Contemporary Art Center Exhibits

More from exhibits at the Contemporary Art Center in Virginia Beach featuring Germanna’s Art Department Chair, Sandra Luckett. The work “Positive Spin” is currently on display. Click on the image above for a live experience.

Sen. Mark Warner: Third building at GCC's Fredericksburg Campus would help attract "world-class jobs" to area

Sen. Warner says expansion of Germanna's Fredericksburg Campus critical to area's economic future.

"In the past," Sen Mark Warner says, "there was the expectation that public education would be funded by public funds. Increasingly, that’s not the case."

"... Community college, where so much is really done, particularly in terms of economic development, doesn’t have the kind of donor base universities do. [Capital] has to come from the business community."
Sen. Warner says area businesses would be wise to help supply seed money necessary to break ground on a third building at Germanna's overcrowded Fredericksburg Campus in Spotsylvania.

"Part of the challenge this community has got is not just attracting jobs—it’s attracting world-class jobs," he said.

"This is a community that in its own right is world class. You don’t want it to be just the lower-income jobs that are actually coming. At the end of the day, you want to have that kind of world-class job."

Veteran enrollment sees record surge at Germanna

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New G.I. Bill fuels 21 percent jump in veteran enrollment at Germanna Community College
In this video, Germanna Veteran Affairs Representative Angela Sawyer explains the largest increase in veteran enrollment in the college's history

Dangerous depression: The warning signs, by GCC Prof. Kevin Handley

Depression and suicide ...


From today's Free Lance-Star:
By Kevin B. Handley


MOST PEOPLE think of physical illness when asked about the most common causes of death. But suicide, which is almost always the result of mental illness, is the 11th leading cause of death in the United States.

Among young people between the ages 10 and 24 years of age, suicide is the second leading cause of death.

GCC student Carol Anne Brown took her own life in April after a struggle with bipolarism and depression ...

During Monday night Oct. 5th's 7 p.m.'Depression & Suicide: Lifting the Stigma' event at Germanna's Fredericksburg Campus in Spotsylvania, prominent local people will share stories of their battles with depression and of dealing with the suicides of loved ones. Attending the event could save a life
Suffering from depression is nothing to be ashamed of. Neither is getting help. If you had diabetes, would you be embarrassed to go to a doctor and take insulin?

Depression affects millions of Americans, including some of the most famous and successful among us.

Please join us for a panel discussion on depression awareness and suicide prevention Monday, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. at GCC's Fredericksburg Campus, Sealy Auditorium.

We are thankful that members of our community are willing to share their experiences and their journeys as we participate in this thoughtful discussion.

Panelists will include Todd Brown, the father of Carol Anne Brown, a Germanna student who suffered from bipolar disorder and took her own life; Nick Cadwallender, associate publisher of The Free Lance-Star, who has battled depression his whole life; Mary Gilkey, Germanna’s Dean of Nursing, who is a licensed clinical nurse specialist psychotherapist and whose sister committed suicide; and H. Reese Butler II, who founded a national teen suicide hotline after his wife killed herself. The moderator will be Ed Jones, editor of The Free Lance-Star.

National Depression Screening Day is October 8th.

Sign up to get your seasonal flu shot now!

Where:
Locust Grove Campus-Wellness Center-Room 608
When:
September 30th-11:00am-1:00pm

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Where:
Fredericksburg Area Campus in Spotsylvania-Room 212
When:
October 6th-10:00am-2:00pm

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Cost: No cost for those with COV Health Insurance.

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More details emerge about impact of budget cut on Germanna, retirement contribution, furlough

Germanna President David A. Sam has received more details from the Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System regarding the state budget cut and retirement for Germanna Community College employees. He explains in his blog.

There will be two Open Forums about the budget cut impact on Tuesday, Sept. 15 to allow all employees an opportunity to attend and ask questions. Both forums will involve interactive video in Room 225 at the Fredericksburg Campus and Room 100 at the Locust Grove Campus. The first forum will be held from 11 a.m. to noon and the second forum will be held from noon to 1 p.m.