January 2024

Lowe's Foundation visits Lake Country Advanced Knowledge Center

Lowe’s associates and the Lowe’s Foundation visited Southside Virginia Community College's Lake Country Advanced Knowledge Center to support the school’s innovative skilled trades training program through a grant and Klein Tools donation.

David Green, Lowe’s Foundation board member and Lowe’s VP of tax management, presented Dr. Keith Harkins, VP of Academic & Workforce Programs with a $300,000 Lowe's Foundation Gable Grant as part of its larger five-year, $50 million commitment to help prepare 50,000 people for skilled trades careers.

Lowe’s partnered with Klein Tools to outfit SVCC’s electrical and HVAC training labs with new tools and equipment, such as hand tools, digital multimeters, HVAC sheet metal tools, personal protection equipment and more. The donation provides SVCC students with industry-leading professional tools to support hands-on training in their respective programs.

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Clyde Robertson, SVCC Instructor Featured in Southside Electric Cooperative Article

Article written by Jennifer Wall, Southside Electric Company Community Specialist

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Ruby Trejo Receives Verghese Award

Ruby (middle) is pictured with Mary Jane Elkins, Director of Institutional Advancement (left) and Christy Whitten, Associate Professor of Nursing (right).

Ruby Trejo, a resident of Brunswick County, is the recipient of the K. George Verghese Memorial Academic Merit Award, recognizing her academic achievements in the Associate Degree of Nursing (ADN) program at SVCC.

Dr. Verghese was a long time faculty member at SVCC and was instrumental in the establishment of the ADN and Practical Nursing (PN) programs at the college.

SVCC at the General Assembly 2024

SVCC staff and students including Erika Davis, Carson Minter, Shalita Corley, and Danny Leon-Leon enjoyed a day at the General Assembly visiting with (pictured) Senator Emily Jordan (VCCS Chancellor Dr. David Dore'), Senator Tammy Mulchi, Delegate Otto Waschmann, (not pictured) Delegate Tom Garrett, Delegate Tommy Wright, Senator John McGuire, and Delegate Lee Ware.

Friends of the College who attended the VCCS sponsored Legislative Reception included: David Peterson, Mike Thomas, Carthan Currin, Keith Harkins and Jeremy Satterfield

Upcoming SVCC Sponsored Trips

Want to go on an unforgettable trip this year?

The Ark Encounter & Creation Museum, KY ($797, April 29 - May 4)

Nashville, TN ($973, June 10-15)

Lancaster, PA ($715, July 22-25)

Savannah, Jekyll Island & Charleston, SC ($855, September 9-13)

Myrtle Beach, SC ($720, November 4-8)

For more information, contact Louise Ogburn at 434-738-3312.

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Food Lion supports the Panther Pantry

The Southside Virginia Community College Foundation is pleased to announce that Food Lion Feeds has provided funding to support the purchase of food for SVCC’s on-campus food pantry, the “Panther Pantry.” Food Lion Feeds was founded in 2014 by Food Lion to address food insecurity in the towns and cities it serves.

SVCC’s Panther Pantry is dedicated to alleviating hunger among SVCC’s 10 county service area and student body. There are currently Panther Pantries on each of SVCC’s main campuses, located in Alberta, VA and Keysville, VA.

“We are grateful to Food Lion Feeds for their continued generosity,” states Dr. Quentin Johnson, SVCC’s President. “SVCC's Panther Pantry operates to alleviate the barrier of hunger among our students, and this gift from Food Lion Feeds will allow the Pantry to continue striving toward this goal.”

For more information about SVCC’s Panther Pantry, contact Leslie Perkins at 434-736-2022.

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