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HAMPTON, Va. — The Thomas Nelson Community College Board will meet on Wednesday, December 2 at 5:45 p.m. in the College Board Room, Moore Hall on the Hampton campus. The Financial and Municipal Liaison Committee (FAML) will meet at 4:45 p.m. in Room 3, Harrison Hall. The Curriculum, Instruction and Student Services Committee (CISS) will meet at 5:15 p.m. in Room 9, Harrison Hall.

The general board meeting and committee meetings are open to the public in accordance with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. Any member of the general public desiring to address the meeting must notify the Board Secretary (the President of the College) prior to the start of the meeting.

Discussions about such scientific terms as protons, neutrons and electrons come naturally for David Galinski. The Thomas Nelson Community College (TNCC) Electrical Engineering Technology student has a 3.9 grade point average in his area of study and was recently invited to join The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) team as a paid intern.

The Newport News facility is a hub for scientists who engage in basic and applied research. The primary area of research involves a study of the atom’s nucleus at the quark level. A quark is a fast-moving point of energy. Protons and neutrons are composed of two types: up quarks and down quarks. The technology developed at the lab is used to conduct Physics experiments. Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science, Jefferson Lab garners support from the City of Newport News and the Commonwealth of Virginia and has strong relationships with industry and university partners.

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Former TNCC dual enrollment student Grace Duval is in the running to be a contestant in Mark Burnett’s new trivia show that features gifted children who are experts in a specific subject. Mark Burnett Productions, the company responsible for television shows such as “Survivor” and “The Apprentice,” is casting the new program.

As part of the audition process, Grace has completed several telephone interviews that included trivia questions covering English literature and Humanities. The upcoming audition will include a video interview. Filming for the show will start in December and the program is slated to premier early next year.

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Thomas Nelson Community College (TNCC) instructor Veronica McMillian received the FBI’s 2009 Director’s Community Leadership Award. She was honored last month at the FBI’s Norfolk Field Office and will be formally recognized in March among 50 national recipients at the FBI Office in Washington, D.C. The FBI created the award in 1990 to honor individuals and organizations for their efforts in combating crime, terrorism, drugs, and violence in America.

Driven by a passion for community service that extends far beyond TNCC, McMillian has 20 years of experience in education, training, program development and counseling, among other specialties. She strives to arm students – adults and teens – with the tools needed to build safer communities. As an adjunct instructor at TNCC, she teaches Student Development courses and conducts seminars pertaining to anger management, depression and more. She uses her counseling experience to reach out to the students. “The college life is not an easy life. Just everyday life is enough to get to you,” McMillian said.

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Virginia’s Community Colleges are announcing the creation of a reengineering task force to optimize the way community colleges operate. The announcement comes as the commonwealth’s community colleges are managing both unprecedented enrollment growth and state funding reductions.

“When it comes to costs for both the students and the taxpayers, our community colleges already provide the most efficient service of all Virginia’s higher education sector,” said Glenn DuBois, chancellor of Virginia’s Community Colleges. “However, there is a need for our community colleges to do more, to serve more businesses, to serve more students and to produce more graduates for Virginia’s economy. Ensuring that our operations are lean, modern, technology savvy and properly focused is essential to meeting that need.”

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Thomas Nelson Community College’s (TNCC) Department of Performing Arts, TNCC Players, and Iron Street Productions (ISP) will present “Little Shop of Horrors” at the Dr. Mary T. Christian Auditorium (MTCA), Templin Hall, on the Hampton campus. Performances will take place November 13-15 and November 20-22 at 8:00 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3:00 p.m. on Sundays.

Open to the public, the play is about a hapless florist shop assistant who discovers and raises a mysterious plant that craves fresh blood. As the story unfolds, the blood-thirsty plant named Audrey II grows into an ill-tempered, foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore who offers the main character, Seymour, fame and fortune in exchange for feeding its growing appetite. Featured songs composed by Ashman and Alan Menken in the style of early 1960s rock and roll, doo-wop and early Motown, include “Skid Row (Downtown), ” “Somewhere That’s Green,” and “Suddenly, Seymour” as well as the title song. The classic musical is one of the longest running Off-Broadway plays and is based on the 1960 dark comedy film of the same title.

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Thomas Nelson Community College (TNCC) President Alvin J. Schexnider will welcome business and civic leaders from throughout the TNCC service area to the Hampton campus on Wednesday, November 18 for a presentation on the topic “A Post-election Analysis.” Founder and President of Virginia Tomorrow Dr. Robert Holsworth is guest speaker for the 7:30 a.m. session at the Espada Conference Center located in Moore Hall.

The breakfast meeting is part of a Speakers Series launched this year at TNCC to give community leaders an opportunity to convene with area educators and discuss important regional and national issues.

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According to reports, more people have been killed in motorcycle accidents this year in Hampton Roads than in 2008. As the fall season rolls in with its beautiful mild weather, many motorcycle owners are planning scenic rides to enjoy wonderful autumn views. Now is the perfect time for new and advanced riders to consider taking a Thomas Nelson Community College (TNCC) motorcycle safety course to reduce their risks on the road.

Motorcycle riders face many more dangers on the road than automobile drivers. TNCC offers year-round Virginia Rider Training Program motorcycle classes to provide riders with the opportunity to continually enhance their knowledge and driving ability while operating a motorcycle.

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