Virginia undergraduates at public four-year colleges and universities in the Commonwealth will experience an average increase of…

The moon appeared rusty early on but lost its color as it rose higher in
the night sky before clouds obstructed the view.

The Alexandria campus of Northern Virginia Community College officially broke ground on a new three-story 80,000-square-foot academic building on June 26. The building will replace the current Tyler Building on campus.

The awards were given this year by the Virginia Press Women for excellence in communications.

The College is one of 17 community colleges nationwide participating in the initiative, and one of four selected as a mentor college. Mentor colleges were selected from AACC’s 2008-2010 Workforce Economic Opportunity Initiative.

George Washington’s Mount Vernon welcomes Kellie White and Emily Daniel from George Mason University as part of its 2014 class of Historic Preservation Field School student interns. In collaboration with the University of Maryland Field School in Historic Preservation, the field school students will participate in a project to investigate the archaeological, architectural, and interpretive histories of the Washington families’ kitchen.

Northern Virginia Community College’s Robotics Team 1 has won the design award at the VEX Robotics World Championship in Anaheim, Calif.

The new provost is the author of many publications and has presented widely on the topics of distance learning, community college partnerships, “stackable certificates” in allied health professions and on Respiratory Therapy.

LiveSafe allows members of the community to contact the college police department discreetly, and risk-free. Through iPhone and Android devices, users will have the ability to report GPS-tagged information with added picture, video, and audio clips.

The NOVA Dance Team will host its first ever flash mob at Manassas Mall on Saturday, June 14.