A Decade of Progress...he enrolled at GCC in 2011. In spite of the problems he faced, Reichwein excelled, graduating from Germanna a year later with a 3.94 GPA while working 32 hours

A Decade of Progress

2015/2016 ANNUAL REPORT

CELEBRATING TEN YEARS OF LEADERSHIP

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President’s Letter ......................................................... 1

Who We Are .............................................................. 2–3

Our People ................................................................ 4–7

Dr. David A. Sam..................................................... 8–9

Our Progress ........................................................ 10–13

Our Future ............................................................ 14–16

CONTENTS TABLE

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It has been the greatest honor of my life to have served as president of Germanna since 2007.

In my Inauguration Speech of April 2008, I said that “this afternoon is a ceremony of celebration and of challenge, opportunity and service. Rather than focusing on one man’s success, this day celebrates the opportunities provided by America’s promise. It celebrates those who came before. It celebrates the mission and achievements of those who have served, those who currently serve, and those who will serve Germanna Community College and its communities and students.”

Now, as I retire at the end of June, this letter is likewise not a celebration of my achievements, because I have done nothing alone. What we celebrate is the success of our students and the success of our faculty and staff who have made a difference in the lives of those learners and in the communities we serve. I leave confident that the good work we do will continue because of their belief in our mission. I thank them for the privilege of having served beside them.

I thank the State Board for Community Colleges, Virginia Community College Chancellor Glenn DuBois, and the Germanna College Board for giving me this opportunity to live my personal mission through supporting our College Mission.

My thanks also to our State and Federal delegations, past and present, for their understanding of the importance of that mission through challenging economic times.

I will be eternally grateful to Germanna’s many supporters who have helped us expand our Fredericksburg Area Campus and move into Stafford and Caroline counties. I know they and you will continue to support Germanna and help its new president as you did me.

Germanna will be constructing a cutting-edge medical training facility at our Locust Grove Campus and a permanent center in Stafford. Our students need to know we remain affordable through scholarships and the Germanna Guarantee Program. Our faculty and staff need the support of professional development and to meet the costs of equipment and technology to teach and serve effectively.

Most importantly, to our students, I say: Do not believe those who say the American Dream is dead. Do not stop believing in the greatness of our nation, built on the idea that all deserve the chance to make their hopes and dreams a reality.

Finally, never stop believing in yourselves and in your own ability to live the American Dream. We at Germanna believe in you.

My life has been transformed by parents who were the first in the history of their families to finish high school. They gave me the opportunity to be a first-generation college student myself. We at Germanna always stand ready to help our students find their own doorways to success and service.

This is not a goodbye. My wife Linda and I have made our home here. We love the area and its people. Count on us to be among Germanna’s most ardent supporters and advocates in years to come.

Our very best to you all. And, as I said in April 2008:

“Thank you for all that you have done to make Germanna Community College what it is, and all that you will do to make it what it should be in the future, the open door for so many to find and achieve their version of the American dream.”

David A. Sam, President

WELCOME

4 | GERMANNA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Germanna Community College is a public institution of higher education in the Virginia Community College System. As a comprehensive community college, Germanna provides quality, accessible, and affordable

educational opportunities for the residents of the City of Fredericksburg and the counties of Caroline, Culpeper, King George, Madison, Orange, Spotsylvania and Stafford.

Mission As a public, comprehensive community college, Germanna provides accessible, high quality educational and training opportunities that address our communities’ diverse and changing learning needs.

This Mission is achieved through: • Courses, programs, and services

that enable students to gain access to and succeed in higher education;

• Associate degrees and courses that prepare students to advance to and succeed in four year colleges and universities;

• Training and services to develop successful employees who meet employers’ specific needs;

• Training, associate degrees, and certificates for students to enter and succeed in the workplace; and

• Services and support for community and economic development.

VisionGermanna Community College is recognized as the region’s leader and preferred partner providing excellence in accessible educational opportunities and related services to our communities. Our quality learning experiences enable students to participate effectively in the social, economic, political, intellectual, and cultural life of their communities. Germanna, a dynamic learning organization, is the premiere gateway to personal and community development.

Values Our values influence our thoughts, guide our decisions, mold our policies, and help determine our course of action. Student learning and success are at the heart of all that we do and are demonstrated by: passion for learning and teaching, integrity, culture of service, excellence, stewardship, and respect.

Strategic InitiativesBecome a Learning-Centered college, where quality teaching and support services foster student learning and success.

Develop outreach efforts, programs, and services that fulfill the promise of affordable access to educational opportunities and workforce development for all the constituents of our service area.

Develop partnerships and alternative resources to better enable the College to achieve its mission.

Invest in people through professional development, recognitions and rewards systems.

Develop systems of continuous improvement and a culture of accountability to be better stewards of the resources and mission in our care.

OUR PEOPLE

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History

Germanna Community College, one of twenty-three colleges in the Virginia Community College System, is deeply rooted in a distinctively rich historical culture. Germanna takes its name from a group of settlers at Germanna Ford on the Rapidan, where in 1714, Governor Alexander Spotswood established a frontier fort and settlement for the German miners and their families.

In 1956, descendants of these settlers organized the Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, Inc. In 1969, the descendants donated one hundred acres for the College’s first campus. Subsequently, the College’s founding board unanimously selected the name Germanna. The Locust Grove Campus opened in October 1970 in Orange County.

In January 1997, Germanna opened its second facility, the Fredericksburg Area Campus, in Spotsylvania County. This site is located on seventy acres donated by the John T. Hazel family. Phase II, the Workforce Development and Technology Center, a 40,000 square-foot building devoted to the use of technology for the delivery of instruction and advanced technology training programs, opened in October 2004. Phase III, the Science & Engineering Building and Information Commons, opened in May 2012 providing laboratories, instructional resources, student services and more.

A 100-acre site in Culpeper was donated to the Germanna Educational Foundation in 1998. The college broke ground in June 2004, and the Joseph R. Daniel Technology Center in Culpeper, opened in August 2006.

Germanna opened the Stafford County Center in July 2009, and the new Automotive Center in September 2012, with the support of the Stafford Economic Development Authority. Germanna’s Center for Workforce & Community Education opened the Caroline Center in 2015, bringing noncredit workforce training to residents of Caroline County.

Service Region

City of Fredericksburg, Caroline County, Culpeper County, King George County, Madison County, Orange County, Spotsylvania County and Stafford County.

Accreditation

Germanna Community College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award an Associate degree. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call (404) 679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Germanna Community College. In addition, the AAS nursing program is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) (3343 Peachtree Road N.E., Suite 850, Atlanta, GA, 30326 (404) 975-5000) and both the AAS nursing and the practical nursing certificate programs are approved by the Virginia Board of Nursing (Perimeter Center, 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300, Richmond, VA 23233-1463, 804-367-4473).

Enrollment 2015-2016

Total: 9,530

Full Time Students: 4,303

Awards 2015-2016

College Transfer Degrees: 1,308

Career Technical Degrees: 182

Career Studies Degrees: 295

Certificates: 48

Total Awards: 1,833

Jurisdiction Headcount

Caroline County: 379

Culpeper County: 759

Fredericksburg City: 452

King George County: 314

Madison County: 202

Orange County: 552

Spotsylvania County: 3,469

Stafford County: 2,944

Other: 521

Programs

Associate of Arts & Sciences (AA&S) Degrees: Transfer Programs, Business Administration, Education, Education (K-8), General Studies, General Studies - Psychology Specialization, Liberal Arts, and Science.

Associate of Science (AS) Degree: Engineering – Electrical or Mechanical.

Associate of Applied Science (AAS) Degrees: Business Management, Early Childhood Development, Fire Science Technology, Information System Technology - Information Management or Network Security, Networking, Nursing*, LPN for Advanced Standing (LPN to RN)*, Physical Therapist Assistant*, Police Science, and Technical Studies Industrial Maintenance.

Certificates: Dental Assisting, Early Childhood Development, Fine Arts, Fire Science Technology, General Education**, Graphic Communications, Police Science, Practical Nursing*, and Practical Nursing (Eastern View H.S.)*.

Career Studies Certificates: Accounting, Advanced Networking, Allied Health, American Sign Language, Automotive Diagnostician, Automotive Technician, Business Core, E-Commerce**, Early Childhood Development, Engineering Technology, Entrepreneurship (Small Business Management), Industrial Maintenance Technology, Legal Assistant, Microcomputer Applications for Business, Networking, Nurse Aide, Paraprofessional Counseling, Pharmacy Technician*, Police Science, Supervision, and Surgical Scrub Nurse*.

*Selective Admission Program – Admission Approval Required ** Not a Financial Aid Approved Plan

The Center for Workforce & Community Education

Offers a wide range of noncredit professional development courses, apprenticeship training, and credential programs, as well as adult career coaching and custom training services.


“Never, ever give up,” Germanna Community College 2015 Fall Commencement alumni speaker Daniel Reichwein told 646 graduates at the Fredericksburg Expo Center.

Reichwein, who has battled depression and PTSD, was living in a tent in a wooded area adjacent to the Fredericksburg Industrial Park when he enrolled at GCC in 2011.

In spite of the problems he faced, Reichwein excelled, graduating from Germanna a year later with a 3.94 GPA while working 32 hours a week. He transferred to William & Mary and earned his bachelor’s degree there. In 2015 he was a social worker with the Salvation Army in Fredericksburg, using his experiences to help others

while he awaited clearance for a federal government job.

“Failure drives success,” he said. “Failure strengthens us. It teaches us. It enables us to change.

“From my failures, I gained strength, altruism, empathy for others. I learned to finish what I start. And I learned that past failures can lead to new successes.”

The 32-year-old Thornburg resident’s never-give-up message is one that failure needn’t be the end—that it can drive one on to success.

“I was ready to change,” he said. “I had been homeless almost three years. I had to start doing things differently. I worked hard to do it and I received

help from others.”

“Never, ever stop learning,” Katrina Richardson, the principal of Gordon-Barbour Elementary School in Orange who was Germanna Community College’s Spring 2016 commencement speaker, told 510 graduates. The event was held at the University of Mary Washington’s Anderson Center in Fredericksburg.

“When you walk across the stage this evening to get your degree, you should remember that this is just the beginning,” Richardson said in her Commencement address. “Education is a continuous process. Today is just one of many milestones in your life.”

OUR PEOPLE

NEVER GIVE UP; NEVER STOP LEARNINGKatrina Richardson speaking at Commencement


In 2016, Eastern View High senior Brett Leake was part of the first class from the Germanna Scholars program to receive associate degrees.

The Germanna Community College program, funded by Joe and Linda Daniel, gives EVHS and Culpeper High students the chance to earn the degree by the time they graduate from high school and to begin at a university as college juniors. The program covers all or most of the cost for most students. They take all the classes they need at GCC’s Daniel Technology Center in Culpeper—some with older students.

The 6-foot-3, 275-pound Leake, who had 11 offers to play major college football as an offensive lineman, chose to transfer to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. after graduating from EVHS and Germanna.

Leake told The Free Lance-Star the concept of earning an associate degree in high school “piqued my interest.”

He said the program is challenging. He took six classes at Germanna during the first semester of 11th grade. But he said knowing how to manage his time allowed him to keep up with both college and high school classes and do well.

He said students in the program “ended up being like a family.”

Erika Winston, a Germanna Scholars instructor, said Leake was a leader in the classroom who always began discussions.

He was recruited by schools including the Naval Academy, University of Pennsylvania, Bucknell University and the University of Richmond.

He said a tour of Naval Academy during his sophomore year in high school took his breath away as he walked around the campus.

Leake must devote five years to the Navy after graduating from the academy. He told The Free Lance-Star he plans to become an orthodontist after his Naval service.

STAR FOOTBALL PLAYER BRETT LEAKE EARNS ASSOCIATE DEGREE AS PART OF THE GERMANNA SCHOLARS PROGRAM


EMPLOYEES YEARS OF SERVICE

Martha O’Keefe, Associate Vice President for Workforce and Professional Development at the Germanna Community College Center for Workforce and Community Education, was named the 2016-2017 president of the National Council for Continuing Education and Training.

Established in 1969, NCCET has more than 1,200 members from 48 states, and 120 institutions, from the U.S., Canada and the British Virgin Islands. The organization focuses on networking, professional development, and best practices in workforce, economic development, and community education.

O’Keefe said NCCET, which is based in Columbus, Ohio, is committed to keeping members up to date on new trends and cutting edge programs from across the country.

“Sometimes you get in your own silo at your own college or in your state– and to have the networking opportunities to see what’s happening all over the nation is very valuable for program development and staying on the cutting edge,” O’Keefe said.

The NCCET offers members national conferences, webinars and white papers on best practices.

SEVEN GERMANNA EMPLOYEES WIN

ROUECHE AWARDSSusan Shaw, Dawn M. Smith, Rebecca Morris, Jessica L. Cannon, Christine Chester, Julie M. Barnstead and Dominique E. Slaughter were Germanna Community College’s 2016 John & Suanne Roueche Excellence Award recipients.

Each year since 2012, The League for Innovation in the Community College has recognized excellence in community college teaching and leadership with Roueche Awards.

MARTHA O’KEEFE NAMED TO NATIONAL POST

OUR PEOPLE

30-Years of Service

20-Years of Service

15-Years of Service

10-Years of Service

5-Years of Service

Patricia Lisk Judith Gayle Wolfe

Brenda LeVereJody Malyszek

Susan Skinner

Ashley AnglinChris Cooper

Garland FenwickTerri Givler

Mark HainesKevin HandleyMisty Mesimer

Ann Alizio Karen Bowers

Kellie BradshawKaren Calvert Joy Ferguson Denise Guest Joseph James Sharon Leake

Jay Martin Laura McDonaldAnita Newhouse

Tina Parker Kimberly Rodenberg

John StroffolinoPatricia Yuliano

Beverly AbramsChristopher Anderson

Pamela DuffMarie Hawley

Shavanta Haynes Ronald Hunt

Michael Kuchinski

Pat Monical Rebecca Morris

Vanessa SekingerSandra Staymates

Martha TurnerDebra VanNortwick

Eric Vanover


Rick Brehm’s business acumen and vision in managing the bottom line helped Germanna Community College through some of the toughest times in its five-decade history. Just as important in helping steer the College through such trying times were his humanity and humor.

He passed away in July after a courageous two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Even though coworkers and friends at Germanna knew he was likely in his final days, the news of his passing arrived like a sucker punch in the stomach. He had come back so many times and soldiered through the ordeal with such an upbeat outlook that many believed deep down that he’d defy fate one more time.

As Germanna’s Vice President for Administrative Services, Brehm helped the College avoid layoffs during a period of rapid growth that intersected with a series of steep state budget cuts.

John Davis, Executive Director of Organizational Planning and Assessment, called Brehm “a man of incredible character and integrity.”

Deb Brock, a former dean, then Executive Director of Organizational Planning and Assessment at Germanna who worked closely with Brehm, said that in a time of cynicism about government, he personified the best of public service: “He spent public monies with as much care as he spent his own. He held his employees to the highest standards of service while still being kind and giving. He will leave a lasting legacy of people that attempt to model their public lives against his example.”

Garland Fenwick, Germanna’s Facilities Manager, met Rick Brehm 17 years ago when Fenwick came to interview for the job. He said he decided to come to work at GCC because of Brehm. “He made me a better person, a better manager, a better father, husband, —made me a better man all the way around,” Fenwick said. “He was one of the finest human beings I’ve ever known.”

Germanna President David A. Sam said: “A large part of our heart has gone away with him. But his legacy is most of all in the people he supervised and who learned their integrity and ethic of quiet service from him. Rick Brehm was the best of us.”

‘RICK BREHM WAS THE BEST OF US’


PRESIDENT SAM

In his decade at Germanna Community College, President David A. Sam has guided GCC through a perfect storm of the Great Recession and an ongoing series of state budget cuts coinciding with a rapid increase in enrollment. As he approaches retirement at the end of June, there are modern new facilities, new programs, and most importantly, a 183 percent increase in degrees awarded in the 2015-2016 academic year over 2006-2007.

“Dr. Sam provided calm, steady leadership through turbulent times, managing to take care of our students, faculty and staff in spite of it all,” says Teri McNally, Fredericksburg’s representative on the Germanna Local College Board and a member of the Germanna Educational Foundation Board.

Bruce L. Davis, a longtime member of the Germanna Educational Foundation Board, says Dr. Sam faced a daunting situation soon after he arrived at Germanna in 2007 as the Great Recession was about to begin.

“The recession took a huge toll,” Davis says. “It was a real challenge.”

So was the 2011 earthquake that closed the college’s largest building for a year.

In spite of all that, growth and student success at GCC

progressed steadily. During Dr. Sam’s time as president, Germanna’s total headcount soared to over 13,000 and the college expanded its footprint across its service region.

Dr. Sam launched the first-ever capital campaign at Germanna, with the lofty goal of $10 million; the campaign exceeded its goal, raising $12 million—an unheard of sum for a community college. From 2007–2015 at Germanna, Dr. Sam led the effort that raised $26.5 million, including donations, grants and local funds.

The funds led to the opening of a new Caroline County Center, helped build the new Science & Engineering Building and Information Commons at GCC’s Fredericksburg Area Campus and will lead to an expansion of the Stafford Center and a permanent location in that county. They made possible the start of two programs—the Germanna Scholars and the Gladys P. Todd Academy—both of which allow local students to earn their associate degrees at little or no cost while still in high school and transfer to universities.

Under Dr. Sam’s leadership, Germanna

• doubled the number of students in its nursing program.

• established an engineering program.• began a physical therapy assistant program. • started a student success initiative that includes

Student Success Coaches.

In addition to the 183 percent increase in the number of degrees and certificates awarded annually

• credit enrollment climbed 61 percent.• FTEs jumped 43.5 percent.• non-credit Workforce enrollment increased 1028

percent as Dr. Sam and Dr. Jeanne Wesley took a sleepy program and turned it into one that meets community needs for training.

• the number of Workforce courses climbed 1676 percent.

DR. DAVID SAM RETIRING AFTER DECADE OF PERSEVERANCE AND PROGRESS AS PRESIDENT OF GERMANNA

Dr. David and Linda Sam attending Scholarship Monte Carlo


Rose Bente Lee with Dr. Turnage and Dr. Sam

For all of this and more, Dr. Sam has been honored with president emeritus status by the Virginia Community College Board and Chancellor Glenn DuBois.

“We’re pleased they approved our recommendation that they name Dr. Sam a president emeritus,” says GCC Board chair William Thomas of Culpeper. “The progress Germanna made during Dr. Sam’s tenure has been very impressive.”

Dr. Sam and his wife Linda lived in Culpeper for the first nine years of his tenure before building a house in Orange County where they will reside after his retirement. Their daughter Michelle, son in law Kevin and three grandchildren live in Michigan. Their son Ryan lives in Spotsylvania.


OUR PROGRESS

The Germanna Community College Educational Foundation announced in May that it had raised $12 million during a five-year comprehensive capital campaign, exceeding the original goal of $10 million.

GCC President David A. Sam called it an historic milestone, saying it is one of the highest totals ever raised by a community college campaign in Virginia.

Among the many supporters who helped drive the GCCEF campaign:

• Philanthropist Doris Buffett, Warren’s sister, committed $2 million for the Gladys P. Todd Academy, which helps low income, first generation students earn their associate degrees by the time they graduate from high school at no cost for tuition and books.

• Adam and Rhonda Fried donated $1 million toward Germanna expansion in Stafford County.

• Culpeper businessman Joe Daniel made numerous contributions throughout the campaign supporting the Germanna Scholars program, nursing programs, Scholarship Monte Carlo Night and the Drop It! Challenge.

Dr. Sam thanked them and all of the 1,238 total donors over the five years of fundraising.

Bruce L. Davis, who chaired the campaign—and along with his wife Sandy kicked it off in 2011 with their own challenge, donating $100,000, said he’s thrilled about the campaign exceeding its initial $10 million goal.

“We started a campaign to support

several different initiatives,” said Davis, toasting the campaign’s success at a celebration at the Locust Grove Campus in May.

Some of the campaign’s initiatives include a Student Success program, new career and technical programs, support for the Nursing and Allied Health program and new centers in Stafford and Caroline.

“It was a lofty goal to try and raise $10 million, and that was a very bold thing for the Educational Foundation to do because traditionally we’d raise money through our traditional fundraising efforts,” said Davis. “I’m proud to say we raised $12 million and it was done in a lot of different ways and the bottom line is all of our communities came together in support of the campaign.”

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN RAISES $12 MILLION

Joe Daniel attending a birthing simulator demonstration


In the summer of 2016, the U. S. Department of Labor extended a grant for a program that helps veterans at Germanna Community College gain college credits for life experience and pairs them with mentors from the local business community.

In 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor awarded a select group of five Virginia Community College System schools over $3 million for the program. Germanna received $150,000. The grant was to expire in March, but the success of the program led to the extension.

“We’ve made considerable progress on implementation,” said William T. Anderson. Germanna Veterans Mentor Program Supervisor. He said

Germanna has been finding new ways to grant student veterans credit for learning from their time in the military.

Germanna’s grant personnel have been working with faculty members to evaluate specific military occupations and map them to a certain set of courses, allowing any veteran with a particular occupation to earn credits towards his or her degree program.

There has been a related effort to expand credit-earning opportunities for students via standardized exams and portfolios.

About 30 students have been awarded college credits at Germanna since the grant project began.

GCC HELPS VETS GET CREDIT FOR PRIOR LEARNING

GERMANNA PART OF NATIONAL EFFORT TO CUT

TEXT BOOK COSTSAnnual textbook costs for a full time community college student are about $1,300 per year and amount to about a third of the cost of an associate degree.

The barrier that cost creates to degree completion led to Germanna Community College joining the Open Educational Resources Virginia Community College Consortium in 2016. The OER Degree Initiative invited two-year colleges to apply for three-year grants. GCC is one of 39 community colleges in 13 states chosen for the program.

Achieving the Dream, the national community college reform network managing the initiative, is laying the groundwork for nationwide adoption of OER degrees.

“Students, especially those most strapped for funds for college, will directly benefit from the development of courses and degrees with no textbook costs,” said Cheryl Huff, the Germanna professor who has led the zero text book cost effort Virginia Zx23 for the state’s 23 community colleges.

“Faculty who are funded to create these materials, courses and degrees are fully invested in matching materials to learning outcomes, customizing for their students in a way that is rarely possible with commercial textbooks,” Huff said.

Cheryl Huff leads the zero text book cost effort

Germanna veterans


The 22nd Annual Germanna Educational Foundation Scholarship Monte Carlo Night raised a record $209,000 to help students who might otherwise be forced to drop out due to financial need.

The annual black-tie event held each April at the Daniel Center in Culpeper features hors d’oeuvres, cocktails, music, dancing and Las Vegas-style games including slots, blackjack, poker and roulette.

Carrie Morton Combs, a 2009 Germanna graduate who is now a registered nurse, said she wouldn’t have made it through her final semester without the Germanna scholarship.

“I was a student with a desire

to better her life and lives in the community around me,” she said. “I wouldn’t have been able to pursue my dream of becoming a nurse had it not been for Germanna Educational Foundation scholarships.”

Combs received several merit-based scholarships in her time at Germanna before hitting a rough patch as she was beginning her final semester.

She said her ultimate goal is to teach nursing at the college level, perhaps at Germanna.

The scholarship helps fill in the gaps for students with financial need who cannot find enough aid from other sources.

EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION HONORS ADAM & RHONDA FRIED Germanna Community College’s Educational Foundation honored Adam and Rhonda Fried as its 2016 Philanthropists of the Year at Stevenson’s Ridge in November.

The Frieds have donated $1 million to Germanna toward the establishment of a permanent center in Stafford County.

“Thanks to the Frieds’ donation, we’re one step closer to an expanded, permanent center that will be able to serve more students,” GCC President David A. Sam said.

The Stafford County Center, expected to eventually serve from 5,000 to 10,000 students, will be built in stages and open by the end of the decade.

In addition, the couple’s Atlantic Builders Scholarship has helped scholars from Germanna on their way along career paths in engineering, medicine and environmental science.

Past Germanna Distinguished Philanthropist of the Year recipients include Kent Farmer, president and CEO of Rappahannock Electric Cooperative, Mary Winn and Charles G. McDaniel, Culpeper Regional Health System, Jane Ingalls, Sen. John Chichester, Ed Allison, Fred Rankin and Spotsylvania County.

FIRST GOSSWEILER FUND RUN RAISES $2,500

The First Annual Gossweiler 5K Fund Run raised $2,500 in September. Seventy runners participated in the trail run at the Locust Grove Campus.

The Gossweiler Emergency Fund helps Germanna Community College students who find themselves in situations that might force them to drop out of college.

It’s a cause that was dear to the late Prof. Rich Gossweiler. He passed away in 2015 after 45 years of service to GCC and the Virginia Community College System.

22ND ANNUAL MONTE CARLO NIGHT RAISES RECORD SUM

OUR PROGRESS


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Shashuna GraySimon GrayLeslie GredlerAngela GreeneJoe GreeneGregory Poole Equipment CompanyLaura GrigsbyDenise GuestGulftrading H.B. Sedwick Jr., Building Supply, Inc.Mark HainesBarbara HallChristopher HallbergLeigh HancockKevin HandleyHantzmon Wiebel LLPRichard HarringtonRichard HarrisonSandra HaynesJohn HazelRosie HendersonHerrington’sHew, Inc.Dan HickokRowland HillHilldrup Moving & Storage CompanyHJ Opdyke Lumber Co., Inc.Chris HobbsChristie HobsonCinde and Dan HoffmanThe Holden Group Realtors, Inc.Holeman Enterprises, LLCHoliday Inn Express & SuitesRon HolmesHoltec USA CorporationTed & Jackie HontzValerie Hopson-BellHospice of the Piedmont Inc.Senator Edd HouckThomas HoustonMatthew HummelRonald HuntHunting Run Investments, Inc.Jane IngallsIntegrated Insurance Solutions, Inc.Interfor U.S. INCJ & B Lawn ServiceJ.F. Fick, Inc.Dave JacksonJaeger Lumber & Supply Co., Inc.Jam Pac Storage, LLCRussell JamesJC Roman Construction Company, LLCJEDD LLCJefferson Homebuilders, Inc.Connie JenkinsJohn JenkinsJonathan JenkinsKara JenkinsMarshall JenkinsSue JerniganRobert JobrackDoug JonesSteve & Nancy JonesJP Supply Company dba The Paint

BucketJust-Kris Distributing, Inc.JWS Distributing, LLCK & M. Lawn & Garden EquipmentKarl KarchMaureen KeelingRobert Kenefick

Michael KennisonJae KimJuanita KimmellConstance KincheloeJames KingKiwanis Foundation of FredericksburgKoller Financial ServicesKoppers Performance ChemicalsWilliam KoshofferMarijayne KruusRoger KubeMichael KuchinskiIsabel KulickL & D Associates, Inc.Larry LangJacqueline Larsen (Hirsch)Law Offices of Sean D. Gregg, PLCFrances LeaPenn LeachmanMiguel LechugaThomas LeeBrenda LevoyAnn LewisDermaine LewisMelissa LindsayLynn LinebergerPatricia LiskLittle Tire Company, Inc.Anne LittleMike LongJudith LudvigsenJennifer MackowskiWen MaierAmy MartinMary Ball Woman’s ClubMary Washington HealthcareChuck MasonAngela MastrovitoAlex McCallisterRichmond McDanielMcLane Company, Inc.John McManusTeri McNallyHelen MergenthalMarie MessierMetropolitan Investments, LLCIII, Paul MildeBrooke MillerGerald MillerValerie MillerMiller’s Office ProductsEdward MinniearMargaret MoonMelba MorrozoffKristy MortonMosby Meadows ApartmentsKaren MoschettoFire Tech LLCMike & Judy NapierGreg NappsNathan’s Self StorageJeff NelsonCharles NettlesNew Baltimore Warehouse L.L.C.Steven & Jeanne NixonNorth River Wood Products, INCNorthern Neck Lumber Company, INCNorthern Piedmont Now & Forever

FundGyles NorwoodNovant Health UVA Health System

Culpeper Medical Center

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Inc.Rappahannock United WayRay’s AutomotiveRe/Max CrossroadsMichael ReadBruce ReeseDee Ann RemoBrad ReppRex LumberPeter RiceRichmond InternationalWhitney RileyRiverhead Building SupplyRiverside Forest ProductsCurry RobertsKim RodenbergShaney RollinsonAnthony RomanelloChris RooneyJohn RoseMelvin RosenblattRon RosnerCharlotte RouseSteven RousseauJohn & Pat RowleyReginald RyalsDavid & Linda SamSamuel James Construction, Inc.Cynthia SanchezSantelli Lumber CompanyVinny ScaleseWade SchickThomas SchoedelMichael SchwartzMerrilee ScidaScott & Stringfellow, Inc.Vanessa SekingerShannon M. Butler, DDS, PLLCShear ArtistryBenjamin ShermanShawn Shields-MaxwellShrewsbury True Value PlusSilver Foundation, Inc.Susan SkinnerCharlene Slaughter-NibblinsDawn Smith

James SmithWilliam SmithChristopher SmythersGary SnellingsSomerville LumberSarah SomervilleSoutheast Self Storage Brokers, LLCSpartanburg Forest Products, Inc.Spear Builders of Virginia, Inc.Dan SpearSpotsylvania Lions Club Charities, Inc.Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center

HCAStafford PrintingStandard Wholesale Lumber and

Merchandising, INCStanley Land & Lumber CorporationSteel City LumberStevenson Ridge LLCStringfellow Lumber Company, LLCJohn StroffolinoSunTrust Banks, IncSWIFT Inc.Tampa International Forest ProductsTaylor Machine Works, Inc.Tech BoxWilliam ThomasJessica ThompsonAnn TidballWilliam TidballAnne TruongFrank TurnageBeth TurnerU Stor It- LugoffUnion Bank and TrustBeverly UnkleDarius VesunaVirginia Community BankVirginia Foundation for Community

CollegeVirginia Partners BankBucky WaddyWalter & Jackson, Inc.Catherine WashingtonKurt WeinfurtherWeirton Lumber CompanySabina WeitzmanJoe WeldJeanne WesleyWest Virginia Split RailBrian WhetzelAaron WhitacreRandal WhiteheadMarion WilkinsonHerbert WilliamsJoe WilsonHoward WitmerTrudy WittGayle WolfeAnn WoolfordJohn WyattYates Properties, L.C.Yanyan YongYount, Hyde & Barbour, P.C.Patricia Yuliano

2015/2016 DONORS


Sen. Mark Warner praised the Germanna Community College Center for Workforce commercial applications for drones training program after watching GCC and Cedar Mountain Quarry work together on a project in Culpeper in July.

He watched drones fly about the 50-acre pit, shooting video from the air as explosives blasted away tons of granite. Germanna’s unmanned aerial vehicle training program is helping quarry owner and GCC supporter Ed Dalrymple gauge the effectiveness of the process.

Germanna was one of the first community colleges to offer drone training.

Warner said he believes drones

will one day be as ubiquitous as cell phones.

“I feel like this is the same kind of potential,” said Warner, who was an early investor in cell phone technology before running for the U.S. Senate, told Alison Brophy Champion of the Culpeper Star-Exponent.

Cedar Mountain Stone partners with Germanna on its drone training for commercial applications—a program Germanna President David A. Sam expects to grow.

“We’re looking to expand training in the kind of things they can do — surveying, construction inspections, agricultural, and other applications,” Dr. Sam said.

GERMANNA LAUNCHES CAROLINE CENTER

The new Germanna Community College Caroline County Center began hosting non-credit workforce development classes in January 2016.

The Caroline Center, located in the Carmel Church Medical Office Building at 11073 Col. Armistead Drive in Ruther Glen, launched with a Masonry Apprenticeship Program.

Other offerings at the Caroline Center include Tradesmen Licensing Updates, Grant Proposal Writing, Basic Computer Skills and MS Office Applications. In addition, community sessions on job search skills, resume writing and interviewing skills are offered.

The facility has spaces for classroom training as well as computer lab training. It has the capability to offer classes broadcast via interactive video from other Germanna sites.

SEN. WARNER SEES PROMISE IN GERMANNA CENTER FOR

WORKFORCE’S COMMERCIAL APPS FOR DRONES TRAINING PROGRAM

OUR FUTURE


GRANTS EXPAND TRAINING CAPACITY,

MAKE WORKFORCE CLASSES MORE AFFORDABLE

The Virginia Community Colleges System is making strategic investments to ensure that thousands of people will be able to earn valuable workforce credentials for new careers. The VCCS directed $5.3 million to community colleges around the commonwealth to augment or create new workforce credential training programs, based on local needs and innovative proposals, including Germanna Community College’s Virginia Educational Center for Asphalt Technology and its Fredericksburg Center for Advanced Technology.

This augments a program passed by the 2016 General Assembly and signed into law by Gov. Terry McAuliffe earlier in the year; Germanna students will only have to pay one third of the cost to enroll in noncredit, workforce programs for jobs that are in demand. Later in the year it was announced that GCC is receiving $462,550 to expand its training capacity.

The New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Program is designed to create and sustain a demand-driven supply of credentialed workers to fill occupations where demand outstrips supply in Virginia. The program does this by increasing industry certifications and occupational licenses that count for jobs and business growth. The program makes attainment of these workforce credentials more affordable to Virginians.

GCCEF ASSETS & SOURCES OF FUNDS

2014 2015

$6,3

41,6

91

$7,2

99,7

44

2014 2015

$4,6

22,6

87

$4,6

39,0

43Contributions

GCC Support

Events

Sources of Funds

13%16%

71%

Assets

Cash3%1%

TotalAssets

MarketableSecurities

Other

Art

Pledges

Land

4%

14%

15%

63% Investments


The Germanna Community College Educational Foundation, Inc. was established in 1983 to promote the growth and progress of the College.

While State funding supports the basic mission of the College, there are many enrichments for educational excellence that Germanna needs to offer students. The Educational Foundation supports the College’s programs and initiatives within the policies of the State Board for Community Colleges and the by-laws of the Germanna Educational Foundation.

Individuals, businesses, and industries can help the

College provide student scholarships, state-of-the-art instructional resources, faculty and staff professional development, and other enhancements. Cash gifts, securities, wills, trusts, insurance policies, and property are among the means through which donors can contribute. Unrestricted gifts are managed and administered by the Foundation Board of Directors; and restricted gifts are designated by the donor, subject to the policies of the Board.

For additional information please contact the Foundation Office at (540) 423-9060 or email at [email protected].

GERMANNA COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, INC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Wendell Anderson, President

Bruce Davis, Vice President & Treasurer

David A. Sam, Secretary, Interim Vice President of Institutional Advancement, Interim Executive Director

of GCC Educational Foundation

Teri McNally, Chair, CORPs Volunteers

Darla K. BurtonHenry “Hap” Connors, Jr.

Richard CollawnEdward C. Dalrymple, Jr.

Joseph “Joe” R. DanielKenny L. Dotson

Georgia M. Fauber, Emeritus

Rhonda FriedPamela “Pam” Glascock

Goly HerveyEdward “Ted” B. Hontz

Senator Edd HouckBrooke Miller

Richelle D. MooreLinda J. “L.J.” Moyer

Greg NappsJ. William Price, III,

EmeritusDouglas RogersCharlotte Rouse

Jack RowleyWilliam Thomas

Ann TidballAnne Truong

Frank S. Turnage, EmeritusBrian Whetzel

GERMANNA COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEADERSHIP

David A. Sam, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., PresidentInterim Vice President of Institutional Advancement

Interim Executive Director of GCC Educational Foundation

John Davis, A.A., B.S., M.S., Ph.D.Interim Vice President for Administrative Services

Executive Director of Organizational Planning & Assessment

Jeanne Wesley, B.S., M.A., Ph.D.Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs

Vice President for Workforce & Community Relations

Scott Kemp, B.A., M.A., M.A.Interim Vice President for Student Success

Laurie Bourne, B.S., M.B.A.Associate Vice President for Human Resources

GERMANNA COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD

William Thomas, ChairCulpeper County

Dr. Victor Gehman, Jr., Vice Chair

King George County

Cleo ColemenCaroline County

Sarah BerryMadison County

Simon GrayOrange County

Sam KesslerOrange County

Baron BraswellSpotsylvania County

Catherine WashingtonStafford County

Teri McNallyThe City of Fredericksburg

OUR FUTURE

MAKING A GIFT

GCCEF representatives welcome the opportunity to discuss how your unrestricted, restricted or planned gift will be used to help open doors for Germanna students. Gifts to Germanna can be made with a check or credit/debit card. You may also contribute on-line.

Please send all checks to:Germanna Community College Educational FoundationP.O. Box 1430, Locust Grove, VA 22508540-423-9060• [email protected] www.germanna.edu/educational_foundation

Scholarships help students pursue their educational dreams and obtain the knowledge and skills to help them excel in their chosen occupational fields.

The GCC Educational Foundation is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization. Donations are deductible to the extent allowable by law. Federal ID #: 54-1379348

Fredericksburg Area Campus • 10000 Germanna Point Drive, Fredericksburg, VA 22408

Locust Grove Campus • 2130 Germanna Highway, Locust Grove, VA 22508

Joseph R. Daniel Technology Center • 18121 Technology Drive, Culpeper, VA 22701

Stafford County Center • 2761 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 107, Stafford, VA 22554

Germanna Automotive Center • 42 Blackjack Road, Fredericksburg, VA 22405

540-891-3000 • TTY 540-891-3059

Documents

A Decade of Progress...he enrolled at GCC in 2011. In spite of the problems he faced, Reichwein excelled, graduating from Germanna a year later with a 3.94 GPA while working 32 hours