Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Super Saturday

SUPER SATURDAY 21013

Central Virginia Community College will be hosting Super Saturday on February 2, 2013 from 10AM-12PM

This event is open to all individuals planning to attend a 4-year or 2-year college. High school students are encouraged to bring their parents.

You will be able to submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) online while financial aid counselors are available to help

You will also have ht opportunity to meet one-on-one with a financial aid counselor to ask questions and get advice

Please bring the following items to complete FAFSA online:
-U.S. Department of Education assigned Personal Identification Number (PIN) for you and your parent; register for the PINs at www.pin.ed.gov
-Social Security Number for you and your parent/spouse
-2012 Federal Income Tax Return for you and parent/spouse (W2s if you have not yet filed)
-2012 Social Security 1099 form if Social Security Benefits were received
-Any other non-taxable income received by student and/or parent for 2012
-Alien registration card (if you are not a U.S. citizen)


Please RSVP the Financial Aid Office at (434) 832-7814 with the number of people attending

PLUS A Book Scholarship will be awarded at the event. You must attend to win!


Monday, January 14, 2013

Paid Summer Research Opportunity at Virginia Tech

"Hands-on Minds-on": Multidisciplinary Approaches to Understanding and Preventing Societal Violence In summer 2013, Virginia Tech will offer a unique interdisciplinary NSF-funded REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) program specifically designed for students from Virginia community colleges and 4-year institutions around the country. Last year 6 of the 10 participants were from Virginia Community Colleges.

The program brings scholars together from the colleges of Engineering, Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, and Science to study the topic of societal violence. Students will be paid a $5,000 stipend, and provided travel, free housing and meals on our campus for 10 weeks from May 28 to August 2.

The application deadline is January 25, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. For additional information about this program or to download an application,please visit:
http://www.uri.clahs.vt.edu/NSFREU/index.html

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

STEM Scholarship Opportunity

Apply now for the Community College STEM Scholarship Opportunity for 2013-2014.

The Virginia Space Grant Consortium offers a limited number of scholarship opportunities to students majoring in STEM at any campus in The Virgina Community College System. For more information about this scholarship opportunity please visit http://www.vsgc.odu.edu

Applications must be received by March 15, 2013.

Spring Tuition due tomorrow December 6th!

Spring 2013 tuition is due tomorrow, December 6th.

Be sure to pay for your spring classes in the Accounting Office before 5 pm. You can also pay through your "MyCVCC" account. If payment is not received tomorrow you will be dropped for non-payment.

The Accounting Office is located in Amherst Hall Room 2208. You can also pay over the phone by calling the Accounting office at 434.832.7638 you will need your student ID number to process payment.

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

HELP Workshop today, December 4th

Learn more about SMARTHINKING the online tutoring service available to CVCC students.

Joy Adams, Student Success Coordinator will be presenting on this wonderful resource today at the HELP workshop.

The workshop will be from 1-2 pm in Amherst Hall room 2316. We look forward to seeing you there.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

HELP Workshop Today!

Exams are just around the corner and today's HELP workshop is designed to give you tools and strategies to help prepare you for your finals.

Please join us today, November 27th from 1-2pm in Amherst Hall, Room 2316. Counselor Kimberly French will present on test taking strategies ways o reduce test anxiety.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Monday, November 12, 2012

HELP Workshop Tomorrow November 13th

Please join us for the next HELP workshop in our Fall series tomorrow, November 13th.

This week's workshop will be presented by Emily Muniz (Enrollment Services Specialist) and Connie Sublett (HR Analyst)and will focus on career and employment skills for the nontraditional student.

The workshop will be in the Amherst Building room 2316 from 1-2 pm. We look forward to seeing you there.