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VACU’s Dorothy J. Hall Scholarship Program

Each year Virginia Credit Union recognizes outstanding student members of all ages through its Dorothy J. Hall Scholarship program. For the 2010-2011 academic year Virginia Credit Union will award 25 college scholarships up to $2,500.


WAYS YOU CAN HELP THE HAITI RELIEF EFFORTS

*Donate $10 to the American Red Cross to be charged to your cell phone bill by texting "HAITI" to "90999."

*Contribute online to the Red Cross
*Donate through the Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign office


Performing Arts Club presents Lyric 101

The JSRCC Performing Arts Club is hosting an open mic night event called “Lyric 101.” All emcee’s singers, poets and artists are invited to participate in the Downtown Campus Auditorium from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. on February 24, March 24 and April 21. For more information, call 804.901.3153 or 804.439.2125.



VCU to offer “on the spot” admissions

Virginia Commonwealth University Transfer Coordinator Artis Gordon will offer “on the spot” transfer admission on March 9 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the Downtown Campus in room 474 and on March 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Georgiadis Hall, room 201 on the Parham Road Campus. Sign up for a 15 minute appointment by calling Vicki Bruce on the Downtown Campus at 804.523.5970 or Robin Beale on the Parham Road Campus at 804.523.5067.

Hoop it up for Hunger – March 18

The Office of Student Life is coordinating a three-on-three basketball tournament to collect food for the hungry. “Hoop it up for Hunger” is scheduled on March 16 at 11 a.m. on the recreation fields on the Parham Road Campus. Register your team by March 10 by calling 804.523.5083 or 804.523.5082 or stop by any Student Life office. Players and spectators are encouraged to bring non-perishable food donations. At least one player on each team must be a JSRCC student, staff or faculty member.

Cultural Cinema Series presents "The Kite Runner" – March 25

The JSRCC Multicultural Enrichment Council (MEC) and the Office of Student Life will present “The Kite Runner” on March 25 from noon to 2 p.m. in the Downtown Campus Auditorium and from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Lipman Auditorium on the Parham Road Campus. This is part of the MEC’s Cultural Cinema Series and is open to all students, staff, faculty and guests. For more information, call (804) 523-5082 or (804) 523-5986.


Connecting women’s past, present and future – March 26

In honor of Women’s History Month, the JSRCC Multicultural Enrichment Council is sponsoring the luncheon “Empowerment:  Connecting the Past, Present and Future” on March 26 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Gallery of Georgiadis Hall on the Parham Road Campus. Speakers include Maricel Quintana-Baker, president and founder of the Virginia Latino Higher Education Network, Manju Garneriwala, treasurer of the Commonwealth of Virginia and Judge Cleo Powell of the Virginia Court of Appeals. The day will end with a Salute to Women in Jazz featuring Marie Goodman-Hunter, Desiree Roots Centeio and Debo Dabney Trio. 
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Bus trip to UVA – March 27

Tour the University of Virginia and learn more about your transfer options on March 27. Call Robin Beale at 804.523.5067 or Vicki Bruce at 804.523.5970 to sign up for a bus trip to UVA. Transportation and lunch will be provided at no cost.

Sign Language Club sponsors food drive

Join the JSRCC American Sign Language Club in helping Richmond put “hand to mouth" by participating in a canned food drive through March 31. All donations benefit Central Virginia Foodbank. Donation boxes are located in the halls outside of the following locations: Downtown Campus American Sign Language Lab (Room 211); Downtown Campus Computer Lab (Room 462); Parham Road Campus, Massey LTC Library and the Parham Road Campus Burnette Hall Commons/Cafeteria.

Compete with College faculty in the JSRCC Academic Bowl

The Office of Student Life will host the College’s inaugural JSRCC Academic Bowl on April 1 at 6 p.m. in the Lipman Auditorium on the Parham Road Campus – where students will compete against faculty and staff in a tournament featuring a variety of questions on history, science, geography, sports and more. Register to compete by March 23 by calling 804.523.5986, 804.523.5083 or 804.523.5082. Qualifying rounds will take place March 29 through March 31.

Free Library Workshops

Sign up for a free workshop to improve your research skills, grades and overall academic achievement. Register online at Library.Reynolds.edu by clicking Library Workshops or call 804.523.5333 for the Downtown Campus, 804.523.5329 for the Parham Road Campus or 804.523.5419 for the Western Campus.

Reynolds to host annual Science Night – April 7

The JSRCC School of Mathematics and Science will host the sixth annual Science Night on April 7 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Gallery of Georgiadis Hall on the Parham Road Campus. Topics presented by Reynolds science faculty will include “Myth Busting Relativity,” “Columbian Mammoths at Hot Springs, South Dakota,” and “Emerging Diseases.” Light refreshments will be served.

Go “Around the World Through Books” – April 8

J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College will host a culturally enriching book discussion on Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life on April 8 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on the College’s Western Campus, 1851 Dickinson Road, Goochland, Va. JSRCC Instructor Cindy Conner will join JSRCC Sustainable Agricultural Club students at Western Campus in leading the discussion and providing tours of the College’s sustainable gardens. Garden tours will begin at 6 p.m. and the book discussion will immediately follow. The book is about a year eating homegrown food and gardening in southern Appalachia. The program is a free community event sponsored by JSRCC’s Multicultural Enrichment Council. For more information, contact Laurie Weinberg at (804) 523-5021 or visit www.Reynolds.edu/book.


Spring Garden Fest at Western Campus – April 24

The Goochland-Powhatan Master Gardeners in conjunction with JSRCC and the Virginia Cooperative Extension will offer a spring garden festival on April 24 from
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the JSRCC Western Campus in Goochland. Register in advance for classes, or stop by to shop, browse and learn. For more information, call (804) 556-5841 or visit www.gpmga.org.

Passion for Fashion presents fashion show- May 1

The JSRCC Passion for Fashion Club will present a spring fashion show on May 1 at
7 p.m. in the Massey Library Technology Center Lipman Auditorium. For tickets, contact Jackie Manley at (804) 523-5083.

Are you eligible for a $2,000 scholarship?

The Adult Students in Scholastic Transition (ASIST) Scholarship is accepting applications through April 5. Students may be eligible to receive a $2,000 scholarship for the 2010-2011 year. To learn more, attend an information session on March 16 between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. or March 17 between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. in the Massey Library Technology Center, room 225, on the Parham Road Campus. For an application or more information, you may also contact Nichole Page at 804.523.5084 or npage@reynolds.edu.

International cookbook proceeds to help Hatian students

The Reynolds ESL program is selling international cookbooks containing recipes contributed by ESL students and JSRCC faculty and staff. JSRCC is currently home to six Haitian students, most of whom still have family in Haiti. Cookbook proceeds will help defray the cost of their tuition or textbooks. Cookbooks are $10. Contact Jinky Davis or Laurie Weinberg in the ESL office at (804) 523-5020.



Tuition Assistance scholarship available

The Financial Aid Office is please to announce the J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College Tuition Assistance Scholarship. In order to qualify for the scholarship program, a student must me the following criteria:

In order to be considered for a Tuition Assistance Scholarship, you must complete a scholarship application. 

Deadlines for consideration of a Tuition Assistance Scholarship:

Spring 2010                            January 22, 2010
Fall 2010                                 July 17, 2010
Spring 2011                            November 20, 2010

This deadline does not replace the general FAFSA priority deadlines established by the Financial Aid Office. For more information regarding the Tuition Assistance Scholarship, please contact financial aid specialist in one of the Student Success Centers or the Financial Aid Office. Or by calling (804) 523-5368 Parham Road, 804.523.5455 Downtown Campus, or Western Campus (804) 662-6400.


Get your artwork on the cover of Inquiry

Inquiry: The Journal of the Virginia Community Colleges invites community college students to submit their best artwork for possible publication on the front cover of the journal. Works may be photographs, drawings, paintings, ceramics, sculpture, printmaking, and digital images. The winner will receive a $250 cash prize and several copies of the journal. Artwork must be original, previously unpublished, and created by a student enrolled in a Virginia community college. Up to three images may be submitted for consideration and should be submitted in digital form by email attachment by May 15, 2010. For more information, contact Elizabeth Bensen-Barber (804) 523-5754.


Get a discount at Windy Hill Golf & Sports Complex

Present your JSRCC ID at Windy Hill Golf and Sports Complex to receive discounts and special offers for golf instruction, range balls, golf course, miniature golf, batting tokens and go-kart rides. College Days are Mondays (excluding holidays) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. — buy one and get one half off.


Get your student ID card and parking decal

JSRCC Police and Security offers student ID’s and parking decals at each campus. For the first two weeks of the spring semester (January 11 through January 22) officers will be available to provide ID's at each campus location between the hours of 9 a.m. and
7 p.m. Regular hours will return on January 18.

Regular open hours are Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to noon or
6 p.m. to 7 p.m. ID and decal rooms are located at the Downtown Campus in room 166C, at the Parham Road Campus in Burnette Hall, room 130 and at the Western Campus Police and Security ID Room in Building C-20.

As a convenience, an ID machine is available at the Police and Security Services headquarters (Parham Road Campus). This will be available during normal college hours of operation (7a.m. to 10 p.m.).

For ID cards, students are required to present a current copy of their class schedule and a valid state driver’s license or identification card. For parking decals, students must present a current copy of their class schedule, a current copy of their vehicle registration and a valid state driver’s license or identification card.


Parking at the Downtown Campus

The entrance/exit to the Downtown Campus parking deck is located on N 8th Street. Students with activated ID cards can use the Downtown Campus parking deck. All students enrolled in classes are required to use their JSRCC issued ID. Those without an activated student ID, can obtain parking validation at the JSRCC Police and Securities Office, Room 122. Online students, distance learning students, visitors, future students, disabled students and students visiting from the Parham Road or Western Campuses are eligible to receive parking validation. Students eligible for validation will need to present a current copy of their class schedule and a Student ID or valid driver’s license.


Overflow parking at the Downtown Campus

During peak times, the main parking deck may become full. Students, staff and faculty may use auxiliary parking lots A and B located on 7th Street just past the Interstate-95 overpass.  Shuttle service will be provided approximately every 10 to 20 minutes from overflow lots, as well as the staff and faculty lot in the new deck on Navy Hill Drive, to the Downtown Campus between 7:45 a.m. and 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. Reynolds Police & Security will monitor overflow and staff/faculty parking lots to ensure safety and use by JSRCC students, faculty and staff only. Unauthorized vehicles will be ticketed and towed. For more information, or if you experience problems with your ID card, please contact Parking Manager, Deborah Shipe at 804.523.5471.

Overflow parking on the Parham Road Campus

Overflow parking at the Parham Road Campus is available near the recreation fields located behind the College facilities building. A special shuttle service will be provided between 8:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. between the recreation field lots and parking lot K (near the College bookstore).


Sign up for text message alerts

Get college emergency notifications and weather related closings or delays via text message alerts on your cell phone. Sign up at Alert.Reynolds.edu.


Career Readiness Certificate Career readiness

Learn more about Virginia’s Career Readiness Certificate (CRC) - a program designed to help both employers and career seekers certify that a job applicant has the basic math, reading and information-gathering skills required to be successful in most jobs.
The Community College Workforce Alliance (CCWA), a regional partnership combining the workforce development efforts of J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College and John Tyler Community College, is the point of contact for the Career Readiness Certificate program at J. Sargeant Reynolds. If you are interested in learning more about the Career Readiness Certificate, please visit the CCWA web site.


Save Gas, Take The Shuttle!

Days of Service: Monday - Friday (5 days per week)
Time: 8:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Schedule: Round trip every hour from DTC
Depart DTC on 1/2 hour (beginning at 8:30 AM)
Depart PRC on the hour (last trip 2:00 PM)
Shuttle Stops: DTC - 8th Street at shuttle Service Sign (just south of the parking deck entrance)
PRC - In front of Georgiadis Hall at Flag poles