Community Link Newsletter

When Jim Perkins announced in January that he would be retiring after 20 years at the helm of Blue Ridge Community College, the BRCC Educational Foundation knew they needed to do something to honor the man that had been the face of the College’s fundraising efforts since 1989. On August 29, 2009, Cheri Moran, chair [...]

Bob May began serving on the Local Board of BRCC in the winter of 2002. This year will be his seventh year on the Local Board representing Rockingham County, and recently he was elected as a member of the BRCC Eduational Foundation Board. Mr. May’s background is in Education. Before retiring, he worked 37 years [...]

Larry Hoover serves as Of Counsel for Hoover Penrod PLC in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and is an Adjunct Professor of Negotiation and Mediation at Washington and Lee School of Law. He was the 2005 recipient of the Tradition of Excellence Award presented annually by the General Practice Section of the Virginia State Bar to recognize “an [...]

Mary Mannix is President and Chief Executive Officer of Augusta Health, an integrated community based system of care located in Staunton, Augusta County, and Waynesboro areas of Virginia. Prior to joining Augusta Health, Ms. Mannix was President of Robert Packer Hospital, the flagship tertiary care hospital of the Guthrie Health system located in Sayre, Pennsylvania.

Mary McDermott is Senior Vice President, Legal and Regulatory Affairs at Ntelos, where she serves as counsel for all Ntelos’ operations and heads up the company’s regulatory efforts. Ms. McDermott has been a telecom lawyer for over 27 years. Her career includes twelve years with NYNEX (a company now part of Verizon) as well as [...]

The Goldman Sachs Foundation selected BRCC Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) as one of only five SIFE teams from the United States to attend the 2009 SIFE Capital Markets Summit in Berlin, Germany in October of this year. Goldman Sachs has invited Lacey Derrow and Nicole Jukich, as well as advisor Rebecca Evans, to Berlin, [...]

BRCC has established an Associate of Science General Science Degree program with an engineering specialization. The demand for programs emphasizing science, technology, engineering and mathematics is growing locally and nationwide as the need for trained technicians in the workforce continues to develop. Students will obtain a strong math and science background during the first year [...]

What an exciting opportunity I have inherited as the fifth president of Blue Ridge Community College! Under the leadership of Dr. James Perkins, this community’s college has seen unprecedented enrollment growth, has established beautiful campus facilities, and has accumulated numerous accolades and awards for outstanding performance and service to the Commonwealth. I am delighted to [...]