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Wee-Cycle Spring/Summer Sale Coming to the Higher Ed Center

Wee-Cycle Spring/Summer Sale Coming to the Higher Ed Center

by Meghan Copenhaver | Feb 24, 2025 | Customer-Events-PressReleases

The Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center is excited to hose the semi-annual Wee Cycle Children’s Consignment Sale. The sale begins on February 26 and will run through March 1 at the Center. See the flyer below for more details.
Currently on Exhibit at the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center: Paintings by Rebecca Pippin

Currently on Exhibit at the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center: Paintings by Rebecca Pippin

by Meghan Copenhaver | Feb 24, 2025 | Press Releases

Abingdon artist Rebecca Pippin is showcasing a selection of paintings at the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center that reflect her love for her family and her southwest Virginia home.  Working primarily in acrylics, Pippin says she paints to share what she...
Abingdon’s Largest Indoor Garage Sale Hosts over 1,700

Abingdon’s Largest Indoor Garage Sale Hosts over 1,700

by Meghan Copenhaver | Jan 28, 2025 | General

The Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center held its annual Indoor Garage Sale in late January. Celebrating its 15th year, the event was a resounding success, attracting more than 1,700 attendees and featuring 70 sold-out vendor booths. Mark your calendars for next...
Construction Underway for Southwest Virginia Regional Simulation Lab for Nursing and Allied Health

Construction Underway for Southwest Virginia Regional Simulation Lab for Nursing and Allied Health

by Meghan Copenhaver | Jan 16, 2025 | Healthcare Education Initiatives

Throughout fiscal year 2024, the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, through its Foundation, secured approximately $1.8 million in public and private funding to create the Southwest Virginia Regional Simulation Lab for Nursing and Allied Health. This exciting...
College for Older Adults Opens Spring 2025 Semester Registration

College for Older Adults Opens Spring 2025 Semester Registration

by Meghan Copenhaver | Dec 19, 2024 | What's Happening

The Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center’s College for Older Adults has now opened registration for their Spring semester. Classes are slated to begin on February 11 and end on March 20. Special one-topic classes will meet on Mondays beginning on February...
UVA Wise Announces Regional Leadership Development Program at Higher Education Center

UVA Wise Announces Regional Leadership Development Program at Higher Education Center

by Meghan Copenhaver | Dec 16, 2024 | Press Releases

The University of Virginia’s College at Wise (UVA Wise) held a special event recently at the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center to announce a new regional leadership development program set to launch in 2025. The event was held at the Center, where the College...
Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center brings LOVE to Center

Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center brings LOVE to Center

by Sean Webb | Oct 26, 2023 | General

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 26, 2023 CONTACT: Sean Webb, Marketing Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center 276-619-4301 sw***@******er.edu Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center brings LOVE to Center Visitors encouraged to take pictures and share on social...
Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center brings LOVE to Center

Currently on Exhibit at the SW VA Higher Ed Center, Tony Peren: In My 24 Years of Age

by Sean Webb | Mar 9, 2023 | General

Third-generation Guatemalan artist Tony Perén is showcasing a selection of paintings at the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center in an exhibit entitled In My 24 Years of Age.  Perén is a student at the Higher Education Center, studying English as a Second...
Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center brings LOVE to Center

VIRGINIA TECH SOUTHWEST CENTER AND THE SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA HIGHER EDUCATION CENTER HELP TEACHERS TACKLE CHALLENGES DURING PANDEMIC

by Sean Webb | Feb 23, 2021 | General

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 23, 2021 CONTACT:  Penny McCallum Phone: 276-619-4311 Email: pm*****@**.edu VIRGINIA TECH SOUTHWEST CENTER AND THE SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA HIGHER EDUCATION CENTER HELP TEACHERS TACKLE CHALLENGES DURING PANDEMIC (Abingdon, VA.) Teachers...
Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center brings LOVE to Center

Mount Rogers Regional Adult Education Program

by Sean Webb | Sep 2, 2020 | General

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