The President’s Message

At Germanna Community College, we know we must not waste our greatest resource--the potential of all of the people in our communities. That potential lies not only in the minds of the young, but in the untapped abilities of workers who must be retrained especially in fields where there will be high-wage jobs. An educated workforce creates a better economy for us all, translating into higher pay for local people and a better quality of life for their families, helping existing businesses be more profitable, attracting new employers from outside the area and helping to spawn start-up companies. An educated community makes for better citizens and brighter futures for all. With your support, Germanna will continue to expand to meet our communities’ needs. With your support, we will move forward with plans for a permanent campus in Stafford County and continue to seek ways to better serve Caroline and Madison County residents. With your support, we will continue to expand our Fredericksburg Campus in Spotsylvania, to grow our respected nursing program at our Locust Grove Campus in Orange County, offer new programs at our Daniel echnologyT Center in Culpeper and offer classes at Dahlgren. “Let us think of Germanna is working hard to respond quickly to provide students with the education as the knowledge, skills and attitude that lead to jobs that pay well and give local companies a competitive edge in a challenging global market. means of developing Nearly 80 percent of Germanna students remain in our area after our greatest abilities, completing their college work, investing the skills they’ve learned in their local communities. Secure in that knowledge, we must continue to prepare because in each of students for jobs in STEM fields, as engineers, as workers trained in us, there is a private cybersecurity, and as nurses and other health care professionals to meet our communities’ needs hope and dream To meet those needs, we have grown to become the seventh largest of 23 which, fulfilled, can be schools in the Virginia Community College System. We have opened new locations, created new programs and services, all during the most translated into benefit challenging of times. for everyone...” Now we must work and grow together to help sustain local economic recovery and build future prosperity. Together, we can make a difference in --John F. Kennedy both good times and bad. I hope you find in this reportfurther evidence that the investment of your taxes, your donations, your employees and family members as students, all have paid and will pay great dividends far into the future. Sincerely,

Dr. David A. Sam, President

Germanna Community College • 2012-2013 Annual Report to the Community 1 Who We Are... Mission Germanna Community College is a public institution of As a public, comprehensive community college, Germanna higher education in the Virginia Community College System. provides accessible, quality educational and training As a comprehensive community college, Germanna provides opportunities that meet our communities’ changing learning quality, accessible, and affordable educational opportunities needs. for the residents of the City of Fredericksburg and the This Mission is achieved through: counties of Caroline, Culpeper, King George, Madison, • Courses, programs, and services that enable students to gain Orange, Spotsylvania and Stafford. access to and succeed in higher education; • Associate degrees and courses that prepare students to advance to and succeed in four year colleges and universities; • Training and services to develop successful employees who meet employers’ specific needs; • Training, associate degrees, and certificates for students to enter and succeed in the workplace; and • Services and support for community and economic development. Vision Germanna Community College is recognized as the region’s leader and preferred partner providing excellence in accessible educational opportunities and related services to our communities. Our quality learning experiences enable students to participate effectively in the social, economic, political, intellectual, and cultural life of their communities. Germanna, a dynamic learning organization, is the premiere gateway to personal and community development. Values Our values influence our thoughts, guide our decisions, mold our policies, and help determine our course of action. Student learning and success are at the heart of all that we do and are demonstrated by: Passion for learning and teaching, Integrity, Culture of service, Excellence, Stewardship, and Respect. Strategic Initiatives 1. Become a Learning-Centered college, where quality teaching and support services foster student learning and success. 2. Develop outreach efforts, programs, and services that fulfill the promise of affordable access to educational opportunities and workforce development for all the constituents of our service area. 3. Develop partnerships and alternative resources to better enable the College to achieve its mission. 4. Invest in people through professional development, recognitions and rewards systems. 5. Develop systems of continuous improvement and a culture of accountability to be better stewards of the resources and mission in our care.

2 Germanna Community College • 2012-2013 Annual Report to the Community Student Statistics

Jurisdiction Headcount 2011-12 2011-2012 Majors

Associate of Arts & Sciences (AA&S) Caroline County (557) Stafford County (3243) Business Administration Culpeper County (779) Education General Studies Fredericksburg City (629) General Studies - Psychology Spec. Liberal Arts King George (411) Science Madison County (254) Associate of Science (AS) Orange County (616) Engineering

Associate of Applied Science (AAS) Other (620) Business Management Early Childhood Development Information System Technology Spotsylvania County (3742) Networking Nursing Nursing Comm. Program 2011-12 Awards Police Science College Transfer Degrees 1008 Technical Studies Career Technical Degrees 149 Career Studies Degrees 268 Certificates Certificates 54 Dental Assisting Total Awards 1479 Early Childhood Development Fine Arts Fire Science Technology General Education 2011-12 Graduate Demographic Graphic Communications Headcount Police Science Graduates 890 Practical Nursing Female 595 Practical Nursing -EVHS Male 295 African-American 110 Career Studies Certificates Asian 23 Caucasian 660 Hispanic 58 Native American 2 Pacific Island 24 Unknown 13

2011-12 Graduates Awards 890 1479

Passing GED Scores 2011-12 414

Germanna Community College • 2012-2013 Annual Report to the Community 3 Germanna in the News

Germanna Ranked in Top 50 for Enrollment for 2010-11 by Community College Week Despite the August 2011 earthquake that resulted in the closing of the V. Earl Dickinson Building for repairs, Germanna Community College was among the Top 50 fastest-growing two- year colleges in America for 2010-2011, according to the 2012 rankings compiled by Community College Week. GCC was ranked 45th in the nation with a 2.6 percent increase in enrollment comparing Fall 2010 and Fall 2011, climbing by 197, from 7,582 to 7,779. The Dickinson Building was reopened and fully operational in January 2013 for the beginning of the Spring semester. Germanna President David A. Sam said the ranking shows the college continued to serve the community without missing a beat despite the quake. The increase in enrollment that semester also bucked national trends in enrollment, which were beginning to reflect a downturn. LEED Silver Certification for SEBIC Germanna’s new Science & Engineering Building and Information Commons, which opened in 2012, was officially certified “Silver” for Leadership in Energy and Engineering Design (LEED). Features of the “green” building include a vegetative roof that provides natural insulation, a rain water harvesting system used for flushing toilets, sensors that automatically turn off lights and adjust window shades, a wind turbine capable of powering laptops and charging cell phones and laboratory exhausts that harvest heated or cooled air to cut down on heating and cooling costs.

IES Design Award The Germanna Community College Science & Engineering Building and Information Commons at the Fredericksburg Area Campus that was designed by Clark Nexsen Architecture and Engineering, won four Illumination Engineering Society Illumination Awards of Merit for 2013. The green building is designed to save energy by automatically adjusting lighting and raising and lowering blinds to use natural light more efficiently. The IES Illumination Awards provides a unique opportunity for public recognition of professionalism, ingenuity, and originality in lighting design based upon the individual merit of each entry judged against specific criteria.

4 Germanna Community College • 2012-2013 Annual Report to the Community U.Va. RN to BSN Program Classes at Germanna, via Interactive Video A new agreement between the School of Nursing at the University of Virginia and the Virginia Community College System, including Germanna Community College, will guarantee admission to the school’s RN to Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. The part time, 21-month program is designed to make ti easier for full-time working nurses to get their BSN. There illw be one class a week, with a clinical settings program in the second year that allows students to practice what they’ve learned in class. “Germanna has gone a little further,” said Dr. Patti Lisk, Dean of Nursing and Health Technologies at GCC. “We have made it possible for students to attend the University of Virginia classes here on campus at Germanna through interactive video for their first year of study.” She said the classes will be broadcast from U.Va. to Germanna and that students at GCC will be able to Drop It! Donations Total $300,000 after converse with University of Virginia faculty as if they were in the same classroom. 2013 Challenge When Culpeper’s Drop It! The Healthy Living and Weight Loss Challenge 2013 wrapped up, it had produced a total of over $300,000 in donations to Germanna’s Nursing and Health Technologies programs since the annual event began in 2010. Joe and Linda Daniel and the Culpeper Regional Health System have donated funds toward Germanna’s nursing and health programs since the beginning. Germanna President Dr. David A. Sam said the college is grateful, “We want to thank the Daniels for their long term support for Germanna in many ways, especially the nursing program and health care programs. Thanks in large part to them; Germanna now graduates two RN classes a year in December and in May.” “We also deeply appreciate the long partnership with Culpeper Regional Hospital and Culpeper Regional Health Care System. They provide clinical instruction, and clinical sites.They’ve contributed $1 million over the years to our programs.” Prevention with TIPS Incident Management System Germanna has launched an online incident reporting platform called TIPS (Threat Assessment, Incident Management and Prevention Services) from Awareity, making it easy for students, faculty, staff and others on campus to confidentially report concerning behaviors or incidents. Bullying, threats to harm, verbal abuse, assault and battery, domestic violence, weapons, harassment, suicide risks, stalking, hazing, alcohol or drug possession, theft, vandalismand suspicious activity may be reported anonymously. If someone has information about incidents that warrant concern for the safety of students, faculty or staff, they can access TIPS from GCC’s website at www.germanna.edu, select their Germanna location and anonymously report the information.

Germanna Community College • 2012-2013 Annual Report to the Community 5 The Faces of Germanna

CANstruction Event 2013 Germanna’s ”MeCANical” engineering team won the Engineering Ingenuity award during a contest sponsored by Stafford County Schools and 99.3 The Vibe. Ten teams collected thousands of cans of food for the Fredericksburg Area Food Bank, and then built structures at the Spotsylvania Towne Center. The Germanna engineering students’ American flag design was titled “Silver Linings.” Allthe cans from the competition went to feed area families in need. The team consisted of Germanna engineering students Sarah Kaufman, Ethan Flore, Philip Olson, Tyler Moore, Chris Coleman, Leif Walde, Brian Keefer, Chris Boyce, Jordan Barringer and faculty advisor Dr. Davyda Hammond. Experiential Learning – NIH Internship Program Germanna student Ulisses Santamaria, the son of immigrants from El Salvador, has always wanted to be a doctor—so much so that as a child he became his own first patient. “I’ve always had a thing for medicine,” he says. “Even as a kid, I was kind of my own doctor. If I had cuts or bruises, I’d fix them myself and I was pulling my own teeth out when they were ready. He has worked as a volunteer at the Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center, mostly in the emergency room Germanna Applied Engineering Club and has now become one of the early success stories for Germanna’s new Experiential Learning internship The Germanna Community College Applied Engineering Club program. Through the program, Ulisses has landed an and Dr. Davyda Hammond put on a strong showing at the ASME internship at the National Institute for Health. Student Professional Development Conference at the University of Virginia March 24, 2013. He will be mentored by Dr. Alon Poleg-Polsky in research involving the structure and function of the retina at the The club and its Diverse Remote-Operated Inspection Device National Institute of Neurological Disease and Stroke in (D.R.O.I.D.) robot took second place for student design. Over 50 Bethesda, MD. The work will involve investigation into engineering students from Germanna, James Madison University, how the retina performs preliminary image processing the U.S. Naval Academy, VMI, Old Dominion University and the and transmits visual information to the brain. University of Virginia competed. The Germanna club placed in all of the competitions: 2nd Place - Student Design (D.R.O.I.D.) and 2nd Place, Web Page Design - Tristan Jones; 2nd Place, Poster Presentation - Andrew Hallet and 4th Place, Oral Presentation - Brian Keefer. The GCC club built the robot “with the Fukushuma power plant meltdown disaster in mind. It has the ability to navigate into areas too dangerous and restricting to send personnel.” Two on board cameras allow the user to see what is going on. It’s able to manipulate instruments from 10 inches away with its probe.

6 Germanna Community College • 2012-2013 Annual Report to the Community Fulfilled Dream of Playing Division I Football Former Germanna Community College and Brooke Point High School student Daniel Rodriguez, who earned both a Bronze Star and Purple Heart while serving in the U.S. Army in Afghanistan, saw his dream come true in 2012. He made the Clemson football team as a walk-on and led the Tigers onto the field carrying an American flag prioro t the team’s Oct. 21, Military Appreciation Day win over Virginia Tech. Rodriguez’ fight was far from over after tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan that saw him wounded and decorated for valor. He returned home with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and night terrors. Using the G.I. Bill, he attended Germanna, and he credits GCC with helping him decompress. GI Jobs Magazine included Germanna in its 2013 list of Military Robert Lewis - Student Representative Friendly Colleges. Robert Lewis wanted to make a difference, and he realized that “My time at Germanna was incredible,” Rodriguez said. “In to do that, he needed to go to college. He got a federal grant and a nutshell, I made the transition from combat to classroom. enrolled at Germanna. Germanna really made me feel at home. There’s been nothing but “It’s a blessing to me to be able to be here and be able to get support. It’s been awesome. I loved it.” my education and I’m going to try to make the best of it,” the Chancellor High School graduate says. He attended a student leadership conference in Roanoke, where he heard a speaker talk about facing one’s fears.“Whatever it is holding you back, just face it,” he says he was told. “I guess I fear failure,” he said. “I’d hate to invest so much time and energy in my education and not come out above average. I want to excel.” He became a student representative on College Council and was part of a student delegation from Germanna to lobby legislators to keep higher education affordable and accessible on Every Day is Community College Day at the General Assembly. “One of the things I’ve noticed is that a lot of students are going through the motions,” he said. “They don’t take the time to become involved and engaged. If you slow down and keep your eyes and ears open a lot of doors will open for you, a lot of opportunities for really great things. Too many people pass those opportunities by.” Phi Theta Kappa Inducts New Members Students were honored as the Germanna Community College Alpha Lambda Psi chapter of Phi Theta Kappa held itsannual induction ceremony on April 16, 2013 at GCC’s Daniel Technology Center in Culpeper. PTK is an international honor society for two-year colleges. The ceremony is held to acknowledge the academic achievements of students who have achieved a 3.5 grade point average and have completed 12 credits toward a degree program. During the induction ceremony, students pledged an oath to the chapter, signed their name into the induction record book and lit the ceremonial candle.

Germanna Community College • 2012-2013 Annual Report to the Community 7 Kim Casey, R.N. It’s been nearly three decades since Kim Casey was in high school back in her home town of Rochester, N.Y. and very ill with an autoimmune disorder. “The nurses made a very big impact on me,” she says. So“ I decided that’s what I would like to do.” She began studying to become a nurse, but as a Navy wife, she had moved 20 times in 22 years before her husband Mike retired in 2009 and took a job at Dahlgren. Finally, in 2009, at age 44, she was able to resume her nursing studies at Germanna Community College. She was impressed with the Germanna faculty, and she says, “The clinical aspect I received here was even better than I expected it to be, due in part to the Virtual Hospital ,” which has high-tech human simulators. At Germanna, she was a model student. She received The Sarah Pfeiffer - Student Tutor Florence Nightingale Award for her class. It’s presented to the Sarah Pfeiffer is from Molin, Germany. So when she needed a graduate deemed the most helpful and inspirational to the class. part-time job, she thought about working at GCC’s Tutoring Cen- She was accepted to work in the Virginia Commonwealth ter, helping others learn to speak her native tongue, but ended up University Massey Cancer Care Clinic in the Palliative Care Unit tutoring German, English, math, biology and chemistry. during the summer of 2012 as a nurse extern. “I actually just walked over there to ask if they might need a In March, she was offered a full time position at the Massey German tutor,” she says with a laugh. Then[GCC Coordinator of Cancer Center as a clinical nurse in the Bone Marrow Transplant Tutoring Ann Lyons] asked me how my English was. I ended up Unit. tutoring everything I’ve taken so far.” At age 47, she passed the state nursing board exam and officially She plans to pursue a master’s degree in biology at the University became a Registered Nurse. of Mary Washington, then continue to dental school at Virginia Commonwealth University. The Richmond hospital will pay for her to pursue herBSN, as well as any other degree. “I love it at Germanna,” she says. “Everybody is really helpful.” She says she’s leaning toward a career as an oncology nurse. She says she’s grateful to the Germanna Educational Foundation for the Raynold “Randy” Collier Glazebrook III Scholarship and the Steve and Nancy Jones Scholarship, which she says have “made a huge difference”.

“Blackboard Collaborate” - connects students to tutors.

8 Germanna Community College • 2012-2013 Annual Report to the Community Haleigh Funk, LPN Anita Newhouse Her father’s battle with cancer started Haleigh Funk on her way Anita Newhouse didn’t believe she was college material. to becoming a nurse.“My dad had cancer when I was in the first Germanna’s Fall 2012 Commencement speaker says she came up grade,” Funk said. “And he let me inject shots into his stomach. with every excuse she could not to enroll there. Since then, everybody has said I ought to be a nurse.” “The truth is,” she says, “my self-esteem and confidencewere Her father has recovered and is doing well, but Haleigh hasn’t so low that I honestly didn’t think I would be successful. I forgotten the experience. thank God I listened to a friend who convinced me to enroll At 18, she completed Germanna Community College’s Practical at Germanna in 2000. She suggested taking one class at a time Nursing program at Eastern View High School in Culpeper and until I was used to that and then taking more than one class each became an LPN. semester. As time passed, I became more confident and I held my At 19, she graduated from Germanna’s Registered Nursing head higher.” program during Spring 2013 Commencement ceremonies. She was 29 years old when she started at GCC. Her goal was to “The sky is the limit for this talented young woman,”commented earn a bachelor’s degree by the time she was 40. She graduated the late Dean of Nursing and Health Technologies, Mary Gilkey. from the University of Mary Washington when she was 34. Along the way, she received a Virginia Community College “It’s definitely been a journey, and there’s been alot of hard work,” System Chancellor’s Fellowship. Funk said. But it’s been rewarding.” By age 36, she was the manager of Germanna’s Welcome Center She hopes to work at Culpeper Regional Hospital, and plans at the Daniel Technology Center in Culpeper, which brings to eventually get her bachelor’s degree to specialize in geriatric together counseling, financial aid and admissions resources to nursing. help students in that area find the answer to any questions they have, overcome any doubts they have, and get off to a flying start. She says she can identify with “the hesitation, the anxiousness, the worry and the fear” some students feel as they enter college. “If you have the burning desire to do it, follow your dreams and don’t let age or anything else hold you back from what you want to do. Believe me, you can,” Newhouse says.

Germanna Community College • 2012-2013 Annual Report to the Community 9 Jenny Stone - SGA President Jenny Stone isn’t a typical college student body president. This Germanna Community College Student Government Association leader and Falmouth resident is 40 years old, and her 21- and 20-year-old sons plan to join her as students at GCC. She’s survived two bouts with cancer. She says her first cancer surgery took place when she was 22 in 1994. During her second cancer surgery in 2007, she had a cardiac event on the operating table and a major heart attack and quadruple bypass followed a year later at age 35.

Virginia Van Valzah Stafford County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Virginia Van Valzah has turned a learning disability into what she calls an “addiction to learning.” Deputy Van Valzah, a Germanna graduate, was the college’s keynote Spring 2013 Commencement speaker. The determined 26-year-old has battled ADHD and dyslexia since she was a child. When she enrolled at Germanna, she applied advice from one of her teachers at James Monroe High School to break courses down into easily digestible chunks and spent a lot of time in the Tutoring Center. When doctors told her that her heart disease had become serious, “Class sizes at Germanna are small enough that you get that one- she said: “I’m not allowing this to stop or slow my life down. I on-one attention you need to thrive,” she said. decided long ago not to dwell in my illnesses During the commencement or let them define me.” ceremony, students heard Virginia She had to abandon her catering business Van Valzah’s message that there’s because of health setbacks and found herself no shame in having a learning again at Germanna. disability. She’s studying psychology and plans to get After earning her associate’s degree her associate’s degree, then transfer to the at Germanna in 2006, she went on University of Mary Washington for her to a bachelor’s in administrative bachelor’s and possibly Marymount for justice at George Mason University postgraduate work. in 2008 and a post bachelor’s certificate and master’s in criminal She has been a Sunshine Lady Foundation justice at Virginia Commonwealth Scholar through the Germanna Educational University in 2011. Using flash Foundation. cards to study, she compiled a 3.7 Jenny Stone says GCC’s faculty has been grade point average at VCU. “inspirational,” particularly psychology She’s now a court security deputy Professor Evan Gorelick. for the Stafford County Sheriff’s She said she hopes her psychology studies lead Office and a training officer. She to work helping police officers who are under teaches criminology at Germanna stress, as well as family counseling. as an adjunct faculty member. “I’m addicted to learning and I’m trying to pass on my addiction to other people,” she said.

10 Germanna Community College • 2012-2013 Annual Report to the Community The Faces of Germanna - Staff & Faculty

Mary Gilkey Dr. Richard E. Mezo Germanna Community College’s Dean of Nursing and Health Dr. Richard Mezo, an adjunct professor at Germanna, a veteran Technologies Mary Gilkey passed away Tuesday, July 25, 2013 at of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force, an author and a poet, passed VCU Medical Center in Richmond at the age of 55. She had been away on July 6, 2013 at his home in Stafford Countyat the age 74. battling an autoimmune disorder for some time. His 2008 anti-waterboarding op-ed column, “Why it was Called “With the passing of Dean Gilkey, Germanna has lost a leader Water Torture,” appeared in The Washington Post and The Free whose boundless energy and enthusiasm helped the college Lance-Star. double the size of its nursing program and graduate two classes a Dr. Mezo taught English language and literature at universities, year,” said GCC President Dr. David A. Sam. “Our communities colleges, and high schools in the United States and overseas have lost a champion for quality health care for all their citizens.” and on military bases. He taught composition, literature and “Dean Gilkey worked diligently with area hospitals to anticipate developmental English part-time at Germanna’s Fredericksburg and meet health care needs ,” Dr. Sam said. Area Campus in Spotsylvania. “She loved her students and the college dearly. The tudentss she Dr. Mezo was the author of a number of books, including: inspired will be her legacy. She will be missed.” Concepts and Choices: A Writer’s Companion and Personal Advisor, Essential Structures: A Guide to English for Readers and Writers, Nothing’s Out of Place and Recovering Argument: A Guide Ode to a Nurse to Critical Thinking and Writing. She is a symbol in her immaculate white, Softly treading through the stillness of the night, Quick to cope with a sudden emergency, She is that wonderful nurse who is on duty; Day in and day out the constant rounds she will make Weary, tired, the patient, she does not forsake, Gently caressing the crying, frightened child, Tenderly caring for the bedridden senile; She is the nurse, the beautiful Angel in white. She is like a star, shinning ever so bright, Many tears, and smiles along the way she has seen, But she will stand up, ‘ever like a great Queen. - A. J. Sam

Germanna Community College • 2012-2013 Annual Report to the Community 11 Germanna Employees Honored at Innovations Conference in Dallas - Roueche Excellence Award Named in honor of John E. and Suanne D. Roueche, leaders in the community college field and early proponents of the idea that every college employee has a role in how well students learn and succeed, the awards celebrate outstanding contributions and leadership by community college faculty and staff.

Excellence in Education Awards at New Horizons Ann Lyons and her team won first place on the project of “Beyond Face-to-Face and Online Tutoring: Bb Collaborate Connects Students and Tutors” in the category of Improving Student Success—Institutional. Julie Mersiowsky collaborated with other institutions and won first place on two projects of “LOGO” and “TOTAL” for both categories - Best Practices in Teaching Face-to-face, Online and The Germanna winners for their work in 2012 are: Celestine Student Success and Innovative Use of Technology in the Face- Cool, former Manager of the ACC and Testing Services, Garland to-Face and Online Classroom. Fenwick, Facilities Manager, Winferd Stevens, Coordinator of Disability Services and Michael C. Farris, former Financial Aid Coordinator. Farris returned to his hometown as Director of Financial Aid at Randolph College in Lynchburg in February, but continued to teach at GCC. “I am easily motivated just with watching our students grow and succeed knowing that our services had a hand in helping them on their way,” Cool said. “Communication, perseverance, and vision are my key strategies. Communication is the key to a strong relationship with students as well as the college community. Perseverance is necessary to implement resources when they are needed and money is tight, and vision for the future; always thinking ahead of new initiatives that will keep improving the GCC Center for quality of our services. “ Workforce’s O’Keefe “As a Facilities Manager, I am inspired and motivated to provide Wins Women’s the most effective and efficient facilities,” Fenwickid. sa “I feel Leadership Award by providing safe and well maintained buildings and grounds, it creates an atmosphere that contributes to student learning. “ Germanna’s Martha O’Keefe received the Patricia Lacey “This is a great honor and I would like to thank all the great Metzger Award during the people that are working in community colleges who are giving 19th Annual Leadership their heart and soul to helping others,” Stevens said. Colloquium for Professional “I am truly honored to have been selected for this award,” Farris Women at the University of said. “I will continue to work hard so that students can achieve Mary Washington. their dreams. Thanks to all who helped make this possible.” O’Keefe is Dean of Workforce and Professional Development at More than 800 colleges are League members. According to its Germanna’s Center for Workforce and Community Education. website, “The League is spearheading efforts to develop more The Metzger Award honors those who “uphold high standards in learning-centered community colleges through its Learning their personal and professional lives while fulfilling a career goal Initiative. The goal is to assist community colleges indeveloping of significant nature.” policies, programs, and practices that place learning at the heart of the educational enterprise, while overhauling the traditional architecture of education.”

12 Germanna Community College • 2012-2013 Annual Report to the Community 2012 President’s Recognition Awards Dr. Davyda Hammond The recipients of the 2012 President’s Recognition Awards were Her mother passed away when she was 5 and her father Michelle Norton, Paula Gentry, Nick Morgan, Cheryl Huff and was unable to care for her, so at the age 12, she moved to Tina Lance. Birmingham, Alabama to live with her grandmother. Her life had taken a turn for the better thanks to her grandmother. So it rankled her when, as a child, she would see shady mechanics take advantage of her, charging her a lot and refusing to explain what was wrong. When she was 12, her teachers in Alabama told her she should become a math teacher. She knew that math was important to engineering, and she says with a smile that she thought to herself back then, “Well, engineers, they learn about cars.” By the time she was in college, she would take her grandmother’s car to a dealership and confidently and firmly say: “This is what’s wrong. Don’t tell me anything else is wrong with it.” In 2012 she did some research and found that more job openings Chancellor’s Faculty Fellow for 2012-13 were listed for electrical engineers across Virginia than for Germanna’s faculty member, Professor of Nursing Karen Mittura, mechanical engineers. was selected as a Chancellor’s Faculty Fellow for 2012-13. Karen Until now, Germanna’s Associate of Science degree in is one of three faculty members across the Virginia Community Engineering program focused on mechanical engineering and College System to receive this award. engineering science. In addition to being recognized for her outstanding work as a Seeing a need, she pushed to add a concentration in electrical faculty member, Professor Mittura has been awarded a one-year engineering at Germanna and succeeded. fellowship to continue her studies. She will pursue a Doctorate Dr. Hammond explains that because Germanna has guaranteed of Nursing Practice in Educational Leadership at Case Western admission articulation agreements with both U.Va. and Virginia University. Tech, “If you get at least a ‘B’ in all your engineering and science Special Certificate from the Governor for a High and math classes at GCC and an overall GPA of 3.2, you’re Rating on Emergency Planning guaranteed admission into the schools of engineering at U.Va. and Virginia Tech. They get so many applications at Tech that The Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia on behalf of the automatically knowing you’re getting in is a real advantage.” Office of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs & HomelandSecurity recognized Germanna Community College for its outstanding and exemplary initiatives in the areas of all-hazards emergency preparedness. This certificate honors the hard work,eadership l and overall dedication to students, faculty and staff at Virginia’s Colleges and universities. Those who lead our emergency planning included: Craig ranch,B Rick Brehm, Garland Fenwick, Jacque Larsen, Ollie Burton and many more.

Germanna Community College • 2012-2013 Annual Report to the Community 13 Cheryl Huff The Virginia Community College System considers rising The Chancellor’s Reengineering Task Force supported the ERO textbook costs a hindrance to enrollment and student success. grant effort for use in classes with high enrollment,including According to the Virginia College Board, the typical student English, psychology, biology, business, chemistry, history, math spends about $1,000 on textbooks. and information technology. In the Spring of 2013, the VCCS awarded grants to faculty The grant will pay for work designing an English 112: members who went to work finding ways to use free Open Composition II class that uses only OER. It is to be piloted in the Educational Resources in classes and research to bring down the Fall semester of 2013 and the Spring of 2014. cost of textbooks. She said students will save on textbooks while learning about Cheryl Huff, an associate professor of English and umanitiesh high quality, free resources they can use for years. at Germanna Community College, was one of 12 VCCS faculty members awarded $3,000.

Professor LaZalia Richardson by Nancy W. Noel, Instructor of English at Germanna Community College The August 2011 earthquake shut down Germanna Community College’s largest building until January 2012. But another event that took place last year shook the college to its core with deeper and longer-lasting consequences. Temporary loss of bricks and mortar couldn’t begin to compare to the loss of professor LaZalia Richardson, who retired to focus her energy on recovering from a March 2011 stroke. Her contributions to the community and Germanna’s students, faculty, and staff are too numerous to list. The Fredericksburg native and James Monroe High School graduate’s character, dignity, integrity, intellect, and her passion for teaching make her irreplaceable. At Germanna, she held many leadership positions, among them: English Department coordinator, member of the Faculty Senate, and chair of the College Council. She taught composition and literature at GCC for 24 years, specializing in American literature and the Bible as literature. Dr. Richardson changed students’ lives because she genuinely loved them. She held students to a very high standard, yet never failed to provide what they needed to meet it. There was always a cluster of students waiting outside her office door rfo academic help, advice, coaching, and mentoring. She did not merely teach. She shaped lives. In recognition of her service to college, the college’s English Department has established a scholarship in her name through the GCC Educational Foundation. Her legacy will live on in those she so believed in and loved so much—the students. Germanna is a far better place because of her.

14 Germanna Community College • 2012-2013 Annual Report to the Community Robert M. Dixon Germanna’s new Student Veterans Support Counselor understands what it’s like to be deployed in Afghanistan and he understands what it’s like to make the transition from active duty to civilian life. Robert M. Dixon had a 22-year career in the U.S. Army, serving during the Gulf War as part of Operation Desert Storm and as part of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. He retired as a lieutenant colonel. “Veterans returning to civilian life face a transition that sometimes is difficult to make,” Germanna President Dr.David A. Sam said. “From structured jobs, they must find a areerc among too many options. Combat veterans may need more than career counseling.” “This position was a next step in developing Germanna’s Center for Veterans’ Retraining and Support,” Dr. Sam said. “Here Alison Gauch Hieber veterans can find help in translating their militarytraining into Germanna’s first Dean of Enrollment Services has overseen some college credit. Here they can explore career options. Here they significant changes since she joined Germanna in 2012. can connect with resources from the Veterans Administration to pay for their education. Here they can connect with other She has overseen the expansion of Germanna’s Welcome Center veterans who understand, as Bob Dixon does, what it means to concept, which brings together counseling, financialaid and be a veteran.” admissions resources to help students more easily find the answer to any questions, overcome any doubts and get off to a flying “I’m grateful to have the opportunity to help the young men and start. women who have given so much already,” Dixon said. “Education is so important to setting our veterans up for the rest of their She has overseen the hiring of Veterans Support Counselor lives—it’s the difference between just getting by and having a Robert Dixon and the continuing development of Germanna good life.” President Dr. David A. Sam’s vision for a Veterans’ Center. “When I arrived,” she said, it was to pull together enrollment pieces—financial aid, admissions and recruiting.” Dean Hieber has 25 years of experience. Her first obj out of college was as Assistant Director for Admissions overseeing transfers at James Madison University. She then worked at the University of Mary Washington for 19 years as Associate Dean for Admissions before coming to Germanna. When she was doing her undergraduate work at James Madison University she majored in marketing. “But I like to say I double-majored in student life,” she said. “We had a fabulous vice president for student affairs who said, ‘You know you don’t have to leave college.’ “ Dean Hieber then proceeded to get her master’s degree in higher education at the University of South Carolina. “What I find most enjoyable is the people”, she said.“I have great people on my team and I enjoy seeing them come together to help a student. There’s a lot of possible energy.” She said she also enjoys working at Germanna because “community colleges can address the needs of students who are blocked because of their environment such as needing to work full time to take care of a family while pursuing a degree.” She said Germanna is “a breath of fresh air” to students who need a chance to overcome obstacles.

Germanna Community College • 2012-2013 Annual Report to the Community 15 Shashuna Gray Germanna’s new dean of Arts and Employees Years of Service Sciences said, “I love Germanna and I 45-Years of Service believe in it 100 percent. I really believe in the community college system.” Richard Gossweiler She has 19 years of college teaching experience, eight of those in the 30-Years of Service Virginia Community College System. A doctoral student in Old Dominion Sarah W. Somerville University’s Community College Leadership Program, Dean Gray has 25-Years of Service both a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Science degree in biology Richard Brehm from Alabama State University. Delois McCormick She spent the last year serving as acting Dean of Arts and Sciences. Before that, she was teaching biology and microbiology. She believed that through teaching biology she could 20-Years of Service ease the anxiety many have about the study of science in general. “I wanted to make the students feel comfortable in the classroom and make a difference,” Gray said. “I have a Valerie Miller passion for teaching and for helping students succeed.” Phyllis Smith At Germanna, she said, helping students succeed goes well beyond the classroom Germanna students, “find themselves in an environment where they can come to faculty when they have other problems -- not just enrolling in classes and having their financial 15-Years of Service aid approved. Both on the credit side and through the college’s non-credit Workforce Craig Branch Development side, she says, “We’re able to provide students skills and opportunities they Pamela Frederick might not otherwise have a chance to develop, and to find their passion.” Frances F. Lea Karen Mittura C. Douglas Elliott Sandra Monroe C. Douglas Elliott was named Vice Mike Shirazi President for Institutional Advancement at Germanna will also serve as Executive Beverly Unkle Director of the Germanna Community College Educational Foundation. 10-Years of Service His responsibilities will include planning, leadership and implementation of all Sheryln A. Farrish-Barner college fundraising initiatives, grant Susan Brown writing, planned giving, endowment, Paula Gentry scholarships, and alumni research and records, and parent engagement Shashuna Gray programs. He will also be responsible for Melba Morrozoff leadership of all college marketing, public Nancy Noel information and media relations activities and high-level support for community and government relations activities. Elliott will Ronald Williams lead a team of development, marketing and public information, media professionals and Samantha Wilson administrative staff. Elliott has served in leadership positions in advancement and marketing for a diverse group of nonprofit institutions from higher education to social service agencies to global 5-Years of Service entities such as the Smithsonian Institution and the International Center for Missing and Rosie Henderson Exploited Children. Previously, he had served as vice president for several publishing Michael Hurley firms and then as president of his own award-winningcompany, which he founded, Elliott & Clark Publishing. Kelly Rudnick He coauthored two books, Florida Rediscovered and Vietnam: Images from Combat Jeanne Wesley Photographers.

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Commencements Germanna’s 2012 Fall Commencement, held at the Fredericksburg Expo Center, saw 571 students receive a total of 942 associate’s degrees. Germanna Welcome Center Manager Anita Newhouse, the commencement speaker, told graduates she came up with every excuse she could not to enroll at Germanna because of a lack of confidence. Once she did, her New Automotive Technology Center in Stafford County self-esteem rose and she graduated from both GCC and the University of Mary Washington. In April 2011, the Stafford EDA approved a $75,000 grant toward bringing GCC’s automotive program to a location on Blackjack During Germanna’s 2013 Spring Commencement ceremony, Road off U.S. 1 near the county airport. 503 students received a total of 854 associates degrees, and certificates. “It’s a state of the art facility we can afford,” Dr. Sam said. “We can double enrollment at low cost.” The new center has the apacityc They heard Germanna graduate Virginia Van Valzah’s message to serve about 150 students. that there’s no shame in having a learning disability and that sometimes people with disabilities can be the best at a job. Michael Adams owns the 1.5-acre site and his JON Properties development firm built the facility. Germanna leases 11,000 Opening of Germanna Offices at Central Park square feet for auto labs, classrooms and office space. Germanna Community College officially opened new offices The Germanna automotive program is certified by the National for its Educational Foundation and the office of Marketing and Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE), a certification Public Information at the Central Park Corporate Center at 1320 group that certifies professionals in the automotiverepair and Central Park Blvd. in October 2012. service industry. GCC has campuses in Spotsylvania County and Locust Grove and centers in Stafford and Culpeper counties. No classes will be offered at the Central Park location. Germanna President Dr. David A. Sam thanked the Rappaport Companies for donating the space for three years. He and Jane Wallace, President of the GCC Educational Foundation, cut the ribbon to open the new facility. About 100 local business people and friends of the college looked on.

The 24-credit automotive technician certificate includes ainingtr in the ASE areas of engine repair, suspension and steering, brakes, and electrical systems. The 26-credit automotive diagnostician certificate includes training in the ASE areas of automotive transmission, manual drive train, climate control, and entire performance.

Germanna Community College • 2012-2013 Annual Report to the Community 17 Startup Weekend Fredericksburg Startup Weekend, which helps fledgling entrepreneurs launch companies, was held at Germanna’s Fredericksburg Campus in Spotsylvania in partnership with the GCC Center for Workforce & Community Education. Part of a global movement to inspire, educate, and empower individuals, teams and communities, Startup Weekend Fredericksburg was a 54-hour event designed to support creative, focused, and collaborative innovation. It helps participants form a team to work on a concept and refine it, then pitch it to investors so they can launch a startup. “We have the facilities and support, and we work closely with the business community, so it’s a good fit,” said Germanna’s Martha O’Keefe, Dean of Workforce and Professional Development. Germanna’s Center for Workforce provides training and 2013 Nursing Idol Competition professional development for the region’s business community, Faith Resto of Fredericksburg won the RN portion and including courses and programs supporting small businesses. Emily Lunceford of Caroline County won the LPN phase of And, she pointed out, two-year college degrees are available, also Germanna Community College’s Third Annual Nursing idol meeting the needs of businesses in Germanna’s service region. competition held at the Daniel Technology Center in Culpeper. “We work closely with the region’s offices of economic The competition, held before a crowd of about 400 nursing development to respond to workforce needs,” Dean O’Keefe said. students, faculty and local healthcare officials, isa combination of “We work collaboratively with offices of economic development, American Idol and Who Wants to be a Millionaire? without the K-12 school divisions, other higher education schools, Chambers lifelines, and the ER. Students answer questions from a panel of of Commerce, etc. to help connect the business community to medical expert judges on how they would handle cases. programs and resources.” “Nursing Idol is a wonderful way to demonstrate the quality of our nursing program and students,” said Germanna President Dr. David A. Sam. “These young people have to stand upin front of all their peers and answer extremely tough questions under pressure–in many cases, questions you would expect a doctor to answer. They demonstrate all that they learned and that they are able to think on their feet critically and solve problems and it’s exactly the kind of thing they’ll have to do in the real world.” “Under pressure, they’ll have to apply everything they know. It shows that we’ve got a fine program with great teachers and great students,” Sam said. Students display the poise developed in GCC’s high-tech Virtual Hospital at the Locust Grove Campus, where computerized human simulators are used.

She said Germanna’s Center for Workforce pivots quickly to meet the needs of local businesses, including those of startups. There have been over 1,000 Startup Weekend events held in 478 cities around the world and from these events over 8,000 startups have been created. Organizers say Startup Weekend is an opportunity to get experience that enhances creative and critical problem-solving, to try new skills, and to get expert instruction on new methods of brainstorming.

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Greetings from the Germanna Local College Board, There is no doubt in my mind that Germanna CommunityCollege’s service region will continue to be a leader in coming back strong from our nation’s economic downturn. I believe that part of our area’s economic resurgence has to do with the over 600,000 Germanna credits that have accumulated over the years. Those credits benefit not only our students and their families, but local businesses and our entire communities. Nearly 80 percent of Germanna students remain in our area, putting what they’ve learned to work. An educated and trained workforce is critical to keeping existing businesses competitive and attracting new ones that bring with them more good jobs that pay well. We continue to work hard at priming our region’s economic pump: • As Stafford County celebrates its 350th Anniversary, we join with the county’s Economic Development Authority and Board of Supervisors in working to ensure 2012 a prosperous future. In August 2013, we opened a high-tech new Automotive Germanna Community Technical Center to complement our Stafford County Center, which has been bulging at the seams since it opened in 2009. GCC is one of three colleges offering classes at College Board the new Stafford Technology & Research Center. Now het county urgently needs a full Germanna Stafford Campus to meet future educational and training demands, Doug Rogers, Chairman and we are working with officials there to make one reality.a Orange County • At Germanna’s Locust Grove Campus in Orange County, we have doubled the capacity for our well respected nursing program and more classes than ever are being offered Catherine Washington there. We are working toward expanding and our facilities there, including our high Vice Chairman tech Virtual Hospital, to meet the health care needs of graying Baby Boomers. Stafford County • More classes are being offered at GCC’s Daniel Technology Center in Culpeper, and we’re working to add even more, making degrees and certificates more accessible to Sherry Gravatt Culpeper and Madison counties. Caroline County • As Caroline County prepares for expected future growth, we are planning a Germanna Center there. Angela Greene Spotsylvania County • We are expanding Workforce Development in our communities and Dual Enrollment offerings that allow students to earn college credit ta their own high schools and saving their families money. John H. Jenkins Culpeper County • We have continued to expand our Fredericksburg Campus in Spotsylvania by adding a much needed parking garage to go with our beautiful and cutting-edge Science & Engineering Building and Information Commons and renovated Dickinson Building. Teri McNally City of Fredericksburg • Residents of King George County will be pleased to know that Germanna will pilot three classes by interactive video in fall 2013 at the University of Mary Washington Dahlgren Campus – Calculus 1 and 2 and Engineering. Harold “Dick” Scheibe King George County • Germanna and University of Mary Washington have partnered to offer courses at UMW at GCC tuition rates. William Thomas We thank community leaders who have played a major role in our funding, service and Culpeper County expansion.

Special thanks go out to the donors, fund-raisers and all those who played a role in Ann G. Tidball increasing support for Germanna student success. Madison County Let there be no doubt that, with your help, the college that continued to grow and maintain its academic excellence through economic storms and an earthquake will continue to succeed in its mission of making quality higher education affordable and accessible to all in our service region. Doug Rogers Chairman, Germanna Local College Board

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A Message from Jane Wallace, President Making a Difference Feels Good Dear Friends of Germanna, Harlan Ellison once wrote that the only three words more meaningful than “I love you” are “Let me help.” During the March 15, 2013 Germanna Community College Educational Foundation Scholarship Reception at the College’s Fredericksburg Area Campus in Spotsylvania, donors learned how much their uttering the words “Let me help” has meant to students they have given a hand up at GCC. They learned that their donations are turning lives around. And they learned that providing they’re making a real difference not only for the students and their families, but for our communities. Over 80 percent of Germanna students remain in our area to put the skills they’ve learned at GCC to work helping their neighbors in growing fields such as health care and engineering. In the past academic year our Educational Foundation has provided about 275 students scholarship awards of more than $230,000. Still, many more students need assistance to realize their potential. We’ve been able to give more students the help they need thanks to new scholarships from donors including Atlantic Builders, its CEO Adam Fried and his wife Rhonda, and through the continuing generosity of longtime supporters like Joe and Linda Daniel. Continued support from Mary Washington Healthcare and CEO Fred Rankin has boosted our widely respected nursing program. And continued support from Culpeper Regional Health System and its President and CEO Lee Kirk have made it possible for us offer Dual Enrollment nursing students at Eastern View High School as part of a program through which they can graduate from high school as LPNs. Our annual events were all smashing successes. • Our Sept. 6, 2012 GCCEF Golf Tournament raised nearly $30,000. • A big crowd came out to the Fredericksburg Country Club as the GCCEF honored Charles G. McDaniel on Feb. 15, 2012 as Distinguished Person of the year for decades of making a difference • Our April 20, 2012 Scholarship Monte Carlo Night raised a record $144,000 for our Germanna Guarantee Scholarship Program CRHS CEO Kirk presented the Germanna Educational Foundation with a $40,000 donation at the November 16, 2012 GCCEF Annual Dinner & Celebration of Philanthropy. These difference makers were recognized at the annualdinner: • The Rev. Lawrence A. Davies, who had recently retired after 50 years as pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church Old( Site) in Fredericksburg and was the city’s first black mayor from 1976-96 as GCCEF’s first ever Community Member of the Year. The new award will be named for Davies and will recognize an individual each year that has made a major difference in our communities. • Madison County husband and wife John W. “Bill” Price III and Patricia Adams Price were named Germanna Community College’s 2012 Philanthropists of the Year. Bill Price is CEO of Madison Wood Preservers. • Steve B. Jones of Spotsylvania County was named GCCEF Alumnus of the Year. He is President and Chief Operating Officer of the Fried Companies, Inc. • John J. “Butch” Davies, III, a Culpeper attorney and former member of the Virginia House of Delegates, was named the GCCEF Board Member of the Year. Thank you for saying to our students, “Let me help,” and in doing so, making a difference in our communities. Sincerely, Jane Wallace President, Germanna Community College Educational Foundation

20 Germanna Community College • 2012-2013 Annual Report to the Community 2012 Germanna Community College Educational Foundation Board Jane Wallace, President George P. Snead Immediate Past President Felix Fraraccio, Treasurer David A. Sam, Secretary Darla K. Burton, Chair, CORPs Volunteers Annual Dinner & Celebration of Philanthropy Wendell Anderson The Reverend Lawrence A. Davies, who retired after 50years as pastor of Shiloh Linda C. Beale Baptist Church in Fredericksburg and was the city’s first black mayor from 1976-96, was honored as Germanna Community College Educational Foundation’s first ever Earl Thomas “Tom” Blalock, II Community Member of the Year at the 2012 GCCEF Annual Dinner & Celebration of Henry “Hap” Connors, Jr. Philanthropy at Stephenson’s Ridge Lodge in Spotsylvania County. Trish Crowe Germanna President Dr. David A. Sam said the new award will be named for Davies and will recognize an individual each year who has made a major difference in the Joseph “Joe” R. Daniel community. John “Butch” J. Davies, III GCCEF President Jane Wallace said Davies and his wife Janice have together “been a Carlos Del Toro force for peaceful and positive change” over the past half century. Reverend Davies expressed his gratitude that Germanna was a place where their Kenny L. Dotson daughter Lauren, who had sickle cell anemia and passed away at age 36, felt comfortable Georgia M. Fauber as she broadened her horizons. Chris Hallberg Culpeper Regional Health System President and CEO Lee Kirk presented the Germanna Educational Foundation with a $40,000 donation at the dinner. Edward “Ted” B. Hontz Other honors conferred at the dinner: John J. “Butch” Davies, III, a Culpeper attorney Edd Houck and former member of the Virginia House of Delegates, was named the GCCEF Board Gordon “Pete” Humes Member of the Year. Russell James Steve B. Jones of Spotsylvania County was named GCCEF Barbara Kane Alumnus of the Year. He graduated Constance R. Kincheloe from Germanna in 1979 with an associate’s degree in business Ann M. Lewis management. He is President and Linda J. “L.J.” Moyer Chief Operating Officer of the Fried Companies, Inc. a regional Stanley Palivoda residential and commercial real J. William Price, III estate development firm based in Fairfax County with offices Terika Richardson in Springfield, Spotsylvania and Jack Rowley Greene County. Frank S. Turnage

Germanna Community College • 2012-2013 Annual Report to the Community 21 Stafford EDA Honored with Philanthropy Award The Stafford County Economic Development Authority was awarded the 2012 Virginia’s Community Colleges Chancellor’s Award for Leadership in Philanthropy at a luncheon ceremony at the Country Club of Virginia in Richmond in April 2012. It was nominated by Germanna Community College, which had earlier named the Stafford EDA GCC’s 2012 Philanthropist of the Year. In May 2011, the EDA awarded Germanna a matching challenge grant of up to $1 million toward the establishment of a permanent campus. EDA officials said the campus will aid workforce and economic development. GCC is looking at possible sites in the Stafford Courthousearea for the campus, which it expects to serve 10,000 students. “Germanna is grateful to the Stafford EDA for its investments in the college,” GCC President David A. Sam said, “and we will work hard to help give Stafford students an edge in the obj market and make county businesses more competitive in an evolving world economy.” “The Stafford EDA’s vision and leadership make this is a well- deserved honor,” said Michael A. Catell, Director of the GCC Educational Foundation. “Their support of Germanna is making a real difference for county residents.” The EDA has awarded a total of $1.375 million to Germanna, also donating $300,000 toward Germanna’s Stafford County Center, Annual Golf Tournament raises nearly $30,000 which opened in 2009 and is now over capacity with about 1,200 Germanna Community College’s Educational Foundation raised students. nearly $30,000 when sponsorships, entry fees and additional The EDA also awarded $75,000 toward the constructionof a donations were tabulated following the September 2012 GCC GCC Automotive Program facility near the county airport. Annual Golf Tournament at the Fredericksburg Country Club. Stafford EDA Chairman Don Newlin and member Jack Rowley The tournament was won by a team from StellarOne. accepted the honor at the Chancellor’s Award for Leadership The start was delayed for about two hours by a thunderstorm, but in Philanthropy luncheon, hosted by the Virginia Foundation the skies cleared and the sun came out and players were able to for Community College Education to honor the leading complete 18 holes. philanthropists from each of the state’s 23 community colleges as well as the statewide foundation. This marks the seventh year the awards have been given. This year’s class of distinguished philanthropy leaders has contributed a combined total of more than $48 million dollars to Virginia’s Community Colleges. “These philanthropic leaders are tremendous partners,” said Glenn DuBois, Chancellor of Virginia’s Community Colleges. “These individuals, organizations and employers are difference- makers who play an essential role in helping our colleges fulfill their mission of addressing Virginia’s unmet needs in higher education and workforce development.”

22 Germanna Community College • 2012-2013 Annual Report to the Community Michelle Ly - Legacy Scholar Community Foundation of the Rappahannock River Unlike most 18-year-olds, Michelle Ly knew what she wanted to Region, Youth in Philanthropy Awards Scholarships do when she graduated from high school. Four $500 scholarships were made available through funds The 2012 Culpeper High School graduate has a gift formath. awarded to Germanna Community College’s Middle College by “It’s always come easily to me,” she said. the Community Foundation of the Rappahannock River Region, Youth in Philanthropy organization. These funds were awarded Ly knew she wanted to become an accountant and decided she to assist Middle College graduates in their pursuit of higher wanted a bachelor’s degree from George Mason University. And education at Germanna Community College. she knew the smartest way to get where she wanted to go was to spend her first two years at Germanna Community College. The Middle College Program is designed to meet the needs of Ly was selected as a Virginia Community College System those between 18-24 years old who have not graduated from high Commonwealth Legacy Scholar based on her work at CCHS. school. The goal of the program is to have the students complete the Middle College Program, enroll in a certificate or egreed The Commonwealth Legacy Scholarship Program awards program at Germanna, and enter the workforce. scholarships to first-time students attending one ofVirginia’s 23 community colleges, providing $3,000 for a full-year of tuition, books, and fees. Ly plans to earn her associate’s degree in business administration, then study accounting at George Mason. Ly eased into community college life by taking online courses, then classes on campus. She said online courses require a little more self- discipline, “but if you apply yourself, the quality is good.” Rappahannock Electric Coop’s Operation Round Up Rappahannock Electric Cooperative’s Operation Round Up has raised $5,000 to support Germanna’s Middle College. Middle College Director Carolyn Bynum said the GED test will be changing in 2014, and the funds will be used to purchase new curriculum. According to REC’s website: “Operation Round Up lets REC members volunteer to have their electric bills rounded up to the next highest whole dollar, with the extra change dedicated to charitable causes and “The purpose of Operation Round Up is to support individuals, school programs, philanthropic groups, non-profit organizations and other deserving causes within REC’s service area. A board of directors reviews applications for support and decides how donations are made.”

Germanna Community College • 2012-2013 Annual Report to the Community 23 GCCEF 2013 Distinguished Person of the Year The Germanna Community College Educational Foundation honored Charles G. and Mary Wynn McDaniel on February 15, 2013 for decades of making a difference. “We want to thank the McDaniels for all you’ve been and done, for your model of leadership and service,” said Germanna President Dr. David A. Sam. “It will be hard for anyone to follow in your footsteps.” “Together, you have served this community … in economic development and job creation, philanthropy and community service,” said the foundation’s Distinguished Person of the Year Committee Chair Darla K. Burton. “Mary Wynn and I are both very strong on family and education,” Charles McDaniel said in accepting the GCCEF 2013 Distinguished Person of the Year Award at the Fredericksburg Country Club. He said that despite the fact that the family was not always well off, four enerationsg of McDaniels had gone from public school at James Monroe High School to highly regarded colleges like the University of Richmond and the University of Virginia. “The world of education has changed” in a ayw that makes higher education seem out of reach to too many, he said. “The reason we’re here is to support Germanna.” “Germanna is the ideal answer to many of our problems,” he said. “It allows people with very little resources to go and get an education. Germanna trains a lot of the workforce, whether it be the nurses at Mary Washington [Hospital], truck drivers–they train all kinds of people,” he said. The award has been given since 2009 for exemplary service to the community over an extended period of time. Past winners have been Jane Ingalls, Sen. John Chichester, Ed Allison and Fred Rankin.

19th Annual Scholarship Monte Carlo The Germanna Community College Educational Foundation’s 19th Annual Scholarship Monte Carlo Night grossed a record $144,000 for the Germanna Guarantee Program. The program provides financial assistance to students unable to continue their education because of financial obstacles. “Joe Daniel’s leadership was instrumental in the record gross for the event,” said Mike Catell, former director of the Foundation. “This year our net will exceed our gross goal of $120,000. That has never happened in thehistory of the event.” Catell said a crowd of about 250 attended the event. In 2012, more than 100 students benefited from the Germanna Guarantee Program.

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Agetro Fund Hazel Harris Heath Scholarship Papa John’s Books-for-Students Scholarship Alfred & Mary Jane King Scholarship for Henrietta Margaret D. Pattishall RN Nursing Memorial Scholarship Pearline T. Soltes Memorial Scholarship Ann J. Sam, RN Scholarship for Nursing Henry & Iva Smith Scholarship Phylis Martin Faculty Chair Scholarship Anna Ruth Inskeep Scholarship India Studies Fund PNC Bank Scholarship for Nursing Ardiena Ann Tromley Scholarship for J. Carlton “Zeus” Clore Scholarship Ray and Joyce Zachmann Scholarship Teaching Jack Condon Memorial Scholarship Raynold “Randy” Collier Glazebrook, III Atlantic Builders Scholarship Scholarship Dr. Jane Ingalls Nurse Educator Bertha M. Massey Scholarship Fellowship Rebecca Boniface Scholarship Byrd L. “Jack” Daniel Scholarship Janet Swan Scholarship Richard Gossweiler Student Emergency Fund Caroline County Agricultural Fair Jean B. Oravits National Security Scholarship Scholarship Ron Parker Hope Scholarship Charles H. Huffman Scholarship Jefferson Home Builders Scholarship Second Bank & Trust Floyd White Memorial Scholarship Commonwealth Legacy Scholarship John A. Nere Scholarship Shannon Broom Scholarship Corbin Homebuilders Family Scholarship John J. “Butch” Davies, III Scholarship Somerset Steam & Gas Engine Culpeper Regional Hospital Scholarship John William Price, Jr. Scholarship Association Culpeper Wood Preservers Scholarship June B. Stallings Nursing Scholarship Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center D. French Slaughter, Jr. Scholarship Kaye and Marie Andrus Scholarship Nursing Fund Dale Featherston Scholarship Kristen and Kati Lisk Memorial Stella Rhodes Almond Scholarship Scholarship Dulcie H. Potter Memorial Scholarship Stepping Stone Scholarship Lake of the Woods Lioness Club Duval Scholarship Steve and Nancy Jones Scholarship Scholarships Elizabeth Golsen Schneider Scholarship Technologist to Nursing Award LaZalia Richardson Scholarship Elna H. Daniel Scholarship The Reynolds Family of Orange Linda Nelson Memorial Scholarship Frank S. & Nancy W. Turnage Scholarship Scholarship Loren Franklin & Linda Fagan Sealy The Sunshine Lady Foundation Fredericksburg Ambulatory Surgery Scholarship Center Scholarship Scholarship Margaret & Tommy Pitts & Richard The Woman’s Club of Fredericksburg Fredericksburg Rotary Club Scholarship O’Neill Scholarship Viola M. Smith Scholarship Fredericksburg Savings Bank Scholarship Mary Ball Woman’s Club Scholarship Volkswagen & GCC Partners in Freta B. Napier Scholarship Mary Frances and James G. Willis Education Gencorp Engineering Scholarship Scholarship (Kiwanis Club of Fredericksburg) William & Rosemary Walker Scholarship George P. Beard, Jr. Scholarship for Nursing Mary Washington Hospital Nursing Georgia Willis Scholarship Alumni Association Scholarship Willis Clyde Locker Scholarship Germanna Guarantee Program Mildred C. King Scholarship for Nursing Middle College Scholarship Scholarship Molly K. Nogrady Scholarship William Carpenter Scholarship Gertrude Hudson Yates Scholarship Nursing & Health Technologies Fund Workforce Development & Community Giles H. Miller, Jr. Scholarship Service Fund OMWCF Dental Hygiene Scholarship Glenn DuBois Student Success Fund Otis & Mescal Burke Scholarship

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African Methodist Episc. Church Hopewell United Methodist Church Sgt. Joshua Frazier Memorial Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen Hunter Garner School Sharon Masonic School Fund Alpha Delta Kappa King George Fall Festival Sheet Metal Workers Local Union American Farm Publications, Inc. King George High School Sisters of Ivy Foundation American Legion King George Lodge 314 SMART Scholarship AT Johnson Alum Assoc. Kitchentech Spotsylvania High School Belmont Ruritan Club Lake of the Woods Lioness Club St. John Baptist Church Bowen Engineering Corp Lake of the Woods Lions St. Peters Lutheran Church Career Partners, Inc. Lake of the Woods Players Stafford High School Caroline’s Promise Lake Youth Foundation Stafford Rotary Club Carter-Bennett Liberty High School Stafford Voc. Education Foundation Chancellor High School Little Ark Baptist Church Sunshine Lady Foundation Charlottesville Postal Fed. Local Funds Scholarship The San Diego Foundation Chic-fil-A Loyal Order of Moose Theresa and William Brosche CNV Scholarship Margaret Johnson Timothy Murphy School Colonial Beach Education Found Marine Corps Scholarship Found Tulsa Community Foundation Colonial Beach High School Mary Washington Healthcare Two Ten Footware Foundation Columbia Lodge 285 Massaponax Band Parents’ Assn. UDC Chapter of Culpeper Comm. Foundation Rappahannock River Metropolitan Community Church Union Belle Baptist Church Region Military Firefighter Heritage US Bowling Congress Courtland High School Mom’s Scholarship USMCCCA Foundation Culpeper Bus. and Prof. Women National Youth Cutting Horse Assoc. VA Space Grant Scholarship Culpeper County High School Orange County Education Foundation Virginia DECA Foundation Culpeper Lions Club Orange County High School Virginia Tech. Foundation Culpeper Reg. Health System Orange Grove Baptist Church Volkswagon & GCC School Culpeper Regional Hospital Potomac Chpt MOAA Wayland Blue Ridge Baptist Assoc. Culpeper Unit. Meth. Church Prince William County Welcome Lodge #125 Culpeper Women’s Club Project Big Heart William A. Cooke East Orange Ruritan Club Rappahannock Rotary Club Eastern View High School Rappahannock Rotary Ed. Foundation Emmanuel AME Church Rehoboth United Methodist Church EOD Mem. Scholarship Rising Zion Baptist Church Erma Chadwick School Rotary Club of Caroline Fraternal Order of Eagles Round Oak Baptist Church Fredericksburg Agriculture Fair Ruritan National Foundation Gables Limited Partnership RWS Enterprises, Inc Growing Hope, Inc. Salem Ed. Foundation GW Carver High School Scholarship America

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Science Saturday Fredericksburg Parent and Family magazine won an $8,000 grant from the Rappahannock Community Foundation’s Women and Girls Fund and partnered with Germanna Community College in a four-week Science Saturdays “mini med-school”, The magazine described it as allowing girls as young as fourth-graders to “tackle hands-on projects, including dissections.” The purpose ofScience Saturdays is to foster interest among girls in careers in STEM fields.

Connie Kincheloe Receives Honorary Degree President Dr. David A. Sam presented Culpeper community leader Connie Kincheloe with an honorary degree during the 2013 Spring Commencement held on May 8 at the Fredericksburg Expo. & Conference Center. “It is my privilege to recognize a member of the community for her significant and long-standing contributions to Germanna and the Commonwealth of Virginia,” Dr. Sam said. “Connie Kincheloe has been a friend to the College for many years. She has furthered the College’s mission by serving on the Germanna Educational Foundation for nearly 20 years.” “I want you to know how much this means to me,” Kincheloe said. “There is no organization I admire and respect more than the VCCS.” Chmura and Senator Reeves Speak at Annual “Ms. Kincheloe’s dedication to education extends beyond Workforce Advisory Board Meeting Germanna to serving the Virginia Community College System,” Christine Chmura, President and Chief Economist for Chmura Dr. Sam said. She was appointed by Gov. Mark Warner to the Economics & Analytics in Richmond, spoke at the Annual State Board for Community Colleges, where she served for five Germanna Community College Workforce Advisory Board years, including one year as chair. She has served five years as a Meeting at the Daniel Technology Center in Culpeper. State Board member on the Virginia Foundation for Community Chmura told the crowd the national economy was healing, but College Education. She was instrumental in establishing the had slowed, partly because of federal reductions in spending and DuBois Student Success fund in 2010. It provides unrestricted spoke about the risk sequestration posed to Virginia. emergency funding for students enrolled in Middle College. State Senator Bryce Reeves was the keynote speaker and over 100 “She has served the entire Commonwealth and VCCS and is business leaders from Germanna’s service region provided the universally respected and admired,” Dr. Sam said. “She always has college with feedback on training needs at the meeting. the greater good in mind, seeking to open doorways for countless students. Even when some students did not believe in themselves, Chmura has been named one of The 50 Most Influential Virginians by Virginia Business Magazine. Ms. Kincheloe has always believed in them and has taken action to help them find and achieve their dreams.” The meeting featured IT, Health Care, Industry & Construction and Business & Professional breakout sessions.

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Associate of Arts & Sciences (AA&S) Career Studies Certificates • Business Administration • Accounting • Education • Allied Health Preparation • Education (K-8) • American Sign Language • General Studies • Automotive Diagnostician • General Studies - Psychology Specialization • Automotive Technician • Liberal Arts • Business Core • Science • E-Commerce • Early Childhood Development Associate of Science (AS) • Emergency Medical Services, EMT Int. • Engineering – Mechanical • Engineering Technology • Engineering – Electrical • Horticulture • Industrial Maintenance Technology Associate of Applied Science (AAS) • Legal Assistant • Business Management • Microcomputer Applications for Business • Dental Hygiene • Networking • Early Childhood Development • Advanced Networking • Emergency Medical Services (EMT) • Nurse Aide • Information System Technology • Paraprofessional Counseling - Information Management or Network • Pharmacy Technician Security • Police Science • Information System Technology • Small Business Management - Networking • Supervision • Nursing • Surgical Scrub Nurse • Police Science • Vocational Health Care • Technical Studies Industrial Maintenance Bachelors and Master’s degrees Certificates through TELETECHNET (ODU) • Dental Assisting - A partnership between GCC and • Early Childhood Development Old Dominion University. ODU at the • Fine Arts Fredericksburg Area Campus in Spotsylvania • Fire Science Technology and ODU Distance Learning. • General Education • Graphic Communications Center for Workforce & Community • Health Information Management (PVCC) • Police Science Education Offers a wide range of credit and noncredit • Practical Nursing courses, seminars, workshops, consulting - Practical Nursing Program Site Option and training services. For more information (GCC/Culpeper Co. Public School) go to www.germanna.edu/workforce.

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