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Black Tie & Denim Inaugural Gala Slip on your favorite jeans, break out your black tie attire, or put together some intriguing combination of the two and join us for what is sure to be a memorable evening on Saturday, September 25, 2010. Our reception sponsors, Beam Brothers Trucking, Inc. and Moseley Architects, invite you [...]

Fall is always an exciting time of year on a college campus. As the changing color of leaves indicates the end of the summer season, the Blue Ridge Community College campus springs to life in the fall with a variety of new beginnings! Thousands of new and returning students eagerly anticipate the start of classes, [...]

Over 800 students from Kindergarten through 12th grade participated in 75 different classes this summer in BRCC’s flagship summer youth program, Learning Can Be Fun. Learning Can Be Fun offers a hands-on approach to many fascinating topics, including art, outdoor adventures, fishing, ecology, sports, theater, creative writing, and robotics just to name a few. The [...]

My husband Phil and I have been like the plumber’s family who always has a leaky sink, faucet or toilet. Even though I have been an estate planning professional for over thirty years, my husband and I did not “get around” to completing our estate plan until recently.

Blue Ridge Community College is one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to a new survey by The Chronicle of Higher Education. BRCC was acknowledged in 10 of the 12 two-year college categories, and as a result of achieving this designation in so many different areas BRCC was also listed [...]

Since members of BRCC Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) returned from Haiti in January 2010 following the crippling 7.0 magnitude earthquake, they, along with the BRCC community, have been raising funds to rebuild a Haitian school in Rivier Froide where the group was staying when the earthquake hit. Over $21,000 has been raised to date [...]

Self-proclaimed “class mom,” Sabrina Almarode has come a long way since her first awkward days as a BRCC student. “I was the minority” she says, referring to being the same age, or older, than the parents of her classmates. “When I said that I remembered JFK’s assassination, the student beside me looked at me – [...]

Last fall, BRCC broke ground for the $7.5 million Advanced Technology Center which will offer expanded capabilities in terms of laboratories and state-of-the art multi-media classrooms to enhance the student learning experience. BRCC is recognized across the country for its innovation and curriculum quality, and the Advanced Technology Center will continue that tradition. Although the [...]