Dual Enrollment Student Orientation

Welcome, dual-enrollment students! This guide was created to introduce you to campus resources that can help you be successful in your classes. While you're a student at VWCC, you have the same access to our services as any other college student.

For more information about your dual-enrollment programs and options for classes, visit the Dual Enrollment website.

In 2012, Virginia House Bill 1184 passed mandating that "each institution within the Virginia Community College System shall develop agreements for postsecondary degree attainment with the public high schools in the school divisions that they serve." Virginia Western provides a pathway for students to complete the AS General Studies and the General Education Certificate concurrently with a high school diploma.

This rigorous pathway can be accomplished using a combination of dual enrollment classes offered at the high schools, AP/IB exam credit, and classes offered on the VWCC campus. Students interested in participating in this pathway must complete paperwork to declare their intent to pursue a degree. Contact your high school guidance department or the VWCC Dual Enrollment Office to learn more about this program.

Any high-school-aged students who wish to enroll in on-campus courses must show documentation of approval from their home school. 

More information about the plans for each high school can be found on VWCC's Dual Enrollment website.

The Brown Library is dedicated to serving all the students, faculty, and staff of Virginia Western Community College. The library offers access to books, scholarly journals, research databases, study spaces, computers, printing services, research assistance, and more! Library staff are located on all three floors to assist you. 

Where are things in the Brown Library?

• 2nd floor (top floor): Library

  books, DVDs, study rooms, quiet space, research help, writing help, course reserves, computers

• 1st floor (main floor): Academic Link

  printer, tutoring, academic coaching, study rooms, computers, vending machines

• Ground floor (bottom floor): Testing Center

  placement tests, online tests, make-up testing, computers, vending machines, library classroom