VCC Summer 2017

C O N T E N T S VIRGINIA CAPITOL CONNECTIONS QUARTERLY MAGAZINE

General Registrars page 4

Summer 2017

4 A brief history of Virginia’s General Registrars

5 Elect No Strangers!

Howard

6 Highest Aspirations: Virginians Hear Hail to the Chief Again

9 Making Sure Virginia Is The Most Women Veteran Friendly State In The Nation

Hail to the Chief page 6

10 Denbigh Aviation Academy Files Flight Plan for Future Careers

11 Virtual Education

Belefski

12 GAB: Soon to Be Gone…But Not Forgetten

13 If Those Walls Could Talk….

Women Veteran Friendly page 9

14 General Assembly Building Fence to Impact Pedestrian, Vehicle Traffic through 2021

16 The Photography of Wanda Judd

18 Edgar Herbert “Herb” Thompson 18 The Past Still Matters 19 A Compressed World

Walker

Flight Plan for Future Careers page 10

21 Hospital and Healthcare Association

22 Tazewell County Makes Strides to Improve Healthcare Outcomes

24 Student Activism in Virginia:

From Women’s Rights to the Debt Owed to Slaves

Long

25 Bluefield College Takes Action to Ease Student Load Debt

26 Remembering Maggie Lena Walker

On The Web www.vccqm.org

Virtual Education page 11

28 This Week in Richmond

29 UVA Today features publication of local tax rates

Bell

30 Association and Business Directory

Volume 23 Number 3 • Editor –Kristen Bailey-Hardy • Assistant Editor –Hayley Allison • Publisher –David Bailey • Art Director –John Sours • School Distribution – Kristen Bailey-Hardy • Advertising – Ads@CapitolSquare.com • Printer –Wordsprint • Virginia Capitol Connections Quarterly Magazine (ISSN 1076-4577) is published by: Virginia Capitol Connections • 1108 East Main Street • Suite 1200 • Richmond, Virginia 23219 • (804) 643-5554 • Copyright 2017, Virginia Capitol Connections, Inc. All rights reserved. The views expressed in the articles of Virginia Capitol Connections Quarterly Magazine , a non-partisan publication, are not necessarily those of the editors or publisher.

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