Congratulations Germanna alums & Integrity Automotive owners Keith and Diane Morris
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Merry Christmas

              Christmas   It may be snow that remakes friendships, bringing us together in early evenings to share warmth and food and company. It may be the memory of an ancient season, caught between childhood and age. But the crunch of snow on the porch announces each welcome visitor, the cold insinuation of wind through the door precedes each ruddy, smiling face. It may be snow that remakes friendships, but it's love that turns the snow into this season. And we renew ourselves around the fire of memory each time the cold door opens on the warmth of eyes.                          David A. Sam The best of the season to each and all.   From Linda and David

Congratulations to Germanna's Tamika Craft, Administrative Assistant to VP Woolford, & husband Dwayne on the birth of Dwayne Jr. on Dec. 21

Congratulations to the Bavarian Chef in Fredericksburg & Foti's in Culpeper for being in the top 50
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Germanna Commencement
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Germanna Commencement
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Germanna's Student Government Association does good work:
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Coverage of Germanna's first-ever December Commencement ceremony:
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Congratulations to Germanna student Jay Buckle
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A Germanna business program for busy people
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A Germanna business program for busy people
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Welcome Jennifer Mihalcoe and Ben Sherman
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Details on Governor McDonnell's reinvestment in higher education:
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Germanna December Commencement is Moday night at the Federicksburg Expo Center
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Morgen Jones of Orange started college at Germanna Community College at age 13. No problem.
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Morgen Jones of Orange started college at Germanna Community College at age 13. No problem.
Morgen Jones of Orange started college at Germanna Community College at age 13. No problem. She's done so well that at 17, she's become the first community college student ever admitted to VCU's Virginia Capital Semester Program.

Germanna IT students raise money with Zombies
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Grow by Degrees campaign by the Virginia Business Higher Education Council pays off in Governor's proposals:
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National coverage of Germanna's Homeland Security Summit
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Verizon Internet had a massive outage last night, 12/13/11 from 10PM to 12/14/2011 1AM. We apologize for any inability to access services

Germanna appreciates Governor McDonnell's efforts to reinvest in higher education:
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Once again, Germanna's email has been hit with a virus and is down for a few hours. Apologies. Please call.

attending bimonthly meeting of Chancellor's Council of Presidents by teleconference

Germanna's preliminary plan for fixing our earthquake-damaged building in Fredericksburg has been approved by the State.

Just attended combined meeting of Range Chamber and Rotary

Congratulations to Sandy Shugart and all the folks at Valenca Community College for winning the Aspen Prize
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Register now for January Classes at Germanna. Plenty of classes available on campus or online, including at Fredericksburg Campus.
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Germanna Comunity College BIO 101 students' video
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Germanna's Homeland Security Summit
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Shootings at Virginia Tech and in Caroline County

Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to the students, faculty, staff of Virginia Tech and to the family of the victim. Colleges should be places of enlightenment, free of fear. We must not develop a siege mentality and we cannot turn campuses into fortresses. They must remain places where members of our communities are able to come and go freely in order to benefit from all we have to offer.

Germanna has always been a safe place to learn and work. Nonetheless, the college continually takes steps to make our security tighter, smarter and better able to respond to any problem nimbly and effectively, and we will continue to do so. We will review the actions taken at Tech and learn from their responses.

We also send our deepest our concerns and care to the officer wounded in Caroline yesterday. Both incidents show that law enforcement personnel daily put themselves at risk to protect and serve all of us.

More coverage of Germanna's first Homeland Security Jobs Summit
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Jobs await applicants in homeland security & intelligence says panel at Germanna summit
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welcoming speakers and guests to Germanna's Intelligence & Homeland Security Jobs Summit

attending State Council of Presidents

Former Germanna dual enrollment student faces challenges, but you can help
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Jobs in homeland security and intelligence go way beyond being a spy or computer programmer. Come hear more
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Good news for parents of Spotsylvania high school students in Germanna dual enrollment classes
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Germanna host summit on thousands of current job openings and business opportunities in homeland security and intelligence community
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Thanksgiving Message:
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Happy Thanksgiving

Friends and Colleagues,

To those individuals and organizations we work with in our service area: Please accept this simple message of thanksgiving for your friendships and partnering with Germanna. Without your support, Germanna would have found it difficult to continue effectively serving our students and communities. So many businesses, educational institutions, nonprofits, and governments stepped forward to offer us space and other support after the August earthquake that it is too long a list to write here. So many of you donate time and resources to our Foundation to invest in the good work we do. So many of you serve on our Boards and Advisory Councils. 

To those who serve at Germanna, whether part-time or full-time employee, volunteer, board member, or contractor: Thank you for all that you do and have done in spite of the great challenges we have faced. Despite budget cuts, economic uncertainties, earthquakes and hurricanes, you have continued to focus on students and their education and success. Some of you have lost private offices or moved off campus. Some of you have taught using online tools for the first time. Some of you are bunched together in hallways and corners. All of you have faced stress, change, and disruption in small or great degree.

Therefore, all of you are at the head of my list of things for which I am most humbly grateful: That I have the honor to serve Germanna, our students, and our communities alongside each of you is a great privilege and thankful duty.

I thank each and every one of you from my heart.

May you celebrate Thanksgiving with those you love, with good memories of those who are no longer at your table, with hope that those who are serving in harm's way return safely and soon to your table, and with warm food and gratitude within.

David

The Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy, a group on Flickr.

More good news for Virginia
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Germanna had a good contingent attending last night's Madison County Chamber annual dinner

Germanna's green building attracts attention
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Germanna's Educational Foundation 2012 Philantropist of the Year, the Stafford County EDA:
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Help Germanna's Student Government in a worthy cause
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Congratulations to the Germana Educational Foundation's 2012 Philantropist of the Year, the Stafford County Economic Development Authority
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Congratulations to Germanna alumna Mary Murphy
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Linda and I will be thanking all the supporters of Germanna's Educational Foundation at tonight's Annual Dinner
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Congratulations to Germanna's VP Rick Brehm and to Len Kogut VP at Southwest Virginia CC for graduating from Lead Virginia
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Learn about thousands of current job openings and business opportunities in homeland security and the intelligence community
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at Germanna's Culpeper Center at the Chamber annual banquet

attending Germanna Local College Board meeting

Good news for Veterans
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Germanna joins with our distinguished alumnus, Steve Jones, and family in honoring the life of his beloved mother, Delores Jones
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Coverage of Germanna's Veterans Day program
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Germanna mourns the loss of Carl Silver and joins in celebrating his life
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Very nice coverage of our enrollment increase although the quake closed only 1 building, not the whole Fredericksburg campus
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corrected email for alumni to tell me your stories is dsam@germanna.edu

Are you a Germanna alum? If you ever attended you are. Please consider sending me your story to dasam@germanna.edu

Attending annual meeting of the State Board for Community Colleges in Charlottesville

Germanna still growing
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Germanna's Educational Foundation Annual Dinner:
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Roy Branklin, retired Marine & student at Germanna Community College, opens the 2011 Veterans Day National Day of Remembrance Roll
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"The longer I live the more I mistrust/theatricality." Adrienne Rich

"For in a democracy, every citizen, regardless of his interest in politics, 'hold[s] office'; everyone of us is in a position of responsibility; and, in the final analysis, the kind of government we get depends upon how we fulfill those responsibilities. We, the people, are the boss, and we will get the kind of political leadership, be it good or bad, that we demand and deserve." J F Kennedy

Germanna student Kelli Hale takes ownership of her life and helps others turn theirs positive as well
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In Richmond at state meeting on possible Goodwill and Germanna Community College joint efforts

other colleges who have answered the roll call for those who are not able:
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with Pam Shifflett, reading some of the names those who cannot answer the roll call

Veterans' Day 2011

When I was young, I vividly remember my mother making a point to buy a poppy for each of us to wear on our clothing for “Reembrance Day,” as she still called November 11. We know it as Veterans’ Day, but she was born November 30, 1918, just nineteen days after the guns fell silent to end the War to End all Wars, and that is what the day was called when she was a child. She always reminded me of 11-11-11 because the Armistice took effect on November 11 at 11 am.

Today is another 11-11-11. And, unhappily, many wars have followed.

Today, beginning at 9 am at both Germanna Community College campuses, students, faculty, staff and community members will read from the roll of those who have died in the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. You are welcome to participate:

http://www.germanna.edu/germannahighlights.asp?article=3

Today we also pause to thank our veterans and remember those not here to be thanked. It is the least we can do.

We can also:

- hire a veteran
- retrain a veteran
- assist a veteran in trouble
- pray for those who are serving and have served
or just feel a deep gratitude in our hearts for those who have answered the call and stood their ground so we can live without having to defend ourselves.

The poppies that we wore memorialized the poppy fields in Flanders where many Americans lie instead of having come home. Around the cemetery, many battles were fought in the Ypres region. Heavy fighting over the years of the war cost about a million casualties. The battles were memorialized in a famous poem by a veteran of that war:

In Flanders Fields

By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918) Canadian Army

In Flanders Fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

In Flanders fields.

Veterans Department web site:

http://www.va.gov/opa/vetsday/vetday_faq.asp

Learn about job opportunities in homeland security and the intelligence community:
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having breakfast with Delegate Ed Scott before the legislative session begins

Community Colleges seen as a vital alternative:
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Celebrate & Support Germanna Community College's Educational Foundation at its Annual Dinner:
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Good info for all of our veterans:
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I voted. Have you?

Make history: Vote Tuesday November 8.
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Thank you Mrs. Lee for your support in the creation of Germanna's Culpeper Center:
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enjoying The Beatles tribute show: http://ping.fm/sMA8v

Culpeper is a great destination
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Germanna's Ollie Burton gives us good advice on security using smartphones and tablets
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Volunteer readers from the community are welcome. For information about the Germanna roll call, and to volunteer to be a reader, Kathryn A. Denner at 540/423-9123.
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attending meeting of Career Partners Board at Eastern View HS

Helping those who have credits but no degree to complete is vital but a tough challenge
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attending Governor's Forum on Education & Workforce Training in Richmond

Get your Business Associate Degree in 17 months at Germanna:
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Germanna Begins Accelerated Executive Associate Degree Business Administration Program

Facts about Executive Associate Degree Business Administration Program
• All classes will be hybrid during an eight-week period.
• Most classes will only meet in person two weekends with the rest of instruction occurring
online.
• Classes are scheduled Friday evenings from 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm and Saturdays from 9:00 am to
5:00 pm.
• Students will have at least two weekends off every eight weeks.
• Classes will begin first full weekend in January 2012, and successful students will graduate in
May 2013.
• A counselor and faculty advisor will be assigned to work with the students.
• Students must enroll in each course offered during the specific eight-week period, unless
given special permission from a counselor, faculty advisor, coordinator of counseling, or dean.
Exceptions may include student has already completed course being offered or a four-year
transfer university desires a different class than offered. Documentation may be required!
• During each eight-week period, faculty will work together to create assignments/projects that
may be used in more than one of the classes.
• We are working on articulation agreements with four-year institutions so students may
continue in a similar style program at a four-year university. The guaranteed admission
agreements will apply!
• Specific courses in the schedule may change; however, it will not impact successful students’
ability to graduate or transfer.
 
Contact
Admissions & Records
Locust Grove Campus
(540) 423-9122

Fredericksburg Area Campus
(540) 891-3020

Daniel Technology Center
(540) 937-2921

Counseling Center
Locust Grove Campus
(540) 423-9123

Fredericksburg Area Campus
(540) 891-3021

attending annual meeting of Fredericksburg Regional Alliance for Economic Development

meeting with Spotsylvania K12 Superintendent Shelley Redinger on joint efforts

walked the building at Germanna's Fredericksburg Campus to informally meet with folks there

met with Rappahannock President Sissy Crowther to discuss possible joint ventures and give her a tour of the quake-damaged Germanna building

meeting students at our Culpeper Daniel Tech Center

meeting with western region school superintendents

I enjoyed being a guest speaker at Professor Eric Gable's Anthropology class this morning at the U of Mary Washington.

Great Expectations: Richard Leigh quote-
"If you write the truth from your heart, your song can last 3 minutes plus 30, 50, 150 years."

Great Expectations: Richard Leigh quote-
"Miracles happen when you take that path of truth."

Great Expectations: Richard Leigh quote-
"When you tell your story, you harness it instead of the other way around."

Great Expectations morning speaker/singer was former foster care youth and award-winning country composer, Richard Leigh
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with Germanna students, peer mentors & coaches at the VCCS Great Expectations Forum for foster care youth
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Virginia Community Colleges' redesign of developmental education recognized nationally:
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Congratulations again to Nursing Professor Karen Mittura
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attending Chancellor's Council of Presidents

Congratulations to Germanna's Karen Matura named to National League for Nursing Faculty Leadership Development Prog for Simulation Educators
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Linda and I enjoyed our visit to Mountain Empire Community College for Scott Hamilton's Inauguration.
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Congratulations to Mountain Empire CC President Scott Hamilton on his Inauguration today

Get to a Business Associate's Degree faster at Germanna
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Congratulations to Germanna alumna Tiffany Henderson
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at Stafford Economic Development Office exploring potential Germanna center

attended Meet and Greet with Germanna students at the Locust Grove Campus plus free hotdogs

Greeting and welcoming administrators, faculty & hospital partners from Germanna's sister college in The Netherlands
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attended combined Orange Rotary and Chamber event this morning at the Airport

More on the Mental Health First Aid workshop
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Germanna offers mental first aid certification
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Linda & I saw Wicked at Richmond's Landmark Theatre today- great show!
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Celebrating Germanna nursing alumna, Tiffany Henderson
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Germanna sponsors an important workshop on suicide prevention
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attending ribbon cutting for Culpeper Sheriff's digital forensics lab at Terremark

touring. new building at Germanna's Fredericksburg campus

meeting with students at Germanna's Fredericksburg Campus

Progress but more work to do:
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attending monthly meeting with city and County administrators in Fredericksburg

Germanna CC partners with the Germanna Foundation on preservation of historic structures afetr a quake:
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attending Board meeting for Career Partners at Eastern View HS

The World's Leading Creative Class Countries http://ping.fm/NaQcL

attending opening of the new Spotsylvania Museum

meeting with Germanna's Student Government Association

Coverage of the quake recovery
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American experts would say they do everything wrong, but Finland's schools outperform the world
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Germanna's neighbor & and namesake presents a postquake workshop
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attending inauguration of UMW President Rick Hurley

Read a banned book.
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Germanna's All College Learning Day in the news:
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Germanna recognized as one of nation's top colleges in use of digital technology
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Explains a lot
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Time is the enemy for part-time students
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Germanna's All College Learning Day celebration in the news
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Germanna was recognized by e.Republic's Center for Digital Education for technology integration into college curriculum and campus life
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Thank you Chancellor Glenn DuBois for attending and speaking at Germanna's All College Learning Day in-service yesterday

Thank you GCC Board member & Foundation President Bruce Davis & Connie Kincheloe of the Foundation Bd for attending yesterday's in-service

Good news for Germanna and all of Virginia's community colleges
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Germanna is proud to partner for workforce development
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Detroit Tigers in playoffs. Detoit Lions 3-0 after comeback that didn't end in last minute collapse. Maybe the Mayan calendar business is right after all.

Vote for Mineral VA, the small town hit hard by the August earthquake.
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Everyday heroes at Germanna
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Germanna's Financial Aid Office has awarded 82%more awards compared to the whole last year with several months to go

Germanna's Financial Aid Office has received 68% more applications compared to the same point last year, a 256% increase since 2008

Welcome back Middle College students
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More on Germanna's recognition as military-friendly:
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Lunchtime, I met with students at the Stafford County Center and gave out free pizza---the pizza was popular.

More coverage on Germanna since the quake
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at its meeting yesterday, the Governing Board of the Germanna Educational Foundation voted unanimously on a resource development plan

Germanna is proud to be recognized as a military-friendly college. We strive daily to do right by our student veterans:
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attending meeting and reception of the State Council for Higher Education

Earthquake Recovery Status

There have been some questions after recent news articles about the status of the Dickinson Building at the Fredericksburg Campus. To reduce rumors and speculation, here are some bullets on the status as of September 19, 2011:

• The building is repairable.
• Estimates mentioned in the newspaper accounts of the Board meeting were based on experience at other institutions after similar disasters and were intended to give worst-case scenarios.
• The State has given initial expedited approval to contract with the firm that has designed the Phase III Building being constructed (Clark-Nexsen) and they will shortly begin detailed analysis and evaluation. Clark-Nexsen will take about a month to present a remediation plan. Final written approval is pending.
• Only after this plan will we have a clear idea of how long the repairs will take. We will announce this as soon as we know.
• We hope to get expedited approvals from the State for a construction company that specializes in such work. That is still pending and an answer here will help determine how long before work is started and thus finished.
• We hope to piggy back planned upgrades in Dickinson with the remediation to speed up our being able to fully move back in. These upgrades are part of the Building III project and will expand student services and student activities, create a small student lounge, and create a larger bookstore.
• Building III is on target to be ready for occupancy in the middle of the Spring semester. We are meeting now to determine a plan for what and when moves there, as well as a staged process of moving back into Dickinson. Again, we will announce the plan in outline as soon as we have firmer dates.
• As soon as leases are signed, we will post here and elsewhere the locations of services and programs moved off-site.
• Employees will receive updates in the electronic newsletter, Germane, available through Germanna Central our SharePoint site. Updates for faculty and staff will also be made during College Learning Day on September 27 at the Daniel Technology Center in Culpeper. Open Forums with the President have been held and will continue to be held---watch for announcements.

Please comment here with any questions and we will respond with clarifications as soon as possible. Please check back to this blog periodically as well.

My deepest thanks go out to all of Germanna's students, partners, faculty and staff for their patient understanding and collaboration during these difficult times.

***

Factoid: The Fredericksburg Area Campus, which had the most damage, was the closest of our locations to the earthquake's epicenter at 27 miles. The Culpeper site, which has probably felt more aftershocks, was 31 miles from the epicenter. Our Locust Grove Campus is actually the farthest away from the epicenter at about 31.5 miles distance.

Germanna values its involvement in the Thomas Jefferson Partnership for Economc Deveopment
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Congratulations to Stafford's Don Newlin & thanks for your support for Germanna
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Germanna thanks Pam Gould of the Free Lance-Star for her excellent reporting
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The first session of the Germnna President's Leadership Academy Class of 2012---a great group

Germanna distributes ‘quake break’ T-shirts; Dickinson building reopening could take 12-18 months - Getting Schooled http://ping.fm/plVLu

Earthquake recovery reports at tHe Germanna College Board Meeting
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Germanna thanks the University of Mary Washington and President Rick Hurley
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Good deeds of service by Germanna alum, David Rao: http://ping.fm/HoVBA

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attending luncheon for foster care students in Germanna's Great Expectations program

walking the building at Germanna's Fredericksburg Campus

September 11
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Remembering
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We will not forget the day, or the courage of those who fought back
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Some good news for Culpeper
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Two of Germanna's best talk about how our college and students are recovering from the quake
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I am so proud of the faculty, staff and students---they have responded to our earthquake with flexibility, good humor and uncomon courtesy

walking the Locust Grove Campus---nurse students busy in the hall getting ready for check-offs, bookstore busy, spirits good

Germanna classes have restarted and Fredericksburg Campus building 2 is busy but mood positive

Thank you, Germanna students, for your patient understanding
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Germanna thanks all the sponsors & golfers
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Germanna thanks Orange Schools' Superintendent Bob Grimesey for his kind offer of support:
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at the Ray Glazebrook Memorial Golf Tournament for Germanna's Educational Foundation

Volunteers needed and my thanks to those who have already stepped forward
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We gratefully acknowledge the $5000 donation by Karen Radley to the Germanna Earthquake Relief Fund

Some have asked about donations to help Germanna and its students. Donate to Germanna Educational Foundation for Earthquake Recovery.

Germanna set to reopen.
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As Germanna recovers from the earthquake, here are useful reminders of how to or not to respond to stress:
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meeting with the Germanna Educational Foundation Executive Board

Germanna will restart Tuesday next week- the damaged building held about 1/4 of our usable entire college class & service space

I hope those who have had Irene pass though are safe and have experienced little or no damage

Everyone please be safe this weekend, especially those affected by Irene.

Important: FAQs as Germanna prepares to restart
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On Aug. 30, Germanna Community College nursing and dental hygiene students will resume classes. All other students will resume classes on Sept. 6. Details will be available via email and germanna.edu  within 24 hours.

Germanna Comm. Coll. will reopen for fall classes at all locations as soon as final arrangements are made. Stay tuned for announcements.

inspecting damage to building 1 at the Fredericksburg Campus

visiting Fredericksburg campus and talking with folks as they pick up belongings left during yesterday's earthquake

All Germanna locations are closed until further notice. Buildings are being checked for structural integrity. Please check official campus text messages and germanna.edu for updates. Please be safe.

attending monthly meeting of Virginia Council of university and community college Presidents

An investment in technology is really an investment in people
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Germanna celebrates & thanks Professor Nancy Noel, her therapy dog, & all the others like them who have helped so many
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Important news for veterans at Germanna
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d25s2ta9jzg

At the Fredericksburg Campus, walking the hallways and answering questions from new students, especially directions to rooms.

Bring a team to the 6th Annual Ray Glazebrook for GCCEF
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Be a sponsor for the 6th Annual Ray Glazebrook for GCCEF
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Sixth annual Ray Glazebrook Memorial golf tournament, 10 a.m. at Cannon Ridge Golf Club. Proceeds benefit the Germanna's Ed. Foundation
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My column in today's Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star:
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Good news for Virginia
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last night over 200 part-time Germanna faculty attended the Fall 2011 Convocation for updates & professional development

Germanna joins FRED partnership
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Had a great meeting with the full-time faculty yesterday and our newly hired faculty today

Germanna students and staff ride free:
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Germanna will hold its first-ever mid-year Commencement on December 19 at 7:00 pm in the Fredericksburg Expo Center.

“Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.” --George S. Patton, U.S. Army General

chairing Germanna Leadership Team Retreat

There's nothing like making pasta sauce from tomatoes and peppers out of the garden.

representing Germanna at the funeral service for Judge Lea

attending ribbon cutting at Wells Fargo in Culpeper

Congratulations to Philip Levine, US Poet Laureate
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Green jobs training at Germanna:
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Germanna students & employees ride FREE on the Fred bus---just show your ID:
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Remembering Judge T. C. Lea, husband of Germanna professor Frances:
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Carnevale: for high school grads with no college, jobs will be limited to those in personal services that cannot be outsourced or automated

Anthony Carnevale: after economic recovery, most jobs will require postsecondary education and use of technology

Incoming email to Germanna sent from outside the college may be down for about 24 hours. If you're trying to reach us, please call us.

with our team, attending Chancellor's annual planning retreat

Germanna Needs Graphic Design Instructors

Germanna Community College, Fredericksburg campus, needs two adjunct instructors to teach computer graphics courses for the Fall 2011 term. The following pairs of classes are available:


ART 180-F02 3hrs MW 9:00AM-11:15AM 08/22/11 - 12/10/11 FAC 1 124

ART 283-F01 4hrs MW 12:00PM- 2:45PM 08/22/11 - 12/10/11 FAC 1 124

ART 180-F01 3hrs TuTh 9:00AM-11:15AM 08/22/11 - 12/10/11 FAC 1 124

ART 180-F04 3hrs TuTh 4:00PM- 6:15PM 08/22/11 - 12/10/11 FAC 1 124

The ART 180 course is Introduction to Computer Graphics and the ART 283 is Computer Graphics I.

Other facts: We have all new Mac computers and CS5 software as of this summer and class size is kept to a maximum of 20 students. Pay for adjunct instructors begins at $632 per credit, but may be higher based on level of highest degree and experience. The Germanna Community College, Fredericksburg campus, is located approximately a mile and a half from Interstate 95, exit 126B.

If you are interested or have any questions, please contact:

Jean Lauzon
Professor of Art
Department Chair
Germanna Community College
ph. 540-891-3006
jlauzon@germanna.edu

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"Fix the problem, not the blame." - Japanese proverb

Fredericksburg.com - WE CAN TEACH OUR CHILDREN U.S. HISTORY MORE EFFECTIVELY--AND WE MUST http://ping.fm/ITmYh

Germanna receives a clean bill of health
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Time conflicts affect busy students, including Germanna student, John Cundiff
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A great analysis: Debt and politics in America and Europe: Turning Japanese | The Economist http://ping.fm/liNE8

My column in today's Culpeper Star Exponent
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WSJ: 4 ways Economy Could Grow or Shrink
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Virginia ranks high again:
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Congratulations to the Leadership Fredericksburg Class of 2012:
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Teaching math and science skills important for U.S. economy http://bit.ly/omwvWg

congratulations to Carolyn Bynum, Coordinator of Germanna's Middle College, for being selected to the 2012 Leadership Fredericksburg Class

Community Colleges in the news:
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thank you Spotsylvania Region Medical and congrats to Germanna Nursing student Lindsay Keyser
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Fredericksburg.com - GET TO KNOW SARAH SOMERVILLE http://ping.fm/MzfqM

rising costs may put at risk Jefferson's dream of an educated citizenry
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attending weekly Rotary meeting in Orange

leaving for regular meeting with Culpeper Regional Hospital CEO, Lee Kirk

Germanna Today --- our show on Veterans and what we do to support them:
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meeting with the new Superintendent of Spotsylvania Schools, Shelley Redinger

A bittersweet ending:
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An interesting article on developmental education:
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attending the surprise reception in honor of Chancellor Glenn Dubois' 10th anniversary

met with the new Germanna board member from Fredericksburg, Teri McNally

Congratulations to Germanna's Dean Bill Fiege for successfully defending his PhD dissertation!

Congratulations to entering Germanna student, Cari Fensand:
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Community College: An Option Not to Be Ignored in College Planning http://ping.fm/tFPti

congratulations to future Germanna student Charley Brown
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Congratulations to Germanna alums/students Matthew Newton & Tyler Reza
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Useful info about Germanna and other community colleges
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meeting with and giving a pep talk to students in Germanna's Jump Start orientation program at the Fredericksburg Campus

McDonnell appoints former Germanna dean of nursing to state board http://bit.ly/pwSKJy

Study confirms recession led to larger numbers of students choosing community colleges:
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Who can earn $100,000?
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Congratulations to former Dean of Nursing, Jane Ingalls, on her appointment to the Virginia Board of Nursing:
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Recalibrating the Classroom - The Atlantic http://ping.fm/eMlr2

The Sunshine Lady invests in reducing crime http://bit.ly/oTFWLS

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Congratulations to Victoria Gunnett, Germanna alumna
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chairing meeting of Germanna's Leadership Team of all managers

Germanna thanks Culpeper for naming us among the the best in town http://bit.ly/mE9CrY

Only you can stop con artists:
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attended June meeting of Germanna's College Council and gave report on budgeted new initiatives

welcomed and cheered on new Germanna students at Jump Start orientation

attended board meeting of the Thomas Jefferson Partnership for Economic Development

Germanna is proud to be part of Stafford County's plans:
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attending Chancellor's Council of Presidents

Congratulations Madison County HS athletes including future Germanna student, Ethan O’Connell
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Attending meeting of VCCS reengineering task force

witnessing wedding if Ann Woolford and Gregory Hall

Germanna thanks Governor McDonnell and the Assembly, and is committed to the goal of educating more Virginians in our service area:
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Our Apologies: Germanna's ongoing email problems

To our students, friends, customers, and colleagues:

We apologize for the ongoing difficulties in reaching us by email. We ask your patience and please consider calling us or using alternative email addresses when you have been given those.

For the third time in less than a week, a user of our email systems gave their password to an offsite spammer, allowing them access to their email account. As a result, external email is now often labeled as coming from a known spammer, and all Germanna emails are prevented from being sent.

These tricksters pretend to be our IT staff and ask for your password to "Fix" some problem.

GCC never asks for your email or any other account password. You never have to fill out electronic forms to "reset" your account.

So while our IT staff work mightily to clean the problem, as Smokey the Bear might say, "Only you can prevent further outbreaks."
NEVER give your password to ANYONE, even to me.

NEVER fill out any electronic form that asks for your password.

NEVER open ANY attachment if you are not CERTAIN it is safe. When in doubt, call the send and ask if they sent it.

NEVER click on any link in email or browser unless you are CERTAIN it is safe. When in doubt, ignore any link.

This is an object less for us all. Every day someone allows access to a personal bank account, an employer's files, or other private data.
Please help.

DO NOT CLICK
Again, my personal apologies. And thank you for your forbearance.

David Sam
President

We thank Germanna student Barry Cupid for his service:
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Congratulations to Germanna alum Samantha Graves:
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presented to the Rappahannock Rotary Club this morning in downtown Fredericksburg

Watch the steel go up on our new building:
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Bruce Davis of the College and Foundation Boards joined me today to present a report to the Spotsylvania County Board of Supervisors

While Germanna's email is fixed, because an account here sent out robot spam, your email may now block our messages unless you take action

Congratulations graduates
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Congratulations to all area HS graduates, and Germanna welcomes those who plan on attending in the fall:
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Congratulations to Eastern View HS graduates, and welcome to those who plan on attending Germanna, including Sarah Williams:
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Career Coach coming to Madison High & great support from the Madison County Board of Supervisors:
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June 7, noon: Germanna's email is still down. Emails cannot be answered at this time. We expect a fix later today. Phone if you need us.

A challenge to higher education:
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June 6, 2011 12 noon: Germanna's email system is down. Emails cannot be answered until the problem is fixed.

welcoming part-time faculty at today's Facuty-to-Faculty workshop at the Fredericksburg Campus

attending PreRotary & then speaking to Fredericksburg Rotary Club

Support for energy efficiency contractors:
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Improving employment news for the Fredericksburg to Culpeper region:
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As we commemorate the 150th Anniverary of the Civil War, let's remember the individual human being in all the pomp
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welcoming regional meeting of the Federal Office if Mgt. and Budget at Fredericksburg Campus

Enjoy the Travis Tritt concert and benefit Germana's Educational Foundation:
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Some of Virginia's Fallen - Never Forgotten
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Some of Virginia's Fallen - Never Forgotten

Some of Virginia's Fallen

Never Forgotten

From "Honor the Fallen"

http://militarytimes.com/valor/index.php

Air Force Maj. Raymond G. Estelle II

Died April 27, 2011 serving during Operation Enduring Freedom

 40, of New Haven, Conn., assigned to Headquarters Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.; died April 27 in Kabul, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained from gunfire from an Afghan military trainee.

 Air Force Capt. Charles A. Ransom

Died April 27, 2011 serving during Operation Enduring Freedom

 31, of Midlothian, Va., assigned to 83rd Network Operations Squadron, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.; died April 27 in Kabul, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained from gunfire from an Afghan military trainee.

Marine Sgt. Sean T. Callahan

Died April 23, 2011 serving during Operation Enduring Freedom

 23, of Warrenton, Va.; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died April 23 in Helmand province, Afghanistan, while conducting combat operations. Also killed was Lance Cpl. Dominic J. Ciaramitaro.

Army Sgt. Zainah C. Creamer

Died January 12, 2011 serving during Operation Enduring Freedom

 28, of Texarkana, Ark.; assigned to 212th Military Police Detachment, Headquarters Battalion, Fort Belvoir, Va.; died Jan. 12, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked her unit with an improvised explosive device.

Army Spc. Sean R. Cutsforth

Died December 15, 2010 serving during Operation Enduring Freedom

 22, of Radford, Va.; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; died Dec. 15 at FOB Ghazni, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using small-arms fire.

Army Cpl. William K. Middleton

Died November 22, 2010 serving during Operation Enduring Freedom

 26, of Norfolk, Va.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; died Nov. 22 in Ghotamudkha, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Also killed was Army Staff Sgt. Sean M. Flannery.

Army Pfc. Tramaine J. Billingsley

Died October 14, 2010 serving during Operation Enduring Freedom

 20, of Portsmouth, Va.; assigned to the 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.; died Oct. 14 while conducting combat operations between Moqur and Darreh-Ye-Bum, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Also killed were Spc. Rafael Martinez Jr. and Sgt. Carlos A. Benitez.

Army Staff Sgt. Jaime C. Newman

Died September 17, 2010 serving during Operation Enduring Freedom

 27, of Richmond, Va.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; died Sept. 17 in Maquan, Zhari district, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.

Marine Lance Cpl. Cody S. Childers

Died August 20, 2010 serving during Operation Enduring Freedom

 19, of Chesapeake, Va.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died Aug. 20 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

Marine Sgt. Ronald A. Rodriguez

Died August 23, 2010 serving during Operation Enduring Freedom

 26, of Falls Church, Va.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died Aug. 23 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

 Navy Culinary Specialist 2nd Class Jarod Newlove

Died July 28, 2010 serving during Operation Enduring Freedom

 25, of Renton, Wash.; assigned to Commander, Navy Reserve Force Command, Norfolk, Va.; died in Logar province, Afghanistan, when he was captured and believed to have been killed by the Taliban. Coalition forces recovered his body July 28 after an extensive search. Also kidnapped and believed to have been killed by the Taliban was Hull Maintenance Technician 2nd Class Justin McNeley.

 Army Staff Sgt. Christopher F. Cabacoy

Died July 5, 2010 serving during Operation Enduring Freedom

 30, of Virginia Beach, Va.; assigned to 1st Squadron, 71st Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.; died July 5 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device. Also killed in the attack was Army Pfc. Edwin C. Wood.

 Army Spc. Morganne M. McBeth

Died July 2, 2010 serving during Operation Iraqi Freedom

 19, of Fredericksburg, Va.; assigned to the 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died July 2 in Asad, Iraq, of wounds sustained July 1 in a non-combat-related incident in Khan Al Baghdadi, Iraq.

 Army 1st Sgt. Eddie Turner

Died June 22, 2010 serving during Operation Enduring Freedom

 41, of Fort Belvoir, Va.; assigned to 626th Brigade Support Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; died June 22 of injuries sustained in a non-combat-related incident at Camp Clark, Afghanistan.

 Army Spc. Brian M. Anderson

Died June 12, 2010 serving during Operation Enduring Freedom

 24, of Harrisonburg, Va.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.; died June 12 in Za Khel, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his vehicle using an improvised explosive device.

 Army Pfc. Benjamin J. Park

Died June 18, 2010 serving during Operation Enduring Freedom

 25, of Fairfax Station, Va.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; died June 18 at Zhari district, Kandahar, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.

 Army Pfc. Alvaro R. Regalado Sessarego

Died May 30, 2010 serving during Operation Iraqi Freedom

 37, of Virginia Beach, Va.; .assigned to the 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas; died May 30 at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, of injuries sustained April 18 in a noncombat-related incident at Dahuk, Iraq.

 Cpl. Nicolas D. Parada Rodriguez

Died May 16, 2010 serving during Operation Enduring Freedom

 29, of Stafford, Va.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died May 16 while supporting combat operations in Marjah, Afghanistan.

 Marine Sgt. Donald J. Lamar II

Died May 12, 2010 serving during Operation Enduring Freedom

 23, of Fredericksburg, Va.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died May 12 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

 Army Staff Sgt. Christopher D. Worrell

Died April 22, 2010 serving during Operation Iraqi Freedom

 35, of Virginia Beach, Va.; assigned to the 702nd Combat Support Battalion, 4th Stryker Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.; died April 22 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries sustained in a non-combat-related incident.

 Navy Lt. Miroslav S. Zilberman

Died April 2, 2010 serving during Operation Enduring Freedom

 31, of Columbus, Ohio; assigned to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 121, based at Naval Base Norfolk, Va.; died after his E-2C Hawkeye crashed into the Arabian Gulf on March 31, 2010. The recovery effort was abandoned on April 2, 2010 and his body was not recovered.

 Army Cpl. Steven J. Bishop

Died March 13, 2010 serving during Operation Iraqi Freedom

 29, of Christiansburg, Va.; assigned to the 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion, 352nd Civil Affairs Command, U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died March 13 in Tikrit, Iraq, from a noncombat-related illness.

The poem, Bivouac of the Dead, from which I have been asked to read at the Memorial Day ceremony:
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from the poem I have been asked to read at the Memorial Day ceremony:
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Donate for those who have returned but brought the scars of war with them: http://ping.fm/RkhVF