For 50 years there have been stories of engineers who were inspired to go into the field by Scotty on the original Star Trek TV series of the 1960s. Whether or not it ever really was a trend, Gene Roddenberry’s vision of the future changed the life path of one Germanna Community College engineering student…
RICHMOND —The State Board for Community Colleges, by a unanimous vote, elected to maintain the current in-state tuition and mandatory fees for the 2019-2020 academic year. The Board’s decision means tuition will remain at today’s rate of $154 per credit hour, and keeps community college tuition and mandatory fees at approximately one-third of the comparable…
Germanna Community College’s Local College Board will meet at 4:45 p.m. on Thursday, May 9, 2019 at the Locust Grove Campus at 2130 Germanna Highway (State Route 3) in Orange County. A sign-up sheet will be made available 30 minutes prior to the beginning of the meeting for those interested in addressing the board. Germanna…
Read the Free Lance-Star’s report It takes much more than means and generosity to make a philanthropist great. A great one doesn’t merely donate funds. He or she measures need and potential impact and invests in causes in a way that turns lives around and strengthens communities for generations. He or she remains involved long after…
Maximize your V.A. benefits and learn about education opportunities from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 15 at our Fredericksburg Area Campus in Spotsylvania near Cosner’s Corner off U.S. 17 at 10000 Germanna Point Drive. Our Military Appreciation and Resource Fair is open to active duty military personnel, reservists, retirees, veterans and dependents. It’s…
When Win Stevens was in college, his goal was to become a radio show host. Stevens, who suffers from dyslexia, worked extremely hard to overcome his disability in his communications class, rehearsing a speech by listening to tapes of himself again and again. When his class presentation was a success, Stevens’ professor, perplexed that he…
