Wytheville Community College 2025 Annual Report

WCC CROSSROADS IN GALAX The Crossroads Rural Entrepreneurial Institute—better known locally as “Crossroads”—has officially been sold to the Wytheville Community College Real Estate Foundation, Inc. The WCC Real Estate Foundation’s acquisition of Crossroads was made possible through private donations, including an $860,000 gift from the estate of Grayson County resident Janie Hale Gentry, a significant gift from Galax native Rebecca Higgins Dorshorst and her husband Stephen, and a generous gift from Dr. and Mrs. J. Wade Gilley, WCC’s first president. The WCC Real Estate Foundation is fully committed to supporting and furthering the existing mission of Crossroads. In addition to the educational programs already offered at Crossroads, WCC recently began a Heavy Equipment Operator Program, and plans to begin a Firefighter Training Program in the near future.

WCC Nursing students at the Crossroads Institute.

The college hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate the event on Thursday, December 12, 2024.

WCC WEST (WORKFORCE, EDUCATION, & SKILLS TRAINING) Wytheville Community College (WCC) celebrated the opening of WCC WEST center on October 3, 2024, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony co-hosted by the Smyth County Chamber of Commerce. The facility in Marion, VA, enhances WCC’s capacity to provide much-needed workforce training in high-demand skilled trades in Smyth County and the western portion of the college’s service area. The EDA purchased the building and is leasing it to WCC to help establish WCC WEST. The project also received financial support in the form of a matching grant of $277,000 from the Virginia Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission (TRRC). WCC WEST currently offers an automotive training program and a welding program and plans to expand into additional skilled trades.

The facility in Marion, Virginia, enhances WCC’s capacity to provide much-needed workforce training in high-demand skilled trades in Smyth County, and the western portion of the college’s service region.

On October 3, 2024, Wytheville Community College (WCC) celebrated the opening of WCC WEST (Workforce, Education, & Skills Training) with a ribbon cutting ceremony co-hosted with the Smyth County Chamber of Commerce.

Newly remodeled President’s Conference Room Smyth Hall Renovation for 1Stop Student Services

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