More than 200,000 visitors have now found the Virginia Education Wizard since it was launched last March.
And now that middle and high school students in public school systems across the Commonwealth are being introduced to the one-stop resource for career and higher education planning, that number will continue to grow.
In a news release about the [...]

Want to know the top “Hot Jobs” in Virginia?
Glenn DuBois, chancellor of Virginia’s Community Colleges, showcased a new tool today that will help Virginia’s students and workers find the top job markets for the future. The Virginia Hot Jobs Index, presented by the Virginia Education Wizard and powered by JobsEQ, proprietary software from Chmura Economics [...]

Virginia’s Community Colleges and some outstanding partners took a chance last night in making a big announcement.
It was so significant that it had some traditional media reporters asking, “Where’s the press release?”
The thing is, you see, there was no press release.  And there was no press conference – a move some may consider blasphemous for an old fashioned [...]

The Virginia Education Wizard is featured in Campus Technology magazine this month as one of 11 winners of the 2009 Campus Technology Innovators award.
The awards, chosen from 350 nominations, recognize higher education institutions that “take technology investment to new heights.”
Craig Herndon, director of the Wizard project, is featured on the cover of the print version of [...]

A newly released survey from the National Association for College Admission Counseling reveals that America’s community colleges are what’s keeping the college dream alive for more and more families as those families feel the effects of the recession.

Thirty-seven percent of respondents indicated an increase in the number of students planning to enroll in community colleges versus [...]

Virginia’s Community Colleges produce nearly half of the commonwealth’s new nurses every year.  And from what Pamela Gould wrote in this morning’s Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star that isn’t changing anytime soon:
Germanna [Community College]’s program for practical and registered nurses is enrolled to the max and interest is skyrocketing.
More than 1,000 people are in the “pre-nursing pipeline” [...]

NASCAR driver Eric McClure graciously helped introduce the Virginia Education Wizard to high school students at Virginia High School in Bristol Tuesday.
“I wish I’d had this tool,” he told the students, recalling how he had been unenthusiastic about a college career and then unsure about which career fields to pursue.  At his parents’ urging, he [...]

Curious job seekers filed into the Roanoke One Stop Workforce Center yesterday to learn firsthand about The Virginia Education Wizard. Among those in the audience were individuals who had recently lost their jobs or were looking for training opportunities.Others had just started their college search and wanted information on Financial Aid. Chancellor Glenn DuBois and Wizard creator Dr. Craig [...]

We are in Roanoke this morning, along with our good friends from Virginia Western Community College, unveiling the Virginia Education Wizard to students, business leaders and counselors in the area.
If you are reading this early enough to join us, please do.  Our event begins at the Roanoke One Stop Center at the Virginia Employment Commission on [...]

Amid much anticipation, Virginia’s Community Colleges and Governor Tim Kaine launched the Virginia Education Wizard this morning at the Virginia State Police Academy in Richmond. Hosting the Wizard launch at the Virginia State Police Academy was a “natural choice” said Dr. DuBois, who opened the event. More than half of the incoming academy class next [...]