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Camp Community College is poised to expand its Nursing & Allied Health offerings with a new facility in Franklin. The college’s Real Estate Foundation purchased the former Tidewater News building in May with the help of partners Obici Healthcare Foundation and Hampton Roads Community Foundation. The next step in the process is to renovate the building to make it a state-of-the-art learning center. On Wednesday, August 2, the Sentara Foundation presented a check to the PDCCC Real Estate Foundation for $450,000 toward renovation of the building. Accepting the check were Dr.

Coastal Virginia Developers, a real estate development company headquartered in Portsmouth, VA, donated a property on Carolina Road in Suffolk to Camp Community College Real Estate Foundation, which will become the college’s Workforce Trades and Innovation Center. The 10,000-square foot building will provide training for industry credentials for in-demand jobs. Programs at the new facility will include maritime trades and other infrastructure and skilled trades related programs. A ceremony was held at City of Suffolk Council Chambers on Wednesday, August 2.

Recognizing the impact of mandatory cost increases, which include statewide adjustments for compensation and benefits, the State Board for Community Colleges voted unanimously to increase tuition for the first time in five years.

Beginning Friday, May 19, 2023 and ending Thursday, August 3, 2023, Paul D. Camp Community College will observe a summer operations schedule of 4½ days per week. The 4½ day work schedule will consist of four 8.75 hour days (8 hours, 45 minutes) Monday through Thursday and five (5) hours on Fridays. Full-time employees must work a 40 hour per week schedule. Employee schedules are set at the discretion of the supervisor. Supervisors may approve alternate work schedules.

In accordance with Section 23.1-307 (D) of the Code of Virginia, the State Board for Community Colleges provides notice that it will consider tuition and mandatory fee increases for Virginia’s Community Colleges, effective fall 2023, at 9 a.m.

Inauguration of Dr. Corey L. McCray, Ninth President of Paul D. Camp Community College. April 21, 2023 Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2ihS1QP434&t=1s

In accordance with Section 23.1-307 (D) of the Code of Virginia, the State Board for Community Colleges provides notice that it will consider tuition and mandatory fee increases for Virginia’s Community Colleges, effective fall 2023, at 9 a.m. on May 18, 2023, at the Virginia Community College System, System Office, 300 Arboretum Place, Richmond, VA 23236. The State Board will consider mandatory tuition and fee increases of between 0 percent and 4.7 percent for all undergraduate students, subject to budget provisions of the 2023 General Assembly.

Camp Community College is sponsoring a memory collection event to celebrate the rich history of the former Smithfield High School at 235 James Street. Come bring your memories, artifacts, and memorabilia to share and be a part of Isle of Wight County’s living history! The event is scheduled for March 16 at 6:30 p.m. at Camp’s Smithfield Center, 235 James Street in Smithfield. There will be discussion and refreshments.

Thinking ahead to the 2023 Fall Semester, the online scholarship application for Camp Community College will open February 13. The deadline to apply for Fall 2023 scholarships is April 28. Camp has scholarships for high school seniors entering college in the fall, current Camp students, and new students. The application is at the Camp Community College website - https://www.pdc.edu/attend/paying-for-college/scholarships/. For those thinking about applying for the fall semester, scholarships are a good way to reduce the cost of attending college.

Camp Community College has launched a National Junior College Athletic Association men’s basketball program with the hiring of head coach Franklin Chatman. The team will begin competition in the Fall of 2023 in Suffolk. The college is also pursuing a head coach for a women’s basketball program. Coach Chatman, who played college basketball at Virginia State University, has 20 years of coaching experience and player development and over 120 college victories at American National University, Stratford University, and Newport News Apprentice School.

RICHMOND, Va., August 11, 2022 – Virginia’s Community Colleges are gearing up to train thousands of workers to help rebuild the commonwealth’s aging roads and bridges and bring much needed upgrades to airports, ports and utilities statewide.