The Virginia Community College System ( VCCS ) oversees a network of 23 community colleges in Virginia , which serve residents of Virginia and provide two-year degrees and various specialty training and certifications. In 2006, the Virginia Community College System's annual enrollment rate topped 233,000 students. The VCCS also had an additional 170,000 students in workforce development services and noncredit courses.
5-574: Danville Community College ( DCC ) is one of the twenty-three two-year colleges in the Virginia Community College System (VCCS). It is located in Danville, Virginia . Unlike many of the other VCCS schools, it predates the formation of a statewide body for junior colleges . Its roots began in 1936 as Danville Textile School. In addition, a branch campus of Virginia Tech located in Danville
10-495: A curriculum. Virginia Community College System In March 2022, the system hired Russell Kavalhuna as its next chancellor. In June 2022, the board announced that Kavalhuna was no longer taking the job and the system was restarting the search for a new chancellor. Sharon Morrissey, previously the system's vice chancellor for academic and workforce programs, was appointed interim chancellor. On January 4, 2023, Virginia's Community Colleges announced that David Doré would be
15-578: The Danville Division of VPI to form Danville Community College. Danville Community College is governed by an advisory board of nine members. The college is supervised by the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) and State Board for Community Colleges, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur , Georgia 30033–4097) to award associate degrees to those students successfully completing
20-460: The campus of Danville Military Institute (1890 to 1939) housed prisoners of war during World War II (1944–1945), was home to the off-campus engineering division of Virginia Polytechnic Institute (named VPI Extension - fall 1946 to 1950, Danville Branch of VPI - 1950 to 1965, and Danville Division of VPI - 1965 to 1968), and shared the campus with Danville Technical Institute (formerly Danville Textile School) from 1945 to 1966, until DTI merged with
25-649: Was folded into the college in 1968. Danville Community College also has a baseball team, which won the Virginia Community College System state baseball championships in 2006 and 2007. Danville Community College is an 86-acre (350,000 m) institution of higher education serving the City of Danville, Pittsylvania County and Halifax County . The main campus is located on South Main Street in Danville, consisting of 11 college buildings. Beginning as early as 1890,
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