Virginia Western Community College
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Motto
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: The Community's College
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| style="background: #efefef" | President:
| style="background: #dfefff" | Robert H. Sandel
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| style="background: #efefef" | School Type:
| style="background: #dfefff" | Public
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| style="background: #efefef" | Founded:
| style="background: #dfefff" | 1966
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| style="background: #efefef" | Location:
| style="background: #dfefff" | Roanoke, Virginia
Roanoke, Virginia
Roanoke is an independent city in the Mid-Atlantic U.S. state of Virginia and is the tenth-largest city in the Commonwealth. It is located in the Roanoke Valley of the Roanoke Region of Virginia. The population within the city limits was 97,032 as of 2010...
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| style="background: #efefef" | Enrollment: (2006)
| style="background: #dfefff" | 8,362>
Chartered in 1966, Virginia Western Community College (VWCC) is a two-year public college located on a 70 acre campus in the Franklin-Colonial
Franklin-Colonial, Roanoke, Virginia
Franklin-Colonial is a Roanoke, Virginia neighborhood located southwest Roanoke that is bisected by the three primary arterials of Franklin Road, the Roy L. Webber Expressway and Colonial Avenue. It borders the neighborhoods of Wasena and South Jefferson on the north, Grandin Court and Raleigh...
neighborhood of Roanoke
Roanoke, Virginia
Roanoke is an independent city in the Mid-Atlantic U.S. state of Virginia and is the tenth-largest city in the Commonwealth. It is located in the Roanoke Valley of the Roanoke Region of Virginia. The population within the city limits was 97,032 as of 2010...
, Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is the third-largest college in the Virginia Community College System
Virginia Community College System
The Virginia Community College System oversees a network of 23 community colleges in Virginia, which serve residents of Virginia and provide 2-year degrees and various specialty training and certifications. In 2006, the Virginia Community College System's annual enrollment rate topped 233,00...
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