Ride Along with Reynolds -- August 2023

Ride Along with Reynolds, a series about where the college is heading, who's joining us for the ride, and why it matters for our students and the community.

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Hi, I’m President Paula Pando, inviting you to Ride Along with Reynolds — a regular update on where the college is heading, who’s joining us for the journey, and why it matters for our students and community.

These may be the dog days of summer, but there’s still plenty going on at Reynolds Community College!

This summer, nearly 4,000 students — ages 14 to 73 — are keeping the academic momentum going and taking summer classes at Reynolds. Many of these students are visiting scholars from VCU, UVA, William & Mary, Virginia Tech, ODU and even a student all the way from Seattle, Washington. Hello, Sean — congratulations! You win “furthest distance traveled!”

Thirty-three of our summer scholars are part of a special program at Reynolds called Summer Bridge. Now in its second year, the Summer Bridge Experience is designed to inspire and engage recent high school graduates who are starting at Reynolds this fall. This year’s cohort included students from Richmond, Goochland, Hanover and Henrico counties who connected with advisors and instructors, built confidence in their math and English skills and completed a student development course — with zero out-of-pocket cost. Thanks to the generosity of our philanthropic partners for making this possible. Best of luck to all our Summer Bridge completers — you are well-positioned to succeed at Reynolds and beyond.

In addition to building academic momentum for visiting students and building skills and confidence in our Summer Bridge students, we’re building stuff! What kind of stuff? Big stuff, small stuff, high-tech stuff and high-touch stuff. Fall 2023 promises to be an exciting time! It’s full speed ahead to provide our students with 21st-century learning environments so they are prepared to succeed in a rapidly changing, 21st-century world of work.

And as summer 2023 comes to a close, fall 2023 classes officially begin Monday, Aug. 21. We have multiple start dates in September, October and November — in person, online and hybrid — because we know one size and one schedule does not fit all.

If you want to learn more about our classes and offerings, visit us at reynolds.edu.

Thank you for joining me on this edition of Ride Along with Reynolds. See you next month!