Current Press Releases:
JSRCC retirees honored at annual retirement celebration January 25, 2007 RICHMOND, VA – J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College recently honored faculty and staff who retired over the past year at a reception on the Downtown Campus. Among the honorees were three faculty members who earned the distinction of Professor Emeriti, the highest honor bestowed upon a faculty member of the college. President Gary L. Rhodes presented the Professor Emeriti resolutions and medallions to M. L. Grayson Foy, School of Mathematics & Science; Frances B. Stanley, of Nursing & Allied Health; and Dr. Susan S. Wood, School of Mathematics & Science. >>Read the full story
Students rally around community college transfer grant proposal January 25, 2007 RICHMOND, VA – Community college students from around the Commonwealth joined Virginia21 and Senate Majority Leader Walter A. Stosch (R-Henrico) recently at the J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College Parham Road Campus for a rally designed to educate and garner support for the proposed Virginia Community College Transfer Grant program. Designed to address the dual challenges of accessibility and affordability currently confronting Virginia’s institutions of higher learning, the legislation was introduced to the 2007 session of the General Assembly by Stosch and House Appropriations Committee Chairman Vincent F. Callahan, Jr. (R-Fairfax). Current estimates indicate that enrollment levels at four-year and two-year institutions in Virginia will increase between 21 percent and 25 percent by Fiscal Year 2012. Senator Stosch and Delegate Callahan co-chaired a joint subcommittee that examined issues related to enrollment growth and increased costs of higher education. >> Read the full story
Reynolds Medical Lab Program Receives
$100,000 Equipment Grant From Abbott Diagnostics January 19, 2007 RICHMOND, VA – The J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College Medical Laboratory Technology program has been chosen as one of only 16 programs in the country to receive an AxSYM analyzer through the Labs Are Vital ™ program sponsored by Abbott Diagnostics. Valued in excess of $100,000, the machine measures various chemicals and the differential qualities of blood and other biological samples in the diagnosis of disease.
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JSRCC English Professors to Hold Book Discussion
on Pulitzer Prize Winner The Known World
January 17, 2007
RICHMOND, VA – J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College will hold its third session of the 2006-2007 Around The World Through Books discussion series on Thursday, February 22. JSRCC English professors Dr. Ghazala Hashmi and Maria Ramos will lead the discussion on Edward P. Jones’ Pulitzer Prize winner, The Known World. The program will start at 7 p.m. in the North Run Corporate Center auditorium located at 1630 East Parham Road.
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Reynolds to host seminar on the Iraq War
and its consequences in the Middle East
October 6, 2006
RICHMOND, VA - On Tuesday, October 10 at 7 p.m. in the North Run Auditorium, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College will present a satellite seminar on the Iraq War and it’s consequences in the Middle East. Dan Senor, former chief spokesperson for the U.S.-led Coalition in Iraq and senior advisor to presidential envoy L. Paul Bremer III, the administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority, will lead the discussion. >> Read the full story
Mary Baldwin College signs guaranteed admission
agreement with Virginia Community College System
October 5, 2006
RICHMOND, VA - Mary Baldwin College, a private four-year college in Virginia, has entered an agreement for a guaranteed admission transfer program with the Virginia Community College System, including J. Sargeant Reynolds. >> Read the full story
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