NEWS

July 2023

• 07/21/2023

  Lt. Governor Sears Visits ESCC

  Two-Day Shore Tour Includes a Stop on Campus Virginia Lieutenant Governor Winsome Sears was on the Eastern Shore this week as a part of a two-day tour with Delegate Rob Bloxom. In addition to various stops and social functions, Sears took time to visit Eastern Shore Community College and tour the Academic Building on campus …

• 07/21/2023

  Virginia’s Community Colleges Increase Tuition

  Tuition Rate Decision Delayed Since May Due to Lack of State Budget RICHMOND, Va. – Recognizing the impact of mandatory cost increases, which include statewide adjustments for compensation and benefits, the State Board for Community Colleges voted unanimously to increase tuition for the first time in five years. This increase of $4.61 per credit hour (3%) will …

• 07/10/2023

  Carole Read Lauded in Retirement

  “My teachers in high school wanted me to teach”, says Carole Read, Financial Aid Coordinator at Eastern Shore Community College in Melfa. “I knew that wasn’t what I wanted, and I also didn’t want to go into the medical field.”  She says when she graduated from Nandua High School in 1987, the only thing that was …