For Immediate Release:
October 28, 2015
Primary Media Contact:
Sally Voth
Public Relations Specialist
[email protected]
Phone: 540-868-7134
Laurel Ridge Community College won numerous awards in the 2015 Virginia Community Colleges Association Excellence in Communications Competition. The awards were presented at the 33rd annual conference in Hampton, VA at Embassy Suites Hotel on October 1, 2015.
The competition was open to 23 community colleges around the Commonwealth. Awards were received in the following areas:
*Newspaper / Magazine Advertising (What’s New Ad – Aaron Riddle / Leslie Kelley) – First Place
*Wild Card (Employee Birthday Card – Aaron Riddle / Ashley Hansen) – First Place
*Postcards (Brady Bunch Postcard – Aaron Riddle/Amber Foltz/Karen Bucher) – First Place
*Brochure (Viewbook Folder Combo – Aaron Riddle) – Second Place
*New Media / Social Media (Bertone Profile – Leslie Kelley) – Third Place
Laurel Ridge President, Dr. Cheryl Thompson-Stacy, remarked, “The creativity and quality of work of many talented employees is reflected in winning such prestigious awards. I am very glad to work with such an imaginative and artistic group of people.”
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Founded in 1970, Laurel Ridge Community College is a multi-campus public institution of higher education. With four locations — Middletown, Warrenton, Luray-Page County and most recently, Vint Hill— the College serves eight localities in the Shenandoah Valley and northern Piedmont regions. The localities are the counties of Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Page, Rappahannock, Shenandoah and Warren and the city of Winchester. Laurel Ridge offers more than 75 associate degree and certificate programs in a wide variety of disciplines, in addition to providing access to bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs offered on site by a four-year institution. Laurel Ridge also serves the business community by offering workforce preparation programs for employees and employers. Laurel Ridge serves more than 9,000 unduplicated credit students and more than 11,000 individuals in professional development and business and industry courses annually.
Laurel Ridge Community College (Laurel Ridge) is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Laurel Ridge Community College. Laurel Ridge Community College is an equal opportunity institution providing educational and employment opportunities, programs, services, and activities and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, age, religion, disability, national origin, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, or other non-merit factors. Laurel Ridge also prohibits sexual misconduct including sexual violence or harassment.
Laurel Ridge Community College was known as Lord Fairfax Community College until June 2022. For consistency purposes, the college will be referenced as Laurel Ridge going forward.
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