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Important messages for Germanna students and faculty
Verizon-related outages have resulted in intermittent Germanna Community College phone, email and Web site service over the past two days. This has made it necessary to communicate these important messages …more
May 15th, 2013
NIH internship brings GCC student one step closer to childhood dream
Germanna Community College student Ulisses Santamaria, the son of immigrants from El Salvador, has always wanted to be a doctor—so much so that as a child he became his own …more
May 9th, 2013
An’aam Avant had her doubts about Germanna. Would it be ‘less than’ four-year colleges?
An’aam Avant, who was the student speaker at Germanna Community College’s Spring Commencement last night, initially had doubts about GCC. Having been home schooled until she entered GCC at age …more
March 24th, 2013
Germanna students cool under pressure during Nursing Idol competition
Faith Resto of Fredericksburg won the RN portion and Emily Lunceford of Caroline County won the LPN phase of Germanna Community College’s Third Annual Nursing idol competition at the Daniel …more
March 17th, 2013
Germanna Educational Foundation Scholarship Reception: ‘The very best thing you can do to pay back that investment is to succeed’
Germanna Community College President David A. Sam told students in the crowd at Friday’s Annual GCC Educational Foundation Scholarship Reception that in addition to thanking donors personally, “The very …more
February 17th, 2013
Germanna Educational Foundation honors McDaniels for making a difference
The Germanna Community College Educational Foundation honored Charles G. and Mary Wynn McDaniel Friday night for decades of making a difference. “We want to thank the McDaniels for all you’ve …more
January 13th, 2013
Germanna student Robert Lewis: Turning fear of failure into fuel powering him toward success
Robert Lewis says he’s been around “a lot of knuckleheads getting into trouble.” But the man known to friends as Rob Lew wanted to make a difference, and he realized …more
January 11th, 2013
Germanna Center for Workforce launches Homeland Security Program, providing training for private- and public-sector jobs
The future is not as glamorous as the past. But it’s smarter. So when David A. Broadhurst taught people to be spies, it wasn’t the macho, cloak- and- dagger, martini-drinking, …more
November 12th, 2012
This Veterans Day finds Germanna cheering for war hero who made his gridiron dream come true
This Veterans Day is a special one for former Germanna Community College and Brooke Point High School student Daniel Rodriguez. Rodriguez, who earned both a Bronze Star and Purple …more
November 7th, 2012
FRA President Gene Bailey gives Germanna students business advice: The only thing to fear is fear itself
Gene Bailey, president of the Fredericksburg Regional Alliance, offered career advice to about 60 Germanna students, faculty members and staffers at a “Knowledge: Key to a Larger Paycheck” luncheon …more
