NEWS
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08/08/2022
Leaders from ODU, ESCC, and Wallops Discuss Ways to Increase Collaboration
(by Joe Garvey, shared from News@ODU) Old Dominion University’s Virginia Institute for Spaceflight & Autonomy (VISA) recently helped facilitate a NASA Wallops/ODU/Eastern Shore Community College (ESCC) Information Session at the Wallops Flight Facility. The day-long event brought together leaders from ODU, NASA Wallops, both civil servants and contractor workforce, and ESCC to discuss ways to …
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08/01/2022
New Director Oversees Summer of Activity for Project Horizons
Eastern Shore Community College Foundation recently welcomed Miriam Cornwell as the new Coordinator of Project Horizons, a college-track mentoring program for at-risk middle and high school students. Operated in partnership with Project Discovery through ESAAA, Project Horizons provides extra academic, social, and cultural support for economically disadvantaged students who face significant barriers, and the program …
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07/29/2022
ESCC Hosts Apprenticeship Signing Event
Thursday, July 28th, Eastern Shore Community College hosted Gary Pan (Commissioner of Virginia’s Department of Labor & Industry), Patricia Morrison (Director Virginia’s Registered Apprenticeship Division), and members of their leadership teams for the signing of a Registered Apprenticeship agreement with Peraton Corp, one of the many innovative business partners supporting the growth of America’s space …
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07/25/2022
Tuition and Fees Remain Unchanged for 22-23
RICHMOND —The State Board for Community Colleges, by a unanimous vote, chose to maintain the current in-state tuition and mandatory fees for the 2022-2023 academic year. The Board’s decision means tuition will remain at today’s rate of $154 per credit hour – keeping community college tuition and mandatory education and general fees at approximately one-third …
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07/13/2022
HVAC Program Is Preparing Techs for Opportunities
(Pictured above: Christopher Walker and Jose Gonzalez) “I love the problem solving involved in service calls,” says Christopher Walker of Parksley. He’s an HVAC technician with Thornton Services in Belle Haven. Christopher says when he graduated from Arcadia High School in 2012, “I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do, I even worked as a …
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07/11/2022
Take Two Is Back with Free Fall Classes!
Program Expanded to Include 2020 and 2021 High School Grads and Those Recently Completed Their GED! ESCC launched a program for the summer 2021 term called Take Two. It was designed to allow 2021 high school graduating seniors to enroll in 1 or 2 classes for free, including all tuition, fees, and instructional materials. All …
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06/28/2022
Summer Foundation Newsletter Released
The Eastern Shore Community College Foundation has released the Summer 2022 Newsletter, full of ESCC success stories and activity from campus and beyond. Thanks for picking up a copy on campus, watching your mailbox, or enjoying the digital version here!
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06/28/2022
Dental Assisting Careers Begin Here
(pictured above:ESCC President Dr. Jim Shaeffer, Reyanna Wade, and Dr. Randi Wingate) “I wanted a career that I could have no matter where I decide to live,” says Reyanna Wade, who completed Eastern Shore Community College’s Dental Assisting class last year. “It may surprise some people,” she explained, “but I always loved going to the …
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06/15/2022
Benefits of Dual-Enrollment at ESCC
“Dual-Enrollment through Eastern Shore Community College has a way of bringing so many things into focus for students like me,” said April Perry of Greenbush. April enrolled in the General Studies transfer program at ESCC after graduating from Nandua High School in 2021. While in high school, April completed several ESCC courses in English and …
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06/15/2022
Program Feeding Small Business Success
“I thought about being a lawyer, running a restaurant, all kinds of things” says D. Ebony Brown, instructor of the successful Hair Braiding and Weaving program at YOUR Eastern Shore Community College, “but my true passions are in beauty and business.” In 2008 at ESCC Ebony earned a career studies certificate in Small Business Management …