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provided enrollment and graduation data. Most importantly, the second edition would not be possible without the contributions of the administration, faculty, staff, students, NRCC retirees, and board members who support the college and ensure its success every day. Sources The sources for this publication included Virginia Community College System (VCCS) and New River Community College (NRCC) publications, minutes from the NRCC Local College Board meetings and NRCC Educational Foundation Board of Directors meetings, news releases and articles prepared by the college’s Public Relations and Marketing Office, articles published in local newspapers, personal interviews, and written responses to a survey distributed to retirees, employees, and students. VCCS Publications . The VCCS publications included the Virginia’s Community Colleges’ Annual Reports 2009 2010 through 2019-2020, VCCS Statistics– 10 Year Trends: Various Measures, and the Inquiry: The Journal of the Virginia Community Colleges , Vol. 25, A Lasting Legacy, Parts 1 and 2, 2022. NRCC Publications . The NRCC publications included college catalogs (Academic Years 2000-2001 through 2019 2020), class schedules (Fall Semester 2000 through Spring Semester 2020), workforce training class schedules (Spring 2001 through Spring 2010), minutes of the NRCC Local College Board meetings (2000 2020), minutes of the NRCC Educational Foundation Board of Directors meetings (2000-2020), NRCC student planner and handbook (1999-2000 through 2005-2006),

and NRCC Distance Education newsletter, Fall 2016. Other Publications . Other publications used were the Community College Research Center (CCRC) Research Brief, Number 58 , April 2014; the Virginia Department of Planning and Budget, Overview of Budget Actions for the 2002-2004 Biennium ; and The Chronicle of Higher Education : Virginia Community Colleges Dive Headfirst Into Remedial-Math Redesign, July 31, 2011. New River Valley Newspapers (2000 2020) . Information was obtained from The Floyd Press , News Messenger , News Journal , The Patriot , The Roanoke Times , The Southwest Times , and Virginian Leader . Author’s Note The first decade of the 21 st century will be remembered as a time of substantial change for our nation. Simply entering the decade caused concern for many. People feared computer systems would crash when clocks struck 12:00:01 a.m. on January 1, 2000, due to Y2K or the “millennium bug.” Thankfully, no major disruptions occurred, and banking systems and power plants continued to work as usual. However, our nation would be changed forever less than 21 months later when on September 11, 2001, terrorists attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon killing 2,996 people and injuring more than 6,000. As the news media televised the attacks, our world stopped as people gathered wherever they were to watch the horrific events unfold. After this event, the “War on Terror,” changes in air travel, and increased government surveillance and security measures were a few actions taken by our country.

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