Diploma Campaign Supports VWCC ACESS Program

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Local Kroger and Stop-In Food Stores locations make college possible

 

ROANOKE — At any local Kroger or Stop-In Food Stores during the month of May, customers may donate $1 or $5 to support Virginia Western’s Community College Access Program (CCAP) and make college possible for local high school graduates.

 

The Diploma Campaign launched May 4, and Kroger and Stop-In Food Stores are partnering with Virginia Western to support CCAP and help bolster the economic base of the Roanoke Valley.

 

“College is possible for all local high school graduates,” President Robert H. Sandel said. “At Virginia Western, students get access to a quality education and can go directly into the workforce or transfer to a four-year institution. Through CCAP, they can get a degree or certificate and create a stronger regional economy.”

 

CCAP allows local high school graduates to attend Virginia Western for two years cost-free.  Administered by the Virginia Western Educational Foundation, CCAP now serves Botetourt, Craig, Franklin and Roanoke Counties and the Cities of Roanoke and Salem.

 

CCAP supports as many students as possible based on student need and available funds. The program was launched in 2008 with the pilot phase in Salem and expanded to Roanoke City in 2009. In Fall 2011, graduates of Franklin County High School began participating in CCAP, and other localities joined in Fall 2013.  Virginia Western is in the process of accepting the 2014-15 class of CCAP students.

 

Graduating seniors of participating high schools are eligible to apply for CCAP. Applicants must have attended the high school in, and have been a resident of, the participating locality in which they are applying for at least two years prior to graduation. The application process for 2013-14 is now closed and the application process for 2014-15 opens January 1, 2015.

 

ABOUT VIRGINIA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE

With nearly 13,000 students on the college’s main campus in Southwest Roanoke City, to our satellite locations at the Roanoke Higher Education Center in Downtown Roanoke, Greenfield Education & Training Center in Daleville, and the Franklin Center in Rocky Mount, Virginia Western Community College is committed to providing affordable, accessible, and quality educational opportunities and workforce training to meet individual, community, and global needs. To learn more, visit www.virginiawestern.edu.

 

 

 

About Virginia Western Community College educational foundation

The Virginia Western Community College Educational Foundation, Inc. is an independent not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) foundation dedicated to enhancing awareness of the college and securing private and public funds for student scholarships, faculty development, and capital projects.  Separate from the college, but committed to expand upon Virginia Western’s accomplishments and to help it realize its fullest potential in the years to come, the Educational Foundation is governed by a board of directors that supports the college's educational initiatives through annual and capital programs. Our mission is to foster life-long relationships that build advocacy and support for Virginia Western.  To learn more, visit www.virginiawestern.edu/foundation.