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Southwest Virginia Community College (SWCC) is a public community college in Cedar Bluff. It is part of the Virginia Community College System . SWCC was opened in 1968 to serve the residents of Buchanan , Russell and Tazewell counties, as well as portions of Dickenson County .
Southwest Virginia Community College: Richlands: Public (Virginia Community College System) Junior college: SACS: 1968 2,163 Sweet Briar College: Sweet Briar: Private (not for profit) Baccalaureate / Associates Colleges SACS: 1901 [15] 460 Tidewater Community College: Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Virginia Beach: Public (Virginia Community ...
Southwest Virginia, often abbreviated as SWVA, is a mountainous region of Virginia in the westernmost part of the commonwealth.Located within the broader region of western Virginia, Southwest Virginia has been defined alternatively as all Virginia counties on the Appalachian Plateau, all Virginia counties west of the Eastern Continental Divide, or at its greatest expanse, as far east as ...
The college was founded as Southwest Virginia Institute in Glade Spring, Virginia, on September 17, 1884, by Reverend J.R. Harrison, a Baptist minister, as a means to bring higher education opportunities to women in southwest Virginia. Instructing both boarding and day students, the school steadily grew until it outgrew its facilities in less ...
The Virginia Community College System (VCCS) oversees a network of 23 community colleges in Virginia, which serve residents of Virginia and provide two-year degrees and various specialty training and certifications.
Prior to the early 2020s, Southern campuses were located in Mount Gay, Williamson, Foster, and Saulsville, with a site in Hamlin.However, as of 2024, new college president President Pam Alderman chose to close the Wyoming Campus and offered the building for sale. [9]
The Southwest Virginia Governor's School for Science, Mathematics, and Technology is one of Virginia's 18 state-initiated magnet Governor's Schools.It is a part-time school where 11th and 12th grade students take advanced classes in the morning (receiving their remaining classes from their home high school.)
The Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park is a Virginia museum, run as a state park, dedicated to preserving the history of the southwestern part of the commonwealth. It is located in Big Stone Gap , in a house built in the 1880s for former Virginia Attorney General , Rufus A. Ayers .