VWCC Diversity Club

05/03/2022

Congratulations to our 2022 graduates! Thanks to everyone who made this event a success with their presence and contributions. Congratulations to Sadichchha on winning the jellybean guess!!!

04/05/2022

Virginia Western Community College

03/22/2022

On Tuesday, April 5th, keep your eyes peeled for eggs hidden around campus. When you find an egg, share your cultural fun fact and tag VWCC Diversity Club.

Virginia Western Community College

03/07/2022

ALL ARE WELCOME!!! Share in the celebration of female accomplishments in the STEM fields, learn how they have used their education as a platform for outreach, and hear about the many STEM opportunities offered at VWCC. Masks are required.

03/02/2022

Students, faculty, and staff are invited to attend this celebration of female leaders in the STEM fields! Hope to see you there!

The Virginia Western Community College Diversity Club welcomes Drs. Robyn Hakanson, Shayn Pierce-Cottler, Amy White, and Mallory White as guest speakers to this celebration of women in the STEM fields. All students, faculty, and staff are invited!

02/18/2022

VWCC Diversity Club Inventor Spotlight:

The central heating furnace design that Alice H. Parker patented in December 1919 made use of natural gas for the first time to keep homes warm and toasty. Inspiring her innovation: the limited efficiency of fireplaces (along with the smoke and ash they produce) during the cold winters at her Morristown, New Jersey, house. Many modern homes still employ a similar forced-air heating system for which her idea was a precursor.

Information courtesy of biography.com

02/12/2022

All students, faculty, and staff are welcome to this event!

02/08/2022

VWCC Diversity Club Inventor Spotlight:
A New York City resident, Marie Van Brittan Brown created an early version of the modern home security system more than a century later. Feeling unsafe due to her neighborhood’s high crime rate, the full-time nurse rigged a motorized camera to record her home entryway and project images onto a TV monitor. Also included in her setup was a two-way microphone in order to communicate with visitors without opening the door, as well as a panic button to notify police of any potential emergency in progress. After filing to patent the closed-circuit TV security system in 1966, Brown received her approval in December 1969.
*Information courtesy of Biography.com*

02/01/2022

This month, the VWCC Diversity Club will highlight inventors who shaped the world as we know it! Do you know his contributions?

Thomas L. Jennings was the first African American U.S. patent recipient who was working as a tailor and businessman in New York City when he invented a process for dry-cleaning delicate clothing known as “dry-scouring.” Jennings applied for a patent in 1820 and received his history-making approval the following year. With the money he earned from his invention, the formerly enslaved person both donated to abolitionist causes and even reportedly freed his still-enslaved family members.

*Information courtesy of Biography.com*

01/30/2022

Virginia Western Community College
The VWCC Diversity Club serves its community through projects. Thank you to everyone that participated in the Afghanistan Refugee Benefit 5K. ALL students are welcomed to participate in club activities.