NEWS
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01/22/2018
ESCC Says Goodbye To Departing President Dr. Linda Thomas-Glover
Category: College
Eastern Shore Community College celebrated departing President Dr. Linda Thomas-Glover on Friday, January 19th at a community send-off at Workforce Development Services. ESCC Board Chairman Jeff Holland was joined by ESCC Foundation President Roberta Newman, in presenting special acknowledgements for Glover’s years of service to the college and the Eastern Shore. Dr. Glover’s faculty and …
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01/17/2018
ESCC Presents 2018 Service Awards
Category: College
Eastern Shore Community College presented service awards to staff and faculty members on Tuesday, January 16, during a special breakfast program at the Workforce Development Services building. ESCC President Dr. Linda Thomas-Glover, oversaw the presentations acknowledging and celebrating years of service to the college and to the Commonwealth of Virginia. Honored were: Amy Shockley, and …
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11/29/2017
Chancellor Appoints Interim President for Eastern Shore Community College
Category: College
Official Release From the VCCS
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10/15/2017
Groundbreaking Held For New Building at ESCC
Category: College
Eastern Shore Community College celebrated the ground breaking for a brand new academic and administration building, Friday morning, October 13th. A large crowd gathered in the Great Hall of the Workforce Development Services Building due to light rain that persisted. Local and statewide attendees were on hand to help launch the beginning of activity on …
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09/25/2017
ESCC Announces Support for Growth4VA Campaign
Category: College
(Melfa, VA) Dr. Linda Thomas-Glover, President of Eastern Shore Community College, today announced support of the newly-launched Growth4VA campaign, which will focus on promoting reform and reinvestment in Virginia’s top-ranked higher education system. The campaign, backed by a partnership of higher education and business leaders, aims to help grow the Virginia economy, expand access to …
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09/09/2017
Groundbreaking Scheduled For New Main Academic Building at ESCC
Category: College
Eastern Shore Community College is excited to announce the groundbreaking for our brand new academic building, planned for Friday October 13th. The College Board, the ESCC Foundation Board of Directors, and the faculty and staff of ESCC, will be acknowledging the official launch of activity on the building site on our campus in Melfa. The …
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08/26/2017
ESCC Awarded Major Three Year Grant From National Science Foundation
Category: Academics, College
Eastern Shore Community College (ESCC) has been awarded a three year, $365,000 National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education grant. The project, entitled “Creating Technical Scholars: A Model for Structured Pathways”, will create a seamless transition pathway from secondary education to post-secondary education to employment in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) related fields and high-tech …
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08/02/2017
ESCC and Accomack Public Schools Collaborate at VATIE Conference
Category: College
Teresa Guy, ESCC Career Pathways Program Coordinator, collaborated last week with Curtis Taylor, Building Trades Instructor at Badger Technical Center South at Nandua High School, at the Virginia Association of Trade and Industrial Educators (VATIE) Conference in Norfolk. Guy and Taylor co-presented on the topic of linking secondary and postsecondary Career and Technical Education (CTE). …
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05/19/2017
ESCC Working To Help Low Income Students Succeed
Category: College, Students
Eastern Shore Community College (ESCC) is one of nineteen colleges nationally participating in an initiative entitled the Working Students Success Network (WSSN) which is sponsored by Achieving the Dream and funded by five national foundations: the Annie E. Casey Foundation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Lumina Foundation, and MetLife Foundation. “Achieving the Dream believes …
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05/05/2017
William H. Bannon Honored with 2017 Chancellor’s Award for Leadership in Philanthropy
Category: College
Richmond – William H. “Bill” Bannon, of Greenbush, has received the Virginia Community College System’s 12th Annual Chancellor’s Award for Leadership in Philanthropy. He was nominated for the award by Eastern Shore Community College. The award was given at a luncheon ceremony at the Country Club of Virginia on Tuesday, April 18, 2017. Hosted by …