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Former DCC Chemistry Lab Assistant and Senior at Halifax County High School, Frida Hernandez, has been accepted to Amherst College in Massachusetts and has been awarded the prestigious Gates Scholarship, a prize awarded to less than one percent of applicants.

DCC has earned two new top-tier rankings for its nursing programs.

NASA Langley Research Center has officially accepted second-year DCC student Tyler Tharpe for a prestigious internship at their facility in Hampton.

DCC personnel bagged and distributed food from the campus’ food pantry to students via makeshift drive-through service earlier this month.

DCC welcomed last week its new director of public relations and marketing, Faith O’Neil, of South Boston.

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 2020, at 9 a.m. on May 21, 2020, via a virtual meeting.

DCC recently hired Bruce Cottrill to serve in the newly created position of associate vice president of human resources.

DCC donated personal protective equipment to SOVAH Health – Danville last week as part of the community’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

DCC announced this week that IKEA Industry has endowed $200,000 in scholarships for DCC students.

DCC alumna Whitney Harrell recently earned a doctoral degree, following her graduation from DCC’s first registered nursing class in 2011.