News Archive

2020

Danville Community College Provides Relief Funding to Students

DCC distributed funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to eligible students last week.

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Support-A-Knight Fund Helps DCC Students Impacted by Pandemic

Support-a-Knight, a campaign initiated by the Danville Community College Educational Foundation, aims to support DCC students who have been directly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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DCC Professor Makes Masks for Frontline Healthcare Workers

Richie Robertson, an associate business professor at Danville Community College, has been using her talents to help frontline healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Students Named to DCC President’s Honors List for Spring

Danville, Pittsylvania County, and Halifax County residents were recently named to the Danville Community College President’s Honors List for the Spring 2020 semester.

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Students Named to DCC Vice President’s Honors List for Spring

Danville, Pittsylvania County, and Halifax County residents were recently named to the Danville Community College Vice President’s Honors List for the Spring 2020 semester.

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State Board Holds the Line on Community College Tuition and Fees for Fall 2020

The State Board for Community Colleges, by a unanimous vote, elected to maintain the current in-state tuition and mandatory fees for Fall 2020.

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DCC Offers ‘Single Stop’ Program for Enhanced Student Access to Public Benefits

Single Stop, a one-stop shop for meeting the basic needs of families, is partnering with the Virginia Community College System and DCC to help students access public benefits without the hassle of applying through each individual public benefit agency.

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DCC Chemistry Lab Assistant Receives Prestigious Gates Scholarship from Amherst College

Former DCC Chemistry Lab Assistant and Senior at Halifax County High School, Frida Hernandez, has been accepted to Amherst College in Massachusetts and has been awarded the prestigious Gates Scholarship, a prize awarded to less than one percent of applicants.

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DCC Nursing Programs Ranked Top in State

DCC has earned two new top-tier rankings for its nursing programs.

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DCC Student Selected for Prestigious NASA Internship

NASA Langley Research Center has officially accepted second-year DCC student Tyler Tharpe for a prestigious internship at their facility in Hampton.

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