Distribution Center, 17,000 books are free to the public.
• SVCC recognizes the Virginia Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission in August 2016 as a partner that has been, and continues to be, instrumental in providing resources to students in the form of scholarships and in the development and expansion of programs. • SVCC offers a diversion program, in collaboration with the Commonwealth Attorneys of Brunswick, Mecklenburg, Lunenburg and Greensville counties. The program is for offenders between the ages of 18 through 25 and is designed as an alternative sentencing option for approved criminal offenses. • Ribbon cut to officially open the Welding Lab located at Southside Virginia Education Center in Greensville on March 14, 2017. Partners providing funding for this state-of-the-art facility include Fluor, Virginia Tobacco Commission, Dominion Virginia Power, Greensville County and American Equipment Company (Ameco). SVCC, delivers the commencement address at the SVCC graduation ceremony on May 13, 2017, at the John H. Daniel Campus. • The new training laboratory enhancing workforce readiness in Information Technology officially opens with a ribbon cutting ceremony on August 30, 2017. Located at the Lake Country Advanced Knowledge Center in South Hill, the new Center for Information Technology Excellence (CITE) lab simulates the work environment of large data centers. • Through Dr. Roberts’ leadership, the college maintains financial stability during enrollment and budget declines. • Dr. Roberts distributes annual reports to the community during each full year of his tenure. • The college’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), a part of the reaccreditation process, is unveiled in mid-summer 2018. The primary goal is to enhance student competencies in literacy through awareness and application of the reading process. • Under the guidance of Bernadette Battle, coordinator of counseling, WISE (Women In Search of Opportunities) begins at SVCC for professional and academic enhancement, engaging in the cultivation of self-esteem and self-advocacy, utilization of professional mentoring, guidance and role-modeling and access to networking opportunities for females. • Stephen E. Parker, Director, Education and Workforce, National Governor’s Association (NGA), a proud graduate of the Road to Now 2014-2019
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